Anastasia Bodnaruk wins Russian Chess Cup for Women
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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WGM/IM Anastasia Bodnaruk from Saint Petersburg emerged winner of the Russian Cup for Women after defeating WIM Margarita Schepetkova 1,5-0,5 in the final match.
The final event of the Russian Cup for Women was held from 11-18th December in Khanty-Mansiysk. Eight players with the best results throughout 2013 competed in the knock-out format.
Each match consisted of two games with classical time control, and if necessary – rapid tie-breaks.
On the way to the final Bodnaruk eliminated WFM Tatiana Khlichkova and WGM Daria Charochkina, while Schepetkova stunned the higher rated WGM Olga Girya and IM Marina Guseva. Replay games on the Russian Chess Federation website (www.chessdom.com)
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St Petersburg Chess Rapid Cup: Maxim Matlakov, Anastasia Bodnaruk Winners
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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Daniil Linchevski, Vladimir Bykov, Maxim Matlakov and Igor Bolotinsky (Photo by I. Sudakova)
Grandmasters Maxim Matlakov and Anastasia Bodnaruk are the winners of the St. Petersburg Rapid Cup final, which was held on 28-29th September at the Overtime Chess Club. After the preliminary qualification earlier this month, 32 men and 16 women gathered this weekend for the final knockout event. GM Maxim Matlakov beat GM Daniil Linchevski 1,5-0,5 in the final match to claim the Cup in men’s section. The women’s final had an exciting finish when Anastasia Bodnaruk won the Armageddon game against Dina Belenkaya to take the top prize in this section. (www.chessdom.com)
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Russian Chess Higher League in Yekaterinburg: Ernesto Inarkiev, Anastasia Bodnaruk Win Men, Women's Sections
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The Russian Higher League for men and women was held on 19-30th June at the congress hall of business center “President” in Yekaterinburg. Both groups were played over nine rounds of Swiss system and draw offers were not allowed before the 40th move. Top five finishers from each event qualify for the Russian Championship Super Final.
Ernesto Inarkiev won the men’s Higher League after edging the 2010 Russian Champion Ian Nepomniachtchion tie-break. Both players finished on 6,5 points.
Ernesto Inarkiev
The third place was shared by Alexander Motylev, Aleksey Goganov, Anton Shomoev, Dmitry Jakovenko and Yuri Eliseev, each finishing with 6,0 points. Motylev, Goganov and Shomoev also qualify for the Super Final.
The winner of the tournament was also promised an invitation to the 2014 Tal Memorial. For a while there was a “scare” that Anton Shomoev, rated “only” 2565, might emerge the winner, but his hopes were ruined with a last round defeat against Nepomniachtchi.
The Russian Championship Super Final will take place in early October. Dmitry Andreikin, Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjakin qualified from the last year Championship, while Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk are expected to take their places according to the elo criteria.
In the Higher League for women IM Anastasia Bodnaruk is the convincing winner with 7,5 points. WGM Alina Kashlinskaya and WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina shared the second place with 6,5 points each.
Also qualified for the Super Final are IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya and WGM Baira Kovanova. (www.chessdom.com)
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WGM Guo Qi is the World Junior Chess Champion 2012 for Girls
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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WGM Guo Qi is the World Junior Chess Champion, according to the final report from the chess tournament in Athens, Greece, via Chessdom. Four players finished with 9,5/13 after the last round of the World Junior Chess Championship for girls. However, with best tiebreak was WGM Guo Qi, ahead of WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina, and IM Anastasia Bodnaruk, while WFM Aulia Medina Warda remained out of the medals.
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Guo Qi, born in 1995, is one of the young chess talents of China. She first appeared on the FIDE rating list in 2008 after playing 16 rated games and getting initial rating of 2027.
Her star starting rising in 2009 at the 8th Asian Continental Championship, where her talent was obvious to the professionals. Guo Qi is especially active since November 2010, while in the Chinese Chess Championship in 2011 he managed to score wins against strong players as Huang Qian, Ju Wenjun, etc. In the Chinese league the same year she continued the great performance, defeating Harika Dronavalli among others. Based on this, Quo Qi was awarded the Women Grand Master 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2011, 4-7 June 2011, Al Ain, UAE.
Currently Guo Qi is number 3 in the world U18 and in the female top 100 list with rating 2358. She is certainly going to advance based on the rating points won at the World junior Chess Championship.
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World Junior Chess in Athens R4: Only Yu Yangyi, Alexander Ipatov with Perfect Score
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The latest chess news from the World Junior Chess Championships 2012 in Athens, Greece, via Chessdom, is that GM Yu Yangyi and GM Alexander Ipatov are the only players who are leading with a perfect score after four rounds. Seeded 2nd and 6th respectively, they now lead the championship 1/2 points ahead of competition.
GM Ipatov employed a temporary piece sacrifice against GM Baron Tal to get solid initiative and closed the game in a convincing manner. GM Yu Yangyi waited patiently for a mistake by his opponent GM Jorge Cori in time trouble to conclude the game with a full point. The chasing pack shares the 3rd place with 3,5/4 and includes IM Sahaj Grover, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, GM Salem A R Saleh, FM Wei Yi, GM Aleksandr Shimanov, and GM Nils Grandelius.
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In a multitude of surprising results FM Stef Soors defeated GM Niclas Huschenbeth, FM Michael Kleinman won against his compatriot IM Eric Hansen, the untitled Spyridon Naoum held to a draw IM Evandro Amorim Barbosa, FM Aman Hambleton drew with IM Ulvi Bajarani, IM Leandro Krysa lost to the untitled Ioannis Stathopoulos.
The rating favorite GM Ding Liren was stunned yet another time, this round he was held to a draw by GM Yilmaz Mustafa. Both are now 1,5 points behind the leaders, sharing the position with 18 more players. However, with 9 more rounds to go the medals and top positions will be up for grabs until the very end.
The Open section of the World Junior Chess Championship presented excellent chess to the audience today, with 50 from the 65 boards finishing with a decisive result.
The girls section of the World Junior Chess Championship was close to having a sole leader. In difficult time trouble WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina could not score a full point against WIM Irina Bulmaga with the black pieces. The other leaders before the start of the round, WGM Guo Qi and IM Anastasia Bodnaruk, agreed to a draw. Now all of them share the first place together with the only winner from the chasing pack – WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina.
They are closely followed by a large group of players at 1/2 points distance – WGM Jovana Vojinovic, WFM Klaudia Kulon, WGM Alina Kashlinskaya, WIM Meri Arabidze, Wang Jue, WGM Deysi Cori, WGM Mona Khaled, WIM Monica Sihite Chelsie, WFM Aulia Medina Warda, Hanna-Marie Klek, WFM Irina Petrova, and Zoi Iordanidou.
Just like in the boys/open section, Round 4 turned out to be extremely combative for the girls. Except the top boards, the girls competition saw only 3 more draws, all other games finishing with decisive results. You can find lots of photos and information at the official website.
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