Kosintseva sisters absent at Russian Women's Superfinal

The Russian Women's Superfinal will take place from August 18 to 28, 2011. The pair of Russian superstars, the Kosintseva sisters, who are ranked 1st and 2nd, are absent from this championship.



The 10 participants are:



Charochkina (2310)

Kovanova (2354)

Girya (2371)

Shadrina (2373)

Zaiatz (2419)

Bodnaruk (2431)

Pogonina (2442)

Gunina (2487)

Galliamova (2492)

Kosteniuk (2497)

Tatiana pulls within 1 point of Yifan in Rostov

Standings after 9 rounds

1.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2575	7
2.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2557	6
3-4.	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2536	5½
3-4.	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2538	5½
5.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2560	5
6-7.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2614	4½
6-7.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2524	4½
8-10.	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2492	3½
8-10.	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2479	3½
8-10.	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2521	3½
11.	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2497	3
12.	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2427	2½

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Ju Wenjun is near 1st Hangzhou Women Tournament title

Zhu Chen defeats 3rd seed Tatiana Kosintseva today. This brings Tatiana's score to -2 with 1 game to play. Top seed Hou Yifan does not fare much better. She is at -1 with just 1 game to play. In the mean time, Ju Wenjun leads the field with just 1 game to go.

Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	10	GM	Dzagnidze Nana		GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9
2	1	GM	Hou Yifan	1/2	GM	Zhao Xue	8
3	2	GM	Sebag Marie	1-0	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7
4	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	1/2	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
5	4	GM	Zhu Chen	1-0	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	5

Standings after 8 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	6.0
2	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	4.5 + 1 game
3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	5.0
4	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	4.5
5	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	4.0
6	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	4.0
7	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	3.5
8	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0
9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	2.5 + 1 game
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	2.0

Final round pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun		GM	Zhu Chen	4
3	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna		IM	Harika Dronavalli	3
4	8	GM	Zhao Xue		GM	Sebag Marie	2
5	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda		GM	Hou Yifan	1

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Ju Wenjun is near 1st Hangzhou Women Tournament title

Zhu Chen defeats 3rd seed Tatiana Kosintseva today. This brings Tatiana's score to -2 with 1 game to play. Top seed Hou Yifan does not fare much better. She is at -1 with just 1 game to play. In the mean time, Ju Wenjun leads the field with just 1 game to go.

Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	10	GM	Dzagnidze Nana		GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9
2	1	GM	Hou Yifan	1/2	GM	Zhao Xue	8
3	2	GM	Sebag Marie	1-0	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7
4	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	1/2	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
5	4	GM	Zhu Chen	1-0	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	5

Standings after 8 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	6.0
2	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	4.5 + 1 game
3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	5.0
4	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	4.5
5	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	4.0
6	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	4.0
7	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	3.5
8	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0
9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	2.5 + 1 game
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	2.0

Final round pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun		GM	Zhu Chen	4
3	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna		IM	Harika Dronavalli	3
4	8	GM	Zhao Xue		GM	Sebag Marie	2
5	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda		GM	Hou Yifan	1

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Hou Yifan is top seed at Hangzhou Women's Tournament

Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament
Ten-player round robin on 13th-24th July

The 1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament will take place on 13th - 24th July 2011 in Hangzhou, China. Ten top women players compete in the round robin event that is concurrent with the World Chess Team Championship in Ningbo, also in China.

Participants:

1. GM Hou Yifan CHN 2575 (Women's World Champion)
2. GM Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2560
3. GM Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 2557
4. GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2537
5. IM Anna Zatonskih USA 2522
6. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2515
7. IM Dronavalli Harika IND 2513
8. GM Marie Sebag FRA 2510
9. GM Zhu Chen QAT 2485 (former World Champion)
10. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2470

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