Viktorija Cmilyte wins European Women's Rapid Championship

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8/11/2007 – The European Women's Rapid and Blitz Championships finished after three days of battle, with the constant din of rain and violent slaps on the clocks. But everyone survived, including the clocks. The first three places were shared by Viktorija Cmilyte, Anna Muzychuk Sopio Gvetadze. We bring you results, games and a big photo report by WGM Elena Partac.

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Viktorija Cmilyte wins European Women Rapid Championship

Report by WGM Elena Partac

The European Women's Rapid and Blitz Championaships took place in Predeal, Romania, from August 8 to 10, 2007. 52 players from nine countries participated in the tournament, 12 WGMs and 10 WIMs. It was raining during the entire tournament, and the noise of the rain always accompanied you during the games. It actually seemed to grow louder when you made a bad move...


The entrance to the playing hall of the International Chess Festival in Predeal


A crowd in front of the bulletin board, where the parings have just been posted


Whom am I playing …?!


A stare at the start of the final round of the Rapid: Viktorija Cmilyte, 2467, LTU vs Lela Javakhishvili, 2460, GEO, draw, and Viktorija took first place!


Anna Muzychuk, 2456, SLO vs Corina Peptan, 2411, ROM: 1-0


Sopio Gvetadze, 2371, GEO took third place behind against Anna Muzychuk, 2456, SLO


Lela Javakhishvili, 2460, GEO, fifth, vs Margarita Voiska, 2314, BUL, eighth


Alina Motoc, 2289, ROM, took sixth place, Irina-Luiza Marin, 2166, ROM took 14th [yes, she is, and yes, he will be doing his usual superb commentary for the world championship in Mexico]


WGM Partac Elena, 2110, MDL, 16th, vs WGM Corina-Isabela Peptan, 2411, ROM, fourth place


The only Spanish player, Paloma Castillo Gutierrez, 2131, came in 32nd


“Interesting”… IM Boris Itkis, 2433, ROM, watching the games


A tough start for Mina Popova of Bulgaria, who unfortunately scored zero points


The winners: Sopio Gvetadze, third, Victorija Cmilyte, first, and Anna Muzychuk, second

After nine rounds of rapid chess, the closing ceremony was held. First place went to Victorija Cmilyte from Lituania, the second place to Anna Muzychuk of Slovenian (formerly from Ukrainian) and third place to Georgian WGM Sopio Gvetadze. The first nine players in the final standings took a prize.

