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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk and Team win all top awards at Russian Team Chess Championship 2011 (Updated)

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011



Hi everyone,


This is great news. We have the very talented Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk leading her team SHSM-RSCU (Moscow) to the first place in the Russian Team Chess Championships. Also, another great part, she has won the top award for the best performance of 2746 ELO with a fantastic score of 6.0 in seven rounds playing Board 1. She also has the best performance overall in the women's section too.




The winning teams. (We await more photos.)
SHSM-RSCU (top) in the women's section with Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk (highest performance of 2746) and SHSM-64 in the men's section.


It wasn't easy as going into the last round, the SHSM-RSCU was in a must-win situation and also Board 1 Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk had to take on former Women's World Chess Champion Antoaneta Stefanova. Needless to add, coming up with a scintillating performance, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk won the game and so did the rest of her team beating team ABC by 3-1 in the last round.


This gives us the final standings in the women's team section as follows:

Points
TB1
TB2
1
SHSM - RSCU
10
18.0
2
2
Giprorechtrans
10
18.0
0
3
ABC
10
16.0
0
4
Rook
10
15.5
0
5
Polytechnic
6
12.0
0
6
SPbShF
4
13.5
0
7
Club Chigorina
3
10.0
0
8
Ugra
3
9.0
0




The SHSM-RSCU (Moscow) team included: Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Marina Romanko, Olga Girya and Alina Kashlinskaya. 


In the men's section, the SHSM-64 that scored 20 points overall to win included: Boris Gelfand, Wang Hao, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Alexander Riazantsev, Vladimir Potkin, Boris Grachev, Evgeniy Najer. 


You can access all the results at the official website here.



The Russian Club Championship was held in the village of Olginka (Krasnodar Territory), Russia, from April 11 to 23.The men's tournament is a round-robin with twelve clubs participating. Each team consists of six players with two reserves.
Time Control: 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes KO and a 30-second increment as of the first move. There were eight teams in the women's section.

Now, some nice games from the last round. Just select the game you want to view from the pull-down menu.




The final individual standings from the teams giving Chess Queen a 2746 Elo performance.

Name
ELO
Club
Pts.


1
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
2503
SHSM - RSCU
85.7
7
1
2
IM
Munguntuul Batkhuyag
2434
"Giprorechtrans"
85.7
7
2
3
WGM
Kashlinskaya Alina
2320
SHSM - RSCU
80.0
5
4
4
IM
Turova Irina
2428
Rook
78.6
7
4
5
IM
Zaiatz Elena
2426
"Giprorechtrans"
71.4
7
3
6
GM
Stefanova Antoaneta
2523
ABC
70.0
5
1
7
IM
Vasilevich Irina
2324
"Giprorechtrans"
70.0
5
4
8
WGM
Gunina Valentina
2472
SHSM - RSCU
66.7
6
2
9
IM
Muzychuk Mariya
2476
ABC
66.7
3
3
10
WGM
Pogonina Natalija
2446
ABC
64.3
7
2
11
WIM
Novikova Anna
2240
Polytechnic
64.3
7
3
12
IM
Gaponenko Inna
2435
Rook
64.3
7
3
13
GM
Cmilyte Viktorija
2526
SPbShF
60.0
5
1
14
GM
Lahno Kateryna
2531
ABC
58.3
6
1
15
IM
Bodnaruk Anastasia
2423
SPbShF
57.1
7
3
16
IM
Galliamova Alisa
2497
Rook
50.0
7
1
17
WGM
Nebolsina Vera
2305
"Ugra"
50.0
7
1
18
WGM
Girya Olga
2425
SHSM - RSCU
50.0
4
3
19
WFM
Gileva Irina
2133
Polytechnic
50.0
2
4
20
WIM
Fominykh Maria
2303
"Giprorechtrans"
50.0
2
4
21
WIM
Ivkina Olga
2289
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
42.9
7
2
22
WGM
Kovanova Baira
2376
SPbShF
42.9
7
4
23
WFM
Kabanova Ekaterina
2190
"Ugra"
41.7
6
3
24
IM
Atalik Ekaterina
2444
SPbShF
40.0
5
2
25
WFM
Rassokhina Ekaterina
2055
Polytechnic
40.0
5
4
26
GM
Socko Monika
2495
SPbShF
37.5
4
1
27
GM
Zhukova Natalia
2443
"Giprorechtrans"
35.7
7
1
28
IM
Ovod Evgenija
2405
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
35.7
7
1
29
WIM
Kharashuta Ekaterina
2270
Polytechnic
35.7
7
2
30
WIM
Bronnikova Elizaveta
2251
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
35.7
7
3
31
WGM
Savina Anastasia
2383
ABC
35.7
7
4
32
IM
Romanko Marina
2402
SHSM - RSCU
33.3
6
2
33
WIM
Tomilova Elena
2315
Polytechnic
28.6
7
1
34
WGM
Paikidze Nazi
2425
Rook
28.6
7
2
35
WIM
Gromova Iulia
2214
Club im.M.I.Chigorina
28.6
7
4
36
WGM
Iljushina Olga
2352
"Ugra"
25.0
6
1
37
WIM
Bezgodova Svetlana
2147
"Ugra"
20.0
5
2
38

