Monika Socko leads Cotroceni Women's Chess Tournament in Bucharest
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Hi everyone,
We told you about the International Women's Chess Tournament being held in Bucharest from March 2-11. Here are the updates. GM Monika Socko is leading the 10-player round robin chess tournament after six rounds despite a loss against WGM Valentina Gunina! She leads the field by half a point. Tuesday is the rest day when the players would be celebrating Women's Day.
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| GM Monika Socko |
Here are the standings after Round 6
1. GM Socko Monika POL 2495 - 4.5
2. WGM Gunina Valentina RUS 2472 - 4
3. IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2528 - 4
4. IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2499 - 3.5
5. IM Turova Irina RUS 2428 - 3.5
6. IM Peptan Corina-Isabela ROU 2415 - 3
7. IM Ushenina Anna UKR 2454 - 3
8. IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2476 - 2.5
9. IM Repkova Eva SVK 2446 - 1
10. WGM Cosma Elena-Luminita ROU 2343 - 1
Here is the previous report on the event at www.chessblog.com.
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Labels: Bucharest, chess blog, Cotroceni, women's chess tournament
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 12:23 PM
3 Comments:
At March 9, 2011 at 3:40 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Good show by Monika Socko. She hasn't been playing too much lately I think. Nice to see her back.
At March 10, 2011 at 11:06 AM ,
Adrian Stanca said...
Here you can see videos from rounds 1-5: http://iulianceausescu.blogspot.com/2011/03/turneul-international-feminin-cotroceni.html#more
At March 10, 2011 at 11:39 AM ,
Adrian Stanca said...
Also, a nice interview with Monika Socko, in english, here on the oficial site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/competitii/turneul-international-cotroceni-1-11-martie-2011/interviuri/
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