Lilit Mkrtchian drops out of World Championship

As reported previously, Elina Danielian and Dina Kagramanova dropped out of the World Women’s Championship in round 1.

Lilit Mkrtchian also dropped out of the Championship losing tie-break to Zhang Xiaowen. Elmira Skripchenko-Aghababyan representing France continues playing. She beat Foisor 3.5:2.5 in round 1.