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The European Women Chess Championship is underway and runs from May 7-18 at Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The event is open to any female player registered with a federation that is part of the European Chess Union. It is a swiss system with eleven rounds played at 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 KO, with a 30-second increment as of the first move.
The top fourteen players will also qualify for the World Cup. As in the overall European Championship held earlier this year, there will be no tiebreak matches. In case of a tie, the tiebreaks used in order are: performance, Median-Buchholz, Buchholz, and the number of wins.
Satellite view of Tbilisi with the surrounding mountain range
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After eight round rounds, little has changed at the top, though Lithuanian grandmaster Viktorija Cmilyte's perfect score is no more. In the sixth round Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova knocked heads with her and came ou the victor, joining her in the lead. They were joined by five others, and suddenly the top spot's destiny was murky again. In the seventh round, not to be deterred, Cmilyte beat IM Romanko, while Stefanova had little time to enjoy her victory as she lost to Georgian IM Khotenashvili. This left them both in the lead with 6.0/7, followed by Lahno, Javakhishvili, and Cramling with 5.5/7. In round eight, the leaders met and drew, but no one was capable of reaching them and they maintined their very slim lead with 6.5/8, now trailed by seven on 6.0/8.
Rk |
Tit |
Name | FED |
Rtg |
Pts |
Perf |
1 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija | 2504 |
6.5 |
2679 |
|
2 |
IM |
Khotenashvili Bela | 2470 |
6.5 |
2662 |
|
3 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2506 |
6.0 |
2613 |
|
4 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2530 |
6.0 |
2607 |
|
5 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta | 2506 |
6.0 |
2593 |
|
6 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela | 2454 |
6.0 |
2586 |
|
7 |
GM |
Cramling Pia | 2468 |
6.0 |
2581 |
|
8 |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana | 2559 |
6.0 |
2577 |
|
9 |
GM |
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | 2462 |
6.0 |
2552 |
|
10 |
WGM |
Paikidze Nazi | 2408 |
5.5 |
2540 |
|
11 |
IM |
Ovod Evgenija | 2404 |
5.5 |
2538 |
|
12 |
IM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2567 |
5.5 |
2537 |
|
13 |
IM |
Muzychuk Anna | 2537 |
5.5 |
2532 |
|
14 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2436 |
5.5 |
2522 |
|
15 |
WGM |
Savina Anastasia | 2389 |
5.5 |
2490 |
|
16 |
GM |
Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2522 |
5.5 |
2457 |
|
17 |
WGM |
Batsiashvili Nino | 2399 |
5.5 |
2451 |
|
18 |
WGM |
Manakova Maria | 2303 |
5.5 |
2356 |
|
19 |
IM |
Matveeva Svetlana | 2380 |
5.5 |
2295 |
|
20 |
WIM |
Isgandarova Khayala Ilqar | 2143 |
5.0 |
2472 |
Could the readers kindly helps us identify the ones with no names?
On their rest day, the ladies were treated to some local tourism
Some beautiful mosaics at the new Presidential Palace in Tbilisi
Here is a closeup of one
And also an evening dancing. Sadly, with the men's event on a different date it was
mostly between themselves.
(note to self: volunteer services for next year's event)
French IM Sophie Milliet
The lovely WGM Andjelija Stojanovic (thanks to Ljilja Drljevic)
WGM Anna Sharevich
Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva
(2567 Elo)
Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova
Tournament leader, Lithuanian GM Viktorija Cmilyte
IM Anna Muzychuk
Ukrainian WGM Anna Ushenina
Georgian WGM Sopiko Guramishvili
Robert Fontaine from Europe Echecs has been covering the event with daily video reports which he kindly shared. They are short and fun. Enjoy.
With an interview of Viktoria Cmilyte and Sava Stoisavljevic
In music
There is also a long interview of the general sponsor Socar in Russian
Includes an interview of Pia Cramling
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse PGN games. |
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