Some interesting results in this round of qualifiers. Top one is the draw:

Q7: @venan vs @grecki-bazar-ewy 15:15 (14931-14933)

look how close they were - only TWO steps!!! And 15k would give them a win in most of the qualifiers' pairs.

In the following pairs, players who had come from Round of qualifiers, did very well against higher ranked and seeded oponents:

Q1: @practicaleric vs @notak 12:18 (11786-18444)
Q2: @mariya36 vs @cryptospa 9:12 (8840-11526)
Q6: @pagane vs @pjansen 5:11 (5031-10803)

Overall, quite low scores - that's expected, after all it was Christmas Eve day. All pairs have come pretty close, the highest score difference being only 7 (Q9: @davidthompson57 vs @milabogomila 16:9 (15809-8532)). So all is open and let's see how the second leg unfolds - looking forward to your @actifit reports for Sunday, Dec 26