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.

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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Videos from some pretty women's strong chess tournament

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

Hi everyone,

Adrian Stanca sent us these nice chess videos from Bucharest.in reference to our www.chessblog.com post yesterday. Enjoy!

Don't worry if you don't understand Romanian.



This video was from the opening ceremony and here is another one from Round 1 with commentary in Romanian.



Here is our earlier post on www.chessblog.com about this tournament - TURNEUL INTERNATIONAL DE SAH COTROCENI 2011 editia II.

Another strong women's chess tournament begins in Bucharest

You can check the official website here.

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Another strong women's chess tournament begins in Bucharest

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


Hi everyone,

Top seed Anna Muzychuk

Before you start worrying about what you would do once the Women's Chess Grand Prix ends today in Doha, let's tell you all die-hard women chess fans - nothing to worry!

A new closed chess event for women begins in Bucharest today. The interesting part is that it's a pretty strong tournament in itself. Consider this: The average rating at the ongoing sixth women's chess grand prix in Doha, Qatar is 2490.9 and the average of the women's tournament in Bucharest is 2454.8! Here are the lovely ladies to follow as you pan your computer screens to Europe

• Anna Muzychuk, Slovenia 2529
• Anna Zatonsky, USA 2493
• Monika Socko, Poland, 2489
• Maria Muzychuk, Ukraine 2476
• Valentine Gunina, Russia 2471
• Anna Ushenina, Ukraine 2454
• Eva Repkova, Slovakia 2446
• Irina Turov, Russia 2434
• Corina Peptan, Romania 2414
• Luminita Cosma, Romania 2342

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