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 two
Before the start of the second round FIDE Vice President and the President
of TCF Ali Nihat Yazici asked for a minute of silence: "The Chairman of
the FIDE Qualification Commission, Mikko Markkula, has passed away. He was a
good friend of of all of us."
In the second round GM Nadezhda Kosintseva, who had moved up to the first
board, unexpectedly lost her game against WGM Sopilko Guramishvili, 140 Elo
points below her. She managed to get a position with clear advantage in but
few inaccurate moves tip the scales in favor of Georgian player.
[Event "European women's Championship"]
[Site "GAZIANTEP"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Guramisvili, Sopiko"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Miroshnichenko,Evgenij"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Ndc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. h5 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Rg1
Kh8 16. h6 Bf6 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Bxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qh5 Rg8 20. Rh1 Nxe4 21. Ndxe4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qf4 23. Qh4 Raf8 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Nd2 a4 26. Rc1 Nc5 27. Rc3 {
Black has a clearly better endgame and it is difficult to imagine she is in
any trouble.} Bf5 28. Re3 Bg6 29. Rh2 c6 $2 {Not the right moment! After the
bishop's transfer to g6 the rook on g8 has nothing to do, so that was a time
to improve its position:} (29... Rgf8 {followed by R8f6 and Kg8-f7, improving
the position slowly, as White has no counterplay.}) 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Nxb3
32. Rxb3 cxd5 33. cxd5 Rc8 34. f3 $2 {This move should have lost the game for
White, but instead it brought her a full point.} Rd4 $2 (34... Rc1+ $1 {would
have won at least a pawn.} 35. Kf2 Be4 $1 36. Be2 Bxd5 37. Rd3 Rc5 {with a
clear advantage.}) 35. Rhb2 Rxd5 $6 (35... Bf7 $1 36. Rxb7 Bxd5 37. Rb8 Rg8 {
and Black should be able to survive.}) 36. Rxb7 Rdc5 $2 {The final mistake!} (
36... Kg8 {Trying to escape a deadly corner, would probably be the best try.
Still, after} 37. Bh3 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Ra7 Rc2+ 40. Rxc2 Bxc2 41. a4 {
White's advantage looks decisive.}) 37. Bh3 $1 Re8 38. Bd7 $1 {Ensuring the
bishop's position on e6 with a tempo.} Rg8 39. Be6 Re8 40. Rb8 Rc1+ 41. Kf2
Rc2+ 42. Rxc2 Rxb8 43. Rd2 {Black is paralyzed, so white's passed pawn decides
the game.} Rf8 44. Rxd6 e4 45. a4 Rxf3+ 46. Ke1 Rf8 47. a5 e3 48. a6 Bd3 49.
Rxd3 Rf1+ 50. Kxf1 e2+ 51. Kg2 1-0
Azeri player Gulnar Mammadova, who defeated Nana Dzagnidze in the first round,
continued her winning streak – in the second round she won against Eva
Repkova. The rating favorite of another game, Elisabeth Pähtz, decided
to sacrifice a piece in an equal position, but her opponent Jovana Vojinovic
found a defence and won the game.
[Event "European Women's Championship"]
[Site "GAZIANTEP"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Vojinovic, Jovana"]
[Black "Pähtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Miroshnichenko,Evgenij"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. d5 Nh5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 Nc5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nb7 14. Rac1 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. b4 Qe6 18. Ne1 Kh8 19. a4 Bd7 20. a5 a6 21. f3 Rg8
22. Na4 Be8 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. Bf1 Bf8 26. Ra1 f4 27. Bh4 Bg7 28. Ra3
Bf6 29. Bxf6+ Nxf6 30. Qf2 c5 31. Nd5 Nh5 32. Nc7 Qe7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. b5 axb5
35. cxb5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Nxa5 37. Qd2 {Black had seen hard times during this
game, but now everything would have been fine after the modest 37...Nb7.
Instead, perhaps being in time trouble Black played} Ng3+ $2 38. hxg3 fxg3 {
completely missing} 39. Qh6 $1 {The rest wasn't really needed...} Nb7 40. Bd3
Rf8 41. Kg1 Rf6 42. Qg5 d5 43. Bf1 d4 44. Ra1 Nd8 45. Ra6 Ne6 46. Qxe5 Qg7 47.
