14th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2013 – 9th round

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Hoang
(Photo taken from www.chess-news.ru)

GM Hoang is leading the tournament with 7.5 points out of 9 games. There are 4 players on 7.

Top 10 results of the round

1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2467 7 ½ – ½ 6½ IM Melia Salome GEO 2428
2 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2489 6½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2594
3 GM Socko Monika POL 2435 6 1 – 0 6 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2507
4 GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2497 6 1 – 0 6 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina RUS 2407
5 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478 6 ½ – ½ 6 WGM Arabidze Meri GEO 2320
6 WIM Rakic Marija SRB 2294 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2471
7 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2558 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2401
8 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2523 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2421
9 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2393 5½ 0 – 1 5½ IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2512
10 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2484 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ WGM Schleining Zoya GER 2368

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Top 10 players after 9 rounds with ELO gain/loss

1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang w HUN 2467 7.5 19.9
2 IM Melia Salome w GEO 2428 7.0 24.1
3 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra w RUS 2489 7.0 10.7
4 GM Cmilyte Viktorija w LTU 2497 7.0 9.0
5 GM Socko Monika w POL 2435 7.0 11.3
6 WGM Arabidze Meri w GEO 2320 6.5 41.5
7 WGM Pogonina Natalija w RUS 2478 6.5 9.2
8 WGM Kovanova Baira w RUS 2371 6.5 19.5
9 GM Muzychuk Anna w SLO 2594 6.5 -5.4
10 IM Khotenashvili Bela w GEO 2512 6.5 2.4

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Top 5 games of the round

Unofficial top 10 pairings of the 10th round

1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2489 7 – 7½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2467
2 IM Melia Salome GEO 2428 7 – 7 GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2497
3 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478 6½ – 7 GM Socko Monika POL 2435
4 GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2594 6½ – 6½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2454
5 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2437 6½ – 6½ IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2512
6 WGM Chelushkina Irina SRB 2265 5½ – 5½ IM Romanko Marina RUS 2368
7 WGM Arabidze Meri GEO 2320 6½ – 6½ WGM Kovanova Baira RUS 2371
8 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2507 6 – 6½ WIM Schut Lisa NED 2277
9 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina RUS 2407 6 – 6 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2558
10 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2401 6 – 6 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2528

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Top 100 Women August 2013

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There are also some changes in the women’s list.

1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2609 7 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 0 1987
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2594 0 1990
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2569 7 1987
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2562 19 1985
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2542 0 1989
8 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2535 12 1991
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531 0 1985
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2528 0 1986

View the full list here. I am still on the 38th place :).

Top 100 Players August 2013

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Quite a lot happened in the top 10 of the men’s list. See for yourself!

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862 0 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 0 1982
3 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2796 0 1992
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2785 11 1983
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 0 1975
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2775 11 1985
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 0 1969
8 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2772 11 1990
9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2772 4 1987
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 11 1975

View the full top 100 here.