Gelfand won!

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Gelfand drew the first 5 games against Grischuk and then won the 6th! Here is the game:

Thus he won the event and will be challenging Anand for the world title next year! Congratulations!!

European Women Rapid Championship 2011

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Today was the 2nd and last day of European Women Rapid Championship. Despite the fact that many strong players that participated in the European championship didn’t take part in the Rapid event, it’s field was still very impressive!

Finals standings

1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2456 9.0 2644 61.5 74.5 8
2 IM Melia Salome GEO 2444 8.0 2536 62.0 76.0 6
3 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2468 8.0 2503 59.0 72.0 6
4 IM Ovod Evgenija RUS 2404 8.0 2414 55.5 68.0 7
5 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2537 8.0 2338 55.0 65.5 8
6 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2567 7.5 2527 62.0 76.5 6
7 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2557 7.5 2517 62.5 76.5 7
8 IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2470 7.5 2343 53.0 64.5 7
9 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2455 7.5 2328 55.0 68.5 7
10 IM Romanko Marina RUS 2387 7.5 2304 53.5 66.0 7
11 WIM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 2280 7.5 2150 48.0 57.5 7
12 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga GEO 2373 7.0 2450 63.0 75.0 5
13 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2428 7.0 2380 60.0 73.0 6
14 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2473 7.0 2378 54.5 67.0 6
15 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2399 7.0 2376 55.5 68.5 5
16 IM Galojan Lilit ARM 2377 7.0 2212 53.0 64.5 6
17 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2559 6.5 2425 61.5 76.0 5
18 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2454 6.5 2375 59.5 72.0 5
19 WIM Arabidze Meri GEO 2277 6.5 2328 61.0 74.0 4
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Women’s European Individual Championship 2011

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This very strong event took place in Tbilisi. Congratulations to the winners and those who qualified for the Women’s World Championship of 2012!

Here are the final standings:

1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2504 9.0 2692 64.5 78.0 11 9 6.57 2.43 10 24.3
2 GM Stefanova Anto BUL 2506 8.5 2637 64.5 79.5 11 8.5 6.66 1.84 10 18.4
3 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2506 8.0 2629 64.5 79.5 11 8 6.25 1.75 10 17.5
4 IM Matveeva Svetla RUS 2380 8.0 2413 48.5 60.5 11 8 7.17 0.83 10 8.3
5 IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2470 7.5 2580 66.0 79.5 11 7.5 5.81 1.69 10 16.9
6 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2530 7.5 2565 63.5 76.5 11 7.5 6.92 0.58 10 5.8
7 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2454 7.5 2553 60.5 74.5 11 7.5 5.98 1.52 10 15.2
8 GM Kosintseva Tatian RUS 2559 7.5 2539 60.0 73.0 11 7.5 7.69 -0.19 10 -1.9
9 GM Arakhamia-Grant KSCO 2462 7.5 2535 56.0 70.0 11 7.5 6.36 1.14 10 11.4
10 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2537 7.5 2533 63.0 76.5 11 7.5 7.46 0.04 10 0.4
11 IM Foisor Cristina-Ad ROU 2414 7.5 2490 56.5 69.0 11 7.5 6.25 1.25 10 12.5
12 IM Bodnaruk Anastas RUS 2419 7.5 2489 55.5 68.5 11 7.5 6.33 1.17 10 11.7
13 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2448 7.5 2383 51.5 63.0 11 7.5 8.10 -0.60 10 -6.0
14 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2567 7.0 2513 61.5 76.0 11 7 7.71 -0.71 10 -7.1
15 IM Ovod Evgenija RUS 2404 7.0 2509 61.5 74.0 11 7 5.38 1.62 10 16.2
16 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2468 7.0 2506 61.0 75.0 11 7 6.45 0.55 10 5.5
17 IM Romanko Marina RUS 2387 7.0 2487 57.5 70.5 11 7 5.46 1.54 10 15.4
18 IM Khurtsidze Nino GEO 2436 7.0 2456 57.5 70.0 11 7 6.62 0.38 10 3.8
19 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2456 7.0 2452 52.0 63.5 11 7 7.02 -0.02 10 -0.2
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Semi-final, Kazan 2011

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The 3rd game of the semi-final was over in just 14 moves. After sacrificing a pawn in the opening Black got an easy piece play and was definitely not worse. Here is the game with some analysis: