Sunday, April 24, 2011

Kosteniuk Wins Russian Women's Blitz Chess Championship

Congratulations to GM Alexandra Kosteniuk on her victory - actually, victories - see the news below about her performance in the Russian Team Chess Championships! 

I just visited her chess blog and saw the news! Her win of the Russian Women's Blitz Chess Championship has not been individually linked yet so here's the final standings table from the blog entry (after 14 rounds):




Name


1
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
2503
11.0
2
WGM
Gunina Valentina
2472
10.5
3
IM
Bodnaruk Anastasia
2423
9.0
4
IM
Zaiatz Elena
2426
9.0
5
WIM
Ambartsumova Karina
2308
8.5
6
IM
Turova Irina
2428
8.0
7
WGM
Kovanova Baira
2376
8.0
8
WIM
Tomilova Elena
2315
8.0
9
IM
Galliamova Alisa
2497
7.5
10
IM
Romanko Marina
2402
7.5
11
WIM
Fominykh Maria
2303
7.5
12

Sukhareva Evgeniya
2180
7.5
13
WGM
Kashlinskaya Alina
2320
7.0
14
IM
Vasilevich Irina
2324
7.0
15
WIM
Novikova Anna
2240
7.0
16
WGM
Pogonina Natalija
2446
6.5
17
WFM
Kabanova Ekaterina
2190
6.5
18
WGM
Girya Olga
2425
6.0
19
WFM
Semenova Elena
2170
6.0
20
WGM
Shaydullina Sandugach
2178
5.5
21

Chan Naruna
1754
4.5
22

Gubernatorova Lyudmila
2266
4.0
23
WFM
Kostrikina Anna
2067
3.0
24

Sukhareva Valentina
1936
3.0


This comes on top of the earlier news today that the women's team Kosteniuk played on took top place in the Russian Team Championships and Kosteniuk took top individual honors among the women. 

The Russian Team and Blitz Championships were held in Olginka, Krasnodar, Russia April 11 - 23, 2011. The SHSM-RSCU (Moscow) women's team was composed of Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Marina Romanko, Olga Girya, and Alina Kashlinskaya.

Kosteniuk's individual performance rating in the Team Championships was 2746.  Here is the table for the women's individual performances (team):




Name
ELO
Club
Pts.


1
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
2503
SHSM - RSCU
85.7
7
1
2
IM
Munguntuul Batkhuyag
2434
"Giprorechtrans"
85.7
7
2
3
WGM
Kashlinskaya Alina
2320
SHSM - RSCU
80.0
5
4
4
IM
Turova Irina
2428
Rook
78.6
7
4
5
IM
Zaiatz Elena
2426
"Giprorechtrans"
71.4
7
3
6
GM
Stefanova Antoaneta
2523
ABC
70.0
5
1
7
IM
Vasilevich Irina
2324
"Giprorechtrans"
70.0
5
4
8
WGM
Gunina Valentina
2472
SHSM - RSCU
66.7
6
2
9
IM
Muzychuk Mariya
2476
ABC
66.7
3
3
10
WGM
Pogonina Natalija
2446
ABC
64.3
7
2
11
WIM
Novikova Anna
2240
Polytechnic
64.3
7
3
12
IM
Gaponenko Inna
2435
Rook
64.3
7
3
13
GM
Cmilyte Viktorija
2526
SPbShF
60.0
5
1
14
GM
Lahno Kateryna
2531
ABC
58.3
6
1
15
IM
Bodnaruk Anastasia
2423
SPbShF
57.1
7
3
16
IM
Galliamova Alisa
2497
Rook
50.0
7
1
17
WGM
Nebolsina Vera
2305
"Ugra"
50.0
7
1
18
WGM
Girya Olga
2425
SHSM - RSCU
50.0
4
3
19
WFM
Gileva Irina
2133
Polytechnic
50.0
2
4
20
WIM
Fominykh Maria
2303
"Giprorechtrans"
50.0
2
4
21
WIM
Ivkina Olga
2289
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
42.9
7
2
22
WGM
Kovanova Baira
2376
SPbShF
42.9
7
4
23
WFM
Kabanova Ekaterina
2190
"Ugra"
41.7
6
3
24
IM
Atalik Ekaterina
2444
SPbShF
40.0
5
2
25
WFM
Rassokhina Ekaterina
2055
Polytechnic
40.0
5
4
26
GM
Socko Monika
2495
SPbShF
37.5
4
1
27
GM
Zhukova Natalia
2443
"Giprorechtrans"
35.7
7
1
28
IM
Ovod Evgenija
2405
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
35.7
7
1
29
WIM
Kharashuta Ekaterina
2270
Polytechnic
35.7
7
2
30
WIM
Bronnikova Elizaveta
2251
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
35.7
7
3
31
WGM
Savina Anastasia
2383
ABC
35.7
7
4
32
IM
Romanko Marina
2402
SHSM - RSCU
33.3
6
2
33
WIM
Tomilova Elena
2315
Polytechnic
28.6
7
1
34
WGM
Paikidze Nazi
2425
Rook
28.6
7
2
35
WIM
Gromova Iulia
2214
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
28.6
7
4
36
WGM
Iljushina Olga
2352
"Ugra"
25.0
6
1
37
WIM
Bezgodova Svetlana
2147
"Ugra"
20.0
5
2
38

Yakupova Aysyla
2115
"Ugra"
12.5
4
4


Outstanding! 
 
Next up for GM Kosteniuk is an appearance at the National Scholastics in Nashville, Tennessee (USA) April 29 - 30, 2011. 
 
GM Kosteniuk is Goddesschess' judge for the Fighting Chess Award in the 2011 U.S. Women's Chess Championship currently taking place in St. Louis, Missouri (USA) at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis (a/k/a the St. Louis Chess Club in popular jargon).  The Championship has taken some unexpected turns.  Who will the winner ultimately be?  And who will win the Goddesschess Fighting Chess Award?

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