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Valentina Gunina is the European Champion

7/18/2014 – Entering the final round of the European Individual Women's Chess Championship, Valentina Gunina was a shoo-in for the title, and after drawing her final opponent, Mariya Muzychuk, she lifted the gold. Her superb 9.0/11 was flawless, and well-deserved as she took the early lead and never wilted under the pressure of her increasing favoritism. Here is an interview with the winner.

Plovdiv Rd10: Going for the gold

7/17/2014 – The game of the round, and possibly deciding once and for all the European Women's title, was between Valentina Gunina and Tatiana Kosintseva. Both women knew each other's game extremely well, having competed side-by- side in the 2012 Olympiad where they lifted the gold. In spite of other higher profile games also being played during the day, this tense game was thrilling to watch.

Plovdiv Rd9: The final challenge

7/16/2014 – All it took was a draw. With Valentina Gunina running away with the European Women's Championship, focus began to be made on the runners up, after all, there is only so much one can say about a one-horse race. In round nine, Gunina was finally forced to accede to a draw by rival Salome Melia from Georgia, and this alone injected the fight for first with new life.

Plovdiv Rd8: Exceptional results

7/15/2014 – The first and foremost story of round eight is the steaming locomotive that is Gunina, taking her score to 7.5/8 and with only one rival within even a point. Still, other players are also posting exceptional results, closing in on norms their rating would ordinarily not suggest was within their reach. Two names are Mammadzada and De Rosa who each have huge performances.

Plovdiv: Gunina strikes again

7/14/2014 – In 2012 Valentina Gunina became European Women's Champion, and she seems set for a repeat in Plovdiv 2014. After beating number one seed Nana Dzagnidze in round six, she continued her winning streak against Natalia Zhukova in round seven to reach an impressive score of 6.5 out of 7 and an Elo-performance of 2800. Fortune smiled on her.

Gunina leads European Women's Championship

7/12/2014 – After six of eleven rounds a sole leader emerged at the European Women's Championship in Plovdiv: Valentina Gunina from Russia. The European Women's Champion from 2012 won a crucial game against top seed Nana Dzagnidze and now leads the event by 5.5 out of 6, followed by Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) and Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia) with 5 points each.

15th European Women's Championship starts

7/7/2014 – The 15th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship has just started, and is being held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 5-18. 116 top female competitors in Europe will be competing over eleven rounds to determine the title. The top seeds are Nana Dzagnidze (2541), Mariya Muychuk (2521), Natalia Pogonina (2508), Valentina Gunina (2501) and more. Get up to speed in this opening report.
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