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15th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship

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Gunina-Javakhishvili

Gunina-Javakhishvili


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Gunina won again and is 1 point ahead of Melia (sole 2nd), who has 6.5 points. Five players share 3rd place with 6.

Top 10 results of the 8th round

1 GM Gunina Valentina 2501 6½ 1 – 0 6 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474
2 IM Melia Salome 2454 5½ 1 – 0 5½ WGM Girya Olga 2493
3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417
4 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490 5 ½ – ½ 5 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2369
5 GM Danielian Elina 2458 5 1 – 0 5 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2441
6 WFM Mammadzada Gunay 2182 5 0 – 1 5 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451
7 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541 4½ ½ – ½ 5 WGM Nikolova Adriana 2303
8 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Guseva Marina 2362
9 WGM Schleining Zoya 2376 4½ 1 – 0 4½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2508
10 IM Gvetadze Sofio 2356 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488

Top 10 players after 8 rounds

1 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2501 7.5
2 IM Melia Salome GEO 2454 6.5
3 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2451 6.0
4 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2474 6.0
5 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2417 6.0
6 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2476 6.0
7 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2458 6.0
8 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2521 5.5
9 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2493 5.5
10 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela ROU 2383 5.5

Few games of the 8th round

Top 10 pairings of the 9th round

1 IM Melia Salome 2454 6½ – 7½ GM Gunina Valentina 2501
2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474 6 – 6 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476
3 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417 6 – 6 GM Danielian Elina 2458
4 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451 6 – 5½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490
5 IM Arabidze Meri 2406 5½ – 5½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521
6 WGM Girya Olga 2493 5½ – 5½ IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383
7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488 5½ – 5½ WGM Schleining Zoya 2376
8 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460 5½ – 5½ WGM Nikolova Adriana 2303
9 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2369 5½ – 5 IM Skripchenko Almira 2449
10 IM Bulmaga Irina 2357 5 – 5 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541

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An update on chess improvement

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I give lessons on ICC and Playchess servers and use Skype for talking. It is possible to save everything we study + I give homework, if student wants. Usually lessons are private but groups are welcome too! I charge US$40 for 1 hour or US$35 for 1 hour if you purchase 5 lessons in advance.

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* Game analysis

Dortmund 2014

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Caruana-Ponomariov

Caruana-Ponomariov


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Caruana won the second game in a row and became a sole leader with 2/2.

Standings after 2nd round

Caruana 2
Meier 1.5
Leko, Najditsch, Adams 1
Ponomariov, Baramidze, Kramnik 0.5

Games of the round

Pairings of the 3rd round

Naiditsch – Caruana
Kramnik – Baramidze
Leko – Adams
Ponomariov – Meier

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