The quarterfinal stage of the Women's World Championship, which is taking place in Elista, will be represented by only one Ukrainian woman. Olena Zhukova, having played to a 1:1 draw with Bulgarian Stefanova in the round of 16, managed to defeat her opponent in the blitz tiebreak with a score of 2:0. The young Ukrainian Kateryna Lakhno failed to advance to the ¼ final, losing to Russian Kovalevskaya 1.5:0.5. Also advancing to the quarterfinals were: Koneru (India), Chiburdanidze, Dzagnidze (both Georgia), Kachiani-Gersinska (Germany), Xu Yuhua (China), and Cmilyte (Lithuania). \n