2009 Gibraltar - Final Standings

After Round 10, for the Chess Femmes (16, out of 195 players): Rank Name Score Fed. Rating TPR W-We 8 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 7.0 GEO 2518 2675 +2.21 10 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 7.0 BUL 2557 2612 +0.79 11 GM Cramling, Pia 7.0 SWE 2548 2511 -0.23 27 IM Krush, Irina 6.5 USA 2457 2496 +0.69 31 IM Zatonskih, Anna 6.5 USA 2462 2463 +0.20 32 IM Cmilyte, Viktorija 6.5 LTU 2497 2458 -0.24 44 IM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 6.0 SCO 2500 2449 -0.47 50 GM Socko, Monika 6.0 POL 2449 2362 -0.91 51 IM Sachdev, Tania 6.0 IND 2435 2343 -1.03 58 IM Houska, Jovanka 5.5 ENG 2392 2430 +0.53 63 WGM Calzetta, Monica 5.5 ESP 2371 2350 -0.16 95 IM Klinova, Masha 5.0 ISR 2328 2219 -1.29 136 WIM Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A 4.0 ISR 2149 2059 -1.34 153 Carlsen, Ellen Oen 3.5 NOR 1888 2007 +1.25 156 Haug, Marianne Wold 3.5 NOR 1935 1988 +0.57 178 Chidi, Lovinia Sylvia 2.5 GER 0 1819 1819 Considering the odds, the chess femmes performed fabulously! TWO placed in the top 10, with GM Pia Cramling right up there at #11. Our USA chess femmes, Krush and Zatonskih, neck and neck again (just like the were at the 2008 U.S. Women's Chess Championship), had very credible performances. BTW, the event was won by Russian GM Peter Svidler with 8.0. Here is the final rankings table. Won't it be grand to see the upcoming showdown of Krush and Zatonskih in the 2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship - can't wait! Assuming they play...