No one needed to be commanded twice here, as the moment they heard what Sheva had just said, those three people took out their phones immediately, starting to check the tournament website. True enough, the pairing for the third round was already out, and right after that, they scanned through the entire list to find their name.
After losing the second round, Irene would play against an easy opponent, someone called Kull Florian with a rating of 2138 from Germany. Claudia was also the same, getting paired with someone low-rated in this round. She would play against Raj Jaivardhan with a rating of 2016 from India.
Irene accepted this pairing calmly, while Claudia grumbled about having to face such a low-rated player here. After all, the rating improvement after winning this game wouldn't be too much, and a draw or a defeat would hurt her rating a lot. It was definitely not a good thing to be paired against a low-rated opponent when she wanted to improve her rating.
