
The European Individual Women Chess Championships are being held from 2 to
13 March, 2012, in the Anatolian Hotel in Gaziantep, Turkey. The event will
be followed by the European Rapid Championship and European Blitz Championship
(15-18 of March). The EIWCC consists of eleven games. The rate of is 90 minutes
for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30
seconds per move, starting from move one. Games start at 16:00h local time.
Organizers and prize fund: The Turkish Chess Federation,
with the sponsorship and support of the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality,
under the auspices of the City of Gaziantep and the European Chess Union, provided
a prize fund of 150,000 Euro for all three events. This is the biggest prize
fund in the history of European Women's Chess events. For the first time in
the chess history the European Women's Champion will get a higher prize sum,
20,500 Euros, than the Champion of the (Open or "Men's") European
Individual Championship, which will be held in Plovdiv after this event.

Round five
The tournament leader, French GM Marie Sebag, who had thus far maintained an
absolute result, gave away her first half a point, making a draw against the
Russian IM Valentina Gunina. She was immediately caught by Cristina-Adela Foisor,
who defeated Nino Khurtsidze. The Georgian player blundered a rook in slightly
better endgame and had to resign immediately.

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.dxc6 Bxc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.f3 e6 8.e4 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Be2 a6 11.a3 b5 12.0-0 Qb8 13.Qc2 Qb7 14.Rfc1 Bd7 15.Nb1 Rfc8 16.Nd2 a5 17.Nb3 Be8 18.Nc5 Qb8 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.e5 Nxc5 21.dxc5 g6 22.c6 Ra6 23.Be4 Qa8 24.Qc3 a4 25.Rc2 Rb8 26.Bc5 Bxc5+ 27.Qxc5 Qa7 28.Qxa7 Rxa7 29.Rd1 Kf8 30.Rd4 Ra6 31.Kf2 f5 32.exf6 Kf7 33.Ke3 Kxf6 34.Rc5 Rbb6 35.Kd2 Bxc6 36.Bxc6 Rxc6 37.Rxb5 Rd6 38.Rbb4 38.Rbb4 c5 38...c5 0–1
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Khurtsidze,N | - | Foisor,C | - | 0–1 | 2012 | | European Women's Championship | |
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Thanh Trang Hoang became the third leader after beating Nastassia Ziaziulkina
with the black pieces. Behind Sebag, Foisor and Hoang at 4½ points there
were six players at four points. Nana Dzagnidze and Nadezhda Kosintseva, players
from top ten, were still unable to improve their tournament situation.
Round six
Hungarian GM Thanh Trang Hoang took over the sole lead after beating her sixth
round opponent Olga Girya (who exchanged queens and got a disadvantage knight
endgame). On the first board Cristina-Adela Foisor allowed Marie Sebag to get
an advantage. Under the time pressure the French GM offered a draw even though
she still had winning chances.
Valentina Gunina, who had the black pieces against Antoaneta Stefanova, gave
away two pawns for the attack. Former women's world champion grabbed the material
and got a position with clear edge, but her inaccurate play let Black find the
way to her king. Stefanova was mated on move 77.

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Rc1 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 0-0 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 bxc6 12.f3 Nh5 13.Ne2 Nxf4 14.Nxf4 Rb8 15.Qa3 Rb5 16.Rxc6 Qb8 17.b3 e5 18.Ne2 Bd3 19.Qd6 Qe8 20.dxe5 d4 21.exd4 Qa8 22.Rc7 Rd5 23.Qe7 a5 24.e6 Rf5 25.Qd6 fxe6 26.Ng3 R5f6 27.Nh5 R6f7 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Kd2 Bf5 30.Rc1 a4 31.b4 Qe8 32.Ng3 Rd7 33.Qf4 Bg6 34.Rc5 Qd8 35.Ke3 h6 36.Ne2 a3 37.Qe5 Bb1 38.Nc3 Bf5 39.g4 Bg6 40.Ne4 Kh7 41.g5 h5 42.h4 Qb6 43.Rb5 Qa6 44.Qb8 Rf7 45.Nd2 Qa4 46.Nb3 Rf8 47.Qb7 Rf7 48.Qb8 Rf8 49.Qb6 Qa8 50.Qb7 Qd8 51.Qc6 Be8 52.Qc2+ Bg6 53.Qc3 Qe7 54.Ke2 Rf4 55.Rb8 Rxh4 56.Qc8? Rh2+ 57.Ke1 Bc2 58.Nd2 Rh1+ 59.Kf2 Rh2+ 60.Ke1 Rh1+ 61.Kf2 Rh2+ 62.Ke1 Bd3 63.f4 Qd6 64.Qg8+ Kg6 65.Nf3? Rh1+ 66.Kf2 Rf1+ 67.Kg2 Rxf3 67...Qd5 68.f5+ Kxf5 69.Rf8+ Kg4 68.Kxf3 Qd5+ 69.Kg3 h4+ 70.Kxh4 Qh1+ 71.Kg3 Qe1+ 72.Kh3 Bf5+ 73.Kg2 Be4+ 74.Kh3 Qh1+ 75.Kg3 Qg2+ 76.Kh4 Qf2+ 77.Kh3 Bf5# 0–1
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Stefanova,A | - | Gunina,V | - | 0–1 | 2012 | | European Women's Championship | |
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Before the free day Hungarian GM Thanh Trang Hoang (above) has 5.5 points in
her pocket. Four other participants, Marie Sebag, Valentina Gunina, Cristina-Adela
Foisor and Viktorija Cmilyte, are half a point behind.

