Dagomys First Round

Hello dear chess fans,

Today was the first round of the very strong Russian Team Championships, taking place in Dagomys, close to Sochi, Russia. Many of the strongest women chess players of the planet are participating, with 5 holding the Grandmaster (GM) title, and the average tournament rating above 2400 ELO. Even though it's the Russian Team Championship, many non-Russian top women are playing for Russian clubs, making it extra strong and interesting.

My team (Moscow) drew today against the team of Economist Saratov 2-2 . I drew my game, playing Black against Chinese Grandmaster Zhao Xue (see photos), rated 2490 FIDE. You can see the game below.

Tomorrow will be an important day, as our team will play AVS Krasnoturyinsk, which is the rating favorite, boasting an average ELO of 2508.

Important links:

- Official Organizer Page

- The Tournament Table Page

- The Board Results Page

- My results Page

- My team results Page

- Live Games (3 PM local time = 1 PM Paris time = 7 AM New York time)

- PGN Player so you can copy/paste PGN moves to view games.

The team compositions are as follows:

SNo.	Team	Fed.	Local	SNo.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Birthday
1	SPb Chess Fed	RUS	2461
				1*	IM	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	2485	1983- -
				2*	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2465	1978- -
				3*	GM	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	SCO	2447	1968- -
				4*	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2445	1982- -
				5	WGM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	RUS	2384	1992- -
				6	WGM	Demina, Julia	RUS	2339	1969- -
2	M.Chigorin Chess Club	RUS	2296
				1*	WIM	Molchanova, Tatjana	RUS	2369	1980- -
				2*	WIM	Akatova, Ekaterina	RUS	2275	1987- -
				3*	WIM	Bronnikova, Elizaveta	RUS	2271	1985- -
				4*	WIM	Ivkina, Olga	RUS	2268	1985- -
				5	WIM	Solovjova, Valentina	RUS	2256	1986- -
				6	WIM	Gromova, Iulia	RUS	2226	1985- -
3	Economist-SGSEU	RUS	2446
				1*	GM	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2490	1985- -
				2*	IM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2452	1985- -
				3*	IM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2486	1985- -
				4*	WGM	Iljushina, Olga	RUS	2356	1981- -
				5	WGM	Kovanova, Baira	RUS	2385	1987- -
				6	WIM	Tarasova, Viktoriya	RUS	2261	1989- -
4	AVS	RUS	2508
				1*	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2555	1979- -
				2*	IM	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	2533	1990- -
				3*	WGM	Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	2501	1985- -
				4*	IM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2444	1992- -
				5	WGM	Savina, Anastasia	RUS	2391	1992- -
				6	WGM	Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	2431	1974- -
5	Dvorets	RUS	2294
				1*	IM	Romanko, Marina	RUS	2409	1986- -
				2*	WIM	Paikidze, Nazi	GEO	2322	1993- -
				3*	WFM	Repina, Varvara	RUS	2240	1992- -
				4*		Bukhteeva, Viktoria	RUS	2206	1993- -
6	ShSM	RUS	2448
				1*	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2524	1984- -
				2*	IM	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	RUS	2438	1974- -
				3*	WFM	Gunina, Valentina	RUS	2457	1989- -
				4*	IM	Matveeva, Svetlana	RUS	2373	1969- -
				5	WGM	Girya, Olga	RUS	2362	1991- -
7	Giprorechtrans	RUS	2409
				1*	WGM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2492	1979- -
				2*	WGM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2428	1987- -
				3*	IM	Zaiatz, Elena	RUS	2391	1969- -
				4*	IM	Vasilevich, Irina	RUS	2324	1985- -
				5	WIM	Fominykh, Maria	RUS	2268	1987- -

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk

Women's World Chess Champion

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