Today brought great disappointment to Russian fans. Xu Yuhua advanced in the final match of the WWCC. In the first game she played Black in the French defence and defeated her opponent.

Russian Alisa Galliamova chose not the best continuation of the opening and got just a little advantage. But a great desire to win prevailed and she made some active moves in Queen ending which lead to the weakening of pawns' position on King's side. The Chinese took the benefit from it. The position of White was getting worse with every passing move and soon the destiny of the game was at risk. Black advantaged with one pawn up. The Russian player admitted her defeat after move 64.

At the press conference Xu Yuhua said that her opening wasn't that successful for she failed to find the best variant during her home preparation. In the middle game the situation improved. She took benefit of her opponents' fouls, got an advantage and finally won.

The semi finalist Viktoria Cmilyte followed the game and got her own impression: "Alisa was eager to win and at some moment could fix a draw but overestimated her position. It was not wise to keep on active playing.