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Armenian GM Elina Danielian can look back on a long, successful career: almost 30 years ago she became the world champion in the U14 and U16 categories; she would go on to get the GM title, and for a while had a 2500+ rating. So it is no surprise that Danielian became the 2021 European Champion.
Notwithstanding, it was a seized opportunity for the Armenian, as many top European players did not take part in this tournament. Once the tournament is over, that is not so relevant though: what really counts for her is having won the title!
Mai Narva had a terribly hard time in her last-round game against Danielian. The Estonian missed a last, hard-to-find chance to equalize:
The Accelerated Dragon - a sharp weapon against 1.e4
After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6! leads to the so-called "Accelerated Dragon Defense". On this DVD the Russian grandmaster and top women player Nadezhda Kosintseva reveals the secrets of her favourite opening.
Estonian WIM Mai Narva could not stop Elina Danielian
Left to right: Iulija Osmak (2nd), Elina Danielian (1st) and Oliwia Kiolbasa (3rd)
The top German scorer — Josefine Heinemann finished in 46th place on 6/11
The Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation
Pavel Eljanov explains in depth what Gyula Breyer already saw in 1911 and what became an opening choice of the likes of Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand or Carlsen. The Breyer Variation, which is characterised by the knight retreat to b8.
| Rk. | Name | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Danielian Elina | 2407 | 9,0 | 2404 |
| 2 |
|
IM | Osmak Iulija | 2418 | 8,5 | 2388 |
| 3 |
|
WIM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2288 | 8,0 | 2372 |
| 4 |
|
IM | Buksa Nataliya | 2413 | 8,0 | 2334 |
| 5 |
|
WGM | Sargsyan Anna M. | 2388 | 7,5 | 2370 |
| 6 |
|
IM | Mammadova Gulnar | 2385 | 7,5 | 2360 |
| 7 |
|
GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2471 | 7,5 | 2358 |
| 8 |
|
WIM | Narva Mai | 2276 | 7,5 | 2346 |
| 9 |
|
IM | Arabidze Meri | 2438 | 7,5 | 2329 |
| 10 |
|
WGM | Garifullina Leya | 2385 | 7,5 | 2327 |
| 11 |
|
IM | Badelka Olga | 2418 | 7,5 | 2324 |
| 12 |
|
IM | Daulyte-Cornette Deimante | 2408 | 7,5 | 2321 |
| 13 |
|
IM | Milliet Sophie | 2403 | 7,5 | 2304 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2487 | 7,0 | 2368 |
| 15 |
|
IM | Mammadzada Gunay | 2460 | 7,0 | 2364 |
| 16 |
|
WGM | Injac Teodora | 2370 | 7,0 | 2346 |
| 17 |
|
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2470 | 7,0 | 2339 |
| 18 |
|
WFM | Zherebtsova Alexandra | 2188 | 7,0 | 2322 |