The youngest participant, Nisa Sahin Hayrun, acquiring experience in tournments
Top standings after six rounds
# |
Sd |
Ti. |
Name |
Rtng |
FED |
Pts |
Perf |
BH. |
BH. |
wins |
1 |
21 |
GM |
Hoang Thanh Trang |
2438 |
HUN |
5½ |
2727 |
16½ |
19 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
GM |
Sebag Marie |
2512 |
FRA |
5 |
2685 |
22 |
25 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
IM |
Gunina Valentina |
2511 |
RUS |
5 |
2683 |
19 |
21½ |
4 |
4 |
31 |
IM |
Foisor Cristina-Adela |
2398 |
ROU |
5 |
2667 |
20 |
20½ |
4 |
5 |
9 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2497 |
LTU |
5 |
2658 |
19 |
22 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2513 |
RUS |
4½ |
2586 |
20½ |
23½ |
4 |
7 |
1 |
IM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2583 |
SLO |
4½ |
2571 |
18½ |
21 |
3 |
8 |
20 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2447 |
GEO |
4½ |
2534 |
18½ |
21 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2546 |
UKR |
4½ |
2514 |
15½ |
18 |
3 |
10 |
29 |
WGM |
Paikidze Nazi |
2406 |
GEO |
4½ |
2365 |
16 |
18 |
3 |
11 |
5 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2531 |
BUL |
4 |
2515 |
20 |
23 |
3 |
12 |
51 |
WGM |
Schleining Zoya |
2326 |
GER |
4 |
2515 |
19 |
19½ |
3 |
13 |
33 |
WGM |
Guramishvili Sopiko |
2395 |
GEO |
4 |
2492 |
19 |
21 |
3 |
14 |
28 |
WGM |
Girya Olga |
2406 |
RUS |
4 |
2475 |
19½ |
22 |
3 |
15 |
17 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2449 |
RUS |
4 |
2447 |
15½ |
18 |
2 |
16 |
15 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2458 |
ARM |
4 |
2444 |
15½ |
18½ |
3 |
17 |
12 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2478 |
ARM |
4 |
2444 |
14½ |
16½ |
3 |
18 |
30 |
IM |
Melia Salome |
2400 |
GEO |
4 |
2419 |
17 |
18½ |
3 |
19 |
24 |
IM |
Romanko Marina |
2417 |
RUS |
4 |
2416 |
14 |
16 |
3 |
20 |
19 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2448 |
GEO |
4 |
2412 |
17 |
18½ |
2 |
21 |
26 |
IM |
Repkova Eva |
2416 |
SVK |
4 |
2410 |
15 |
17 |
3 |
22 |
25 |
IM |
Gaponenko Inna |
2416 |
UKR |
4 |
2407 |
16 |
18½ |
3 |
23 |
23 |
GM |
Zhukova Natalia |
2435 |
UKR |
4 |
2385 |
13 |
14½ |
3 |
24 |
46 |
WIM |
Goryachkina Aleksandra |
2341 |
RUS |
4 |
2327 |
15½ |
16 |
3 |
Remaining schedule
Thursday |
March 8 |
| Free – International Women Day |
Friday |
March 9 |
15:00 |
7th Round |
Saturday |
March 10 |
15:00 |
8th Round |
Sunday |
March 11 |
15:00 |
9th Round |
Monday |
March 12 |
15:00 |
10th Round |
Tuesday |
March 13 |
11:00, 19:00 |
11th Round, Closing Ceremony |
Wednesday |
March 14 |
| Departure-Arrival Day |
Thursday |
March 15 |
| Rapid |
Friday |
March 16 |
| Rapid |
Saturday |
March 17 |
| Blitz |
Sunday |
March 18 |
| Blitz |
Monday |
March 19 |
| Departure Day |
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