Women at Aeroflot Chess Open

Shayesteh Ghader Pour from Iran

Hello everybody!

From February 9 to February 18, 2010 the very strong Aeroflot-open is taking place. In the A1 tournament, where the rating floor for participation is 2550, there are 5 strong chess ladies playing.

After 6 rounds, the standings for the women players are as follows (current rank; name; country; points; rating; perfomance):

49. Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2,5 2515 2635

59. Hou Yifan CHN 2,0 2590 2534

64. Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS 2,0 2533 2580

66. Sebag, Marie FRA 2,0 2510 2540

67. Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2,0 2493 2538

In the A2 tournament, where the rating floor is 2399, there are 8 ladies chess players:

21. Harika, Dronavalli IND 3,0 2471 2505

40. Ovod, Evgenija RUS 2,5 2415 2477

41. Savina Anastasia RUS 2,5 2407 25o3

47. Romanko Maria RUS 2,0 2433 2392

48. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2,0 2428 2386

58. Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 1,5 2372 2306

65. Pourkashiyan, Atousa IRI 1,0 2306 2193

66. Karavade, Eesha IND 0,5 2405 2061

In the B tournament, which is for chess players with a rating less than 2400 but higher than 2199, there are 6 ladies playing. Mammadova, Gulnar from Azerbaijan (2221) has 5 points out of 6, sharing the first place in the group and is showing a performance of 2600.

In the C tournament which is for players with a rating of 2200 or lower, there are 3 ladies playing and all of them have 4 out of 6 at the moment.

I wish all ladies success in these strong mixed tournaments, let us show that women's chess is exciting, and getting stronger every day!

Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk

Women's World Chess Champion

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