Rxe6 Rxe6 48. Qxe6 Qg5 49. Bd3 c4 50. Bxc4 d3 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qg8+ 1-0
Defending European champion Viktorija Cmilyte defeating WGM Jolanta Zawadzka
Turkish players Emel Kaya, Ezgi Menzi and Busra Arig
Round three
The third round of the European Individual Women Chess Championship left only
three players with a 100% score. Defending European champion Viktorija Cmilyte
won her game against Jovana Vojinovic, Cristina-Adela Foisor and Marie Sebag
were stronger in their games against Tatjana Kosintseva and Natasa Bojkovic.
On the first board former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova made a draw with
Salome Melia. Hilal Ozturk shows the best result among Turkish players. In the
third round she defeated Anastasia Savina, whose rating is 550 points above
the Turkish youngster! Another Turkish player, Kubra Ozturk, started to score
and gained her first point by winning nice game against Roberta Messina. Muzychuk's
sisters got quite dangerous positions today, but both of them managed to secure
half a point.
In the lead: GM Marie Sebag from France, rated 2512, with 3.0/3 points
Almira Skripchenko from France before her third round game against Lilit
Galojan,
which she won. Almira is now in fourth place with 2.5/3 points.
Sopiko Guramishvili is also at 2.5/3 points, with a 2662 performance
The youngest participant of the event: Sahin Hayrun Nisa from Turkey
Evgenij Miroshnichenko, 33, has been an International Grandmaster since 2002.
"Miro", as he likes to be called, is a two times Ukrainian Champion
(2003 and 2008) and a winner of numerous international tournaments. In the following
notes we find the highlights of round three in Gaziantep. Note that you can
select the games in the dropdown box above the Javascript window.
Top standings after three rounds
| # |
Sd |
Ti. |
Name |
Rtng |
FED |
Pts |
ratP |
BH. |
BH. |
wins |
| 1 |
7 |
GM |
Sebag Marie |
2512 |
FRA |
3 |
3156 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
| 2 |
9 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2497 |
LTU |
3 |
3138 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
| 3 |
31 |
IM |
Foisor Cristina-Adela |
2398 |
ROU |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3½ |
3 |
| 4 |
53 |
WIM |
Mammadova Gulnar |
2324 |
AZE |
2½ |
2747 |
4½ |
6½ |
2 |
| 5 |
33 |
WGM |
Guramishvili Sopiko |
2395 |
GEO |
2½ |
2662 |
3½ |
4½ |
2 |
| 6 |
54 |
WGM |
Mamedjarova Zeinab |
2321 |
AZE |
2½ |
2661 |
3½ |
4½ |
2 |
| 7 |
5 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2531 |
BUL |
2½ |
2637 |
4½ |
5½ |
2 |
| 8 |
8 |
IM |
Gunina Valentina |
2511 |
RUS |
2½ |
2629 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
| 9 |
13 |
IM |
Skripchenko Almira |
2468 |
FRA |
2½ |
2579 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
| 10 |
21 |
GM |
Hoang Thanh Trang |
2438 |
HUN |
2½ |
2568 |
3½ |
5 |
2 |
| 11 |
20 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2447 |
GEO |
2½ |
2566 |
3½ |
4½ |
2 |
| 12 |
22 |
WGM |
Batsiashvili Nino |
2438 |
GEO |
2½ |
2550 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
| 13 |
30 |
IM |
Melia Salome |
2400 |
GEO |
2½ |
2540 |
4½ |
5½ |
2 |
| 14 |
43 |
WGM |
Molchanova Tatjana |
2346 |
RUS |
2½ |
2532 |
3½ |
3½ |
2 |
| 15 |
44 |
WIM |
Ziaziulkina Nastassia |
2343 |
BLR |
2½ |
2522 |
3½ |
3½ |
2 |
| 16 |
51 |
WGM |
Schleining Zoya |
2326 |
GER |
2½ |
0 |
4 |
4½ |
2 |
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