Yakupova Aysyla
2115
"Ugra"
12.5
4
4




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23 comments:

  1. alexis cochran, new zealandApril 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    What a fantastic performance congrats.

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  2. saira, madridApril 23, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    What a turbo-charged performance Chess Queen - that is why I love you.

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  3. Srinath, ColomboApril 23, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Hey Chess Queen I loved your games throughout the tournament. All the best at the European Individual.

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  4. Amrit Puri, Knights Chess Club, New DelhiApril 23, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Congratulations Alexandra. Your team rocks and so do you.

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  5. A,MApril 23, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    What a game against Zhukova congrats on super performance keep it up girl

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  6. Sebastian Wolff, MarylandApril 23, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Congratulations on splendid show. Great to see you in action. WISH YOU GREATER VICTORIES AHEAD.

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  7. Anastasia,IndiaApril 23, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    HEY chess queen - your king is a tough guy a1 to h8 whoa never seen that before. Congrats.

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  8. YoungbloedApril 23, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Congrats Alexandra !!
    Double Gold :-)
    ..and an incredable performance

    I wish you all the succes with the European Championship

    Go, Alexandra , Go ! :-)

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  9. AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Roses are red, violets are blue . . . CHESS QUEEN I love your chess so true - as preety as you. Awesome result. Congrats.

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  10. Jerry Bentley, Sheffield,April 23, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Where are you headed next? Very very impressive performance Alexandra. C*o*n*g*r*a*t*s Keep going strong.

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  11. AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    Tremendous

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  12. AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    Congratulations Chess Queen. DO POST PHOTOS.

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  13. SupermanApril 24, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    Youre the best Alexandra. It's so lovely to have you brighten up my day. My best-est chess queen, I love you.

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  14. AnastasiaApril 24, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    Many Happy returns of the day to you also Chess Queen as you celebrate this fantastic victory. Wishing you brilliant success ahead in the year. You rock, you inspire, you awe, you surprise... there is just no one like you.

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  15. Nabin Pokharel, NepalApril 24, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    Congratulations the Chess Queen. Much excitement to you. Nice reading. Too Good. We happy for you. Much best wishes in futures in other tourneys.

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  16. Olga K. MoscowApril 24, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    Very strong performance Grandmaster. Congratulations for keeping the Moscow flag flying high. We wish you and your entire team for a splendid tournament - also many happy returns of the day.

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  17. AnonymousApril 24, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    Actually it would have been 7/7 but for that Bishop thing in the penultimate round. So for me you've got a 100 per cent score. Even better than 2746. Wow. Amazing. Good luck for the European Individual. Don't forget to share photos of the prize giving ceremony. Still looking forward to those. Love and Luck, Your fan, Alan J., New Jersey

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  18. SwakilkiApril 24, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    Got top performance of 2746 ELO with my 6/7 on the top board! http://bit.ly/i6bbHg #fb

    but where are the photos. Congratulations Chess Queen.
    Swakilki

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  19. AnonymousApril 24, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    Congratulations Alexandra. This is such sweet victory. Very well done. Thanks for spreading the chess cheer.

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  20. Senthil R, New DelhiApril 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM OF JOY FOR YOU A,K,

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  21. Kate Perry, londonApril 24, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    You're the best Alexandra. Go conquer the world. I love your killer instinct. Go girl go... finish 'em.

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  22. AnonymousMay 15, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    parabéns Alexandra!!! Sou gamadão por ti, por tua simpatia e humildade!

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  23. WA1UFOJanuary 28, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    Alexandra, you are an inspiration to me! I am a 62 year old amateur and would love to see a woman become world champion! Warmest wishes from the White mountains of New hampshire!

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