Final standings of the European Women's Rapid Championship

Pl. Sd.
Ti.
Player Elo FED Country Pts TB1 TB2

1

1

WGM

Cmilyte Viktorija

2467

LTU

Littauen

7,0

41,5

53,0

2

3

WGM

Muzychuk Anna

2456

SLO

Slowenien

7,0

39,5

50,5

3

6

WGM

Gvetadze Sopio

2371

GEO

Georgien

7,0

39,0

50,0

4

4

WGM

Peptan Corina-Isabela

2411

ROM

Rumänien

6,5

37,0

48,5

5

2

WGM

Javakhishvili Lela

2460

GEO

Georgien

6,5

36,5

47,5

6

11

WGM

Motoc Alina

2289

ROM

Rumänien

6,5

35,0

45,5

7

5

WGM

Vajda Szidonia

2410

HUN

Ungarn

6,0

41,0

52,0

8

10

WGM

Voiska Margarita

2314

BUL

Bulgarien

6,0

37,5

47,5

9

8

WIM

Hryhorenko Natalia

2346

UKR

Ukraine

6,0

35,5

46,5

10

7

WGM

Cosma Elena Luminita

2370

ROM

Rumänien

5,5

41,5

53,0

11

18

WIM

Genova Liubka

2221

BUL

Bulgarien

5,5

36,5

47,0

12

9

WIM

Muzychuk Mariya

2330

UKR

Ukraine

5,5

34,5

45,0

13

16

Nikolova Adriana

2234

BUL

Bulgarien

5,5

31,5

41,5

14

23

WIM

Marin Irina-Luiza

2166

ROM

Rumänien

5,5

31,0

40,5

15

12

WGM

Huda Maryana

2278

UKR

Ukraine

5,5

29,5

37,5

16

31

WGM

Partac Elena

2110

MDA

Moldawien

5,0

39,0

50,0

17

27

Traistaru Teodora

2137

ROM

Rumänien

5,0

34,0

44,0

18

13

WIM

Rudolf Anna

2275

HUN

Ungarn

5,0

33,0

43,5

19

15

WIM

Paulet Iozefina

2241

ROM

Rumänien

5,0

31,5

41,0

20

19

WGM

Doluhanova Evgenia

2218

UKR

Ukraine

5,0

30,0

39,5

21

25

Videnova Iva

2155

BUL

Bulgarien

5,0

30,0

38,5

22

34

Chirita Andra-Marina

2056

ROM

Rumänien

5,0

29,5

36,5

23

35

Mathe Katalin

2049

ROM

Rumänien

5,0

27,5

33,0


At the closing ceremony, from left: Margarita Voiska (BUL), Szidonia Vajda (ROM), Alina Motoc (ROM), Sopio Gvetadze (GEO), arbiter Chirila Radu, Anna Muzychuk (SLO), Viktorija Cmilyte (LTU), Velchev Nicolay, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Chess Federation


The tournament finished, it’s time to relax… from left: Natalia Hryhorenko (UKR), Anna Muzychuk (SLO), Evgenia Doluhanova (UKR) and Mariya Muzychuk (UKR)


Our reporter WGM Elena Partac, filing a report on Predeal

Elena also played in the tournaments, and was, understandably, not able to photograph during the Blitz Championship. But we have the results:

Final standings of the European Women's Blitz Championship

Pl. Sd.
Ti.
Player FED Country Pts TB1 TB2
1 3 WGM Muzychuk Anna 2456 Slowenien 13,0 114,0 132,0
2 6 WGM Gvetadze Sopio 2371 Georgien 12,0 118,5 138,5
3 1 WGM Cmilyte Viktorija 2467 Littauen 11,0 115,5 134,5
4 2 WGM Javakhishvili Lela 2460 Georgien 10,5 116,5 136,0
5 10 WGM Voiska Margarita 2314 Bulgarien 9,5 117,0 137,0
6 7 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2370 Rumänien 9,5 115,0 135,0
7 9 WIM Muzychuk Mariya 2330 Ukraine 9,5 111,5 130,5
8 8 WIM Hryhorenko Natalia 2346 Ukraine 9,5 108,0 127,0
9 26 WGM Corke Anya 2149 Hongkong 8,5 117,0 134,5
10 17 WIM Dragomirescu Angela 2227 Rumänien 8,5 114,5 134,0
11 4 WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela 2411 Rumänien 8,5 114,0 134,0
12 22 WFM Craciun Paula-Iulia 2192 Rumänien 8,5 111,0 129,5
13 13 WIM Rudolf Anna 2275 Ungarn 8,5 109,5 126,5
14 19 WGM Doluhanova Evgenia 2218 Ukraine 8,5 107,5 125,5
15 5 WGM Vajda Szidonia 2410 Ungarn 8,5 105,5 123,5
16 11 WGM Motoc Alina 2289 Rumänien 8,5 102,0 119,0
17 12 WGM Huda Maryana 2278 Ukraine 8,5 98,5 110,0
18 14 WIM Gheorghe Corina 2247 Rumänien 8,5 97,0 112,5
19 40   Stefanova Milena 2018 Bulgarien 8,0 114,5 134,5
20 21 WIM Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda 2212 Rumänien 8,0 107,0 125,0
21 15 WIM Paulet Iozefina 2241 Rumänien 8,0 107,0 125,0
22 33   Lazo Xenia 2087 Moldawien 8,0 101,5 116,0
23 20 WFM Raeva Elitza 2215 Bulgarien 8,0 99,5 115,0
24 25   Videnova Iva 2155 Bulgarien 8,0 98,0 110,0
25 23 WIM Marin Irina-Luiza 2166 Rumänien 8,0 95,0 108,5

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