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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.-
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15th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
The leaders didn’t manage to keep their 100% score and now six players are on 3.5 out of 4.
Results of top 10 games of the 4th round
1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541
2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446 3 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488
3 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521 2½ 1 – 0 2½ WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2441
4 GM Gunina Valentina 2501 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Arabidze Meri 2406
5 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2397
6 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474
7 GM Socko Monika 2462 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ WGM Schleining Zoya 2376
8 IM Gaponenko Inna 2380 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460
9 GM Danielian Elina 2458 2½ 0 – 1 2½ IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383
10 WGM Charochkina Daria 2375 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2456
Top 10 players after 4 rounds
1 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2451 3.5
2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2446 3.5
3 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2541 3.5
4 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2521 3.5
5 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela ROU 2383 3.5
6 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2501 3.5
7 IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2456 3.0
8 IM Melia Salome GEO 2454 3.0
9 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2488 3.0
10 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2508 3.0
View the full list here.
Top games of the 4th round
Top 10 pairings of the 5th round
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541 3½ – 3½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446
2 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451 3½ – 3½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521
3 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383 3½ – 3½ GM Gunina Valentina 2501
4 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2508 3 – 3 IM Melia Salome 2454
5 WGM Girya Olga 2493 3 – 3 IM Skripchenko Almira 2449
6 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2429 3 – 3 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490
7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488 3 – 3 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417
8 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2397 3 – 3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476
9 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474 3 – 3 IM Gaponenko Inna 2380
10 WFM De Rosa Mariagrazia 2081 3 – 3 GM Socko Monika 2462
Thursday Quiz
15th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
(Photo taken from chess-news.ru)
Only 3 players left with perfect score – GMs Zhukova (Ukraine), Dzagnidze (Georgia) and IM Mkrtchian (Armenia).
Results of top 10 boards of the 3rd round
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541 2 1 – 0 2 IM Melia Salome 2454
2 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2456 2 ½ – ½ 2 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521
3 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2508 2 0 – 1 2 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451
4 WGM Girya Olga 2493 2 0 – 1 2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446
5 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Socko Monika 2462
6 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2369 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Danielian Elina 2458
7 IM Guseva Marina 2362 1½ 0 – 1 1½ GM Gunina Valentina 2501
8 IM Bulmaga Irina 2357 1½ 0 – 1 1½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490
9 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488 1½ 1 – 0 1½ WGM Mammadova Gulnar 2331
10 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474 1½ 1 – 0 1½ WGM Kochetkova Julia 2333
Top games of the 3rd round
Pairings of top 10 boards of the 4th round
1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451 3 3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541
2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446 3 2½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488
3 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521 2½ 2½ WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2441
4 GM Gunina Valentina 2501 2½ 2½ IM Arabidze Meri 2406
5 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490 2½ 2½ WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2397
6 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417 2½ 2½ IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474
7 GM Socko Monika 2462 2½ 2½ WGM Schleining Zoya 2376
8 IM Gaponenko Inna 2380 2½ 2½ IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460
9 GM Danielian Elina 2458 2½ 2½ IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383
10 WGM Charochkina Daria 2375 2½ 2½ IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2456



