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November 19, 2012
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GMs Soczo and Stefanova, find more photos on the official site. 

Eight players remain in the World Women's Championship: GM Marie Sebag of France, GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria, GM Nadezhda Kosintseva of Russia, IM Anna Ushenina of Ukraine, GM Dronavalli Harika of India and GM Zhao Xue, WGM Wenjun Ju and WGM Qian Huang of China. Despite a strong start in round three, US Women's Champ Irina Krush was eliminated in the tiebreak round to Huang.

Here's a nice win by former Women's World Champion, GM Stefanova over GM Monica Socko of Poland.

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Find the pairings tree, photos and live games on the official website.
 
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