Anna Muzychuk wins International Women's Chess Tournament Cotroceni

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Hi everyone,

Anna Muzychuk has won the strong International Women's Chess Tournament Cotroceni that was organised from March 2 to 11 in Bucharest, Romania. In fact, the tournament was particularly scheduled to include the Women's Day on March 8 when a celebration was held.

The 10-player round robin event had a high average elo rating of 2456. Valentina Gunina was second and though GM Monika Socko started off well, she lost her way and eventually current world junior champion among girls IM Anna Muzychuk won the tournament with 6.5 points.

Final standings:1. IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2528 - 6.5
2. WGM Gunina Valentina RUS 2472 - 6.0
3. IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2499 - 5.5
4-6. GM Socko Monika POL 2495, IM Turova Irina RUS 2428 and IM Ushenina Anna UKR 2454 - 5.0
7-8. IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2476 and IM Peptan Corina-Isabela ROU 2415 - 4.5
9-10. IM Repkova Eva SVK 2446 and WGM Cosma Elena-Luminita ROU 2343 - 1.5


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Monika Socko leads Cotroceni Women's Chess Tournament in Bucharest

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

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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