The traditional women’s open dedicated to the second women’s world champion, Lyudmila Rudenko, took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia from August 22nd to 31st.
This tournament is also one of the qualifier tournaments for Russia’s Women’s Cup. There are several qualifier tournaments like this throughout the year where the top finishers receive bonus points towards the qualification spot. At the end of the year, the top seven players with the most bonus points join the previous year’s winner in the main tournament to fight for the cup.
The tournament took place in the club dedicated to Chigorin,
located right in the heart of the city
WGM Irina Sudakova, one of the organizers of the tournament
The highest rated player of the tournament – Marina Romanko (2402)
The second highest rated player was Lilit Galoyan (2389), a
member
of the Armenian national team.
Of the eight WGMs in the tournament, Rahil Eidelson was the
most experienced.
WGM Irina Zakurdiaeva
After five rounds, a surprise leader emerged: Darya Trapeznikova,
rated 1979, who had scored a perfect 5.0/5.
But in the sixth round she lost to a young talent, Alexandra Goryachkina
Then, after seven rounds, the lead passed to WGM Sandugach
Shaidulina, who had previously won the tournament twice.
However in round eight she lost to 13-year-old Goryachkina, who
then took a full point lead in the tournament.
Double the beauty: twin sisters Irina and
Marina Baraev
WGM Tatyana Molchanova, after having a rough
mid-tournament,
was able to redeem herself and finish with a strong 3.0/3.
Lidia Savrova, who won the Best Senior prize, receives her award from Chief Arbiter
V.P. Ivanov and one of the organizers, V.V. Bykov.
WGM Anna Kostrikina won the U2200 prize
Yours truly
Evgenia Doluhanova
The winner of the tournament – 13-year-old Alexandra Goryachkina
| Rk | Name | Pts |
Fed |
Rtg |
Perf |
TB |
| 1 | WFM Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 7.5 |
RUS |
2153 |
2441 |
48.5 |
| 2 | WGM Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 6.5 |
UKR |
2227 |
2329 |
49.0 |
| 3 | WGM Molchanova, Tatjana | 6.5 |
RUS |
2346 |
2339 |
48.5 |
| 4 | WGM Stjazhkina, Olga | 6.5 |
RUS |
2247 |
2315 |
46.5 |
| 5 | WGM Eidelson, Rakhil | 6.5 |
BLR |
2242 |
2297 |
44.5 |
| 6 | WGM Shaydullina, Sandugach | 6.0 |
RUS |
2158 |
2296 |
48.5 |
| 7 | IM Galojan, Lilit | 6.0 |
ARM |
2389 |
2327 |
42.0 |
| 8 | WIM Baraeva, Marina | 6.0 |
RUS |
2197 |
2173 |
39.5 |
| 9 | Trapeznikova, Darya | 5.5 |
RUS |
1979 |
2292 |
53.0 |
| 10 | IM Romanko, Marina | 5.5 |
RUS |
2402 |
2265 |
53.0 |
| 11 | WFM Bivol, Alina | 5.5 |
RUS |
2171 |
2167 |
46.0 |
| 12 | WFM Baraeva, Irina | 5.5 |
RUS |
2204 |
2158 |
42.0 |
Click here for complete standings
Saint Petersburg is famous worldwide for its architectural beauty, so here are some photos for the reader’s aesthetic pleasure.
The magnificent arch of the General Staff building
The Alexander Column — the tallest monument of its kind in the world — is 47.5 m (155 ft 8 in) tall and is topped with a statue of an angel, designed by Russian sculptor Boris Orlovsky. The face of the angel bears great similarity to the face of Emperor Alexander I. In 1952, according to some recent reports, the authorities of the Soviet Union secretly planned to replace the statue of the angel with a statue of Joseph Stalin. Thankfully, this never took place.
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