Baltic Queen International Tournament

St. Petersburg, Russia, August 11 - 20, 2009. Some established stars and some players not so well known: GM Pia Cramling (SWE 2525)(Second chess femme, after GM Susan Polgar, to earn the "men's" GM title - photo, right, from website) GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (SCO 2506) WGM/IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER 2474) WGM/IM Vijtoria Cmilyte (LTH 2470) WGM Natalia Zhukova (UKR 2465) WGM/IM Ekaterina Atalik (TUR 2434) GM Zhaoqin Peng (NED 2418) WGM Anastasia Bodnaruk (RUS 2388) WGM/IM Irina Turova (RUS 2387) WGM Julia Demina (RUS 2378) Rav= 2445 GM norm 6.5 IM norm 5.0/4.5 (9 Rounds) Standings after Round 3 (not necessarily in tie-break order): IM Ekaterina ATALIK TUR 2434 2.5 GM Pia CRAMLING SWE 2525 2.5 IM Elisabeth PAEHTZ GER 2474 2.0 WGM Anastasia BODNARUK RUS 2388 1.5 WGM Natalia ZHUKOVA UKR 2465 1.5 GM Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT SCO 2506 1.5 IM Viktorija CMILYTE LTU 2470 1.0 IM Irina TUROVA RUS 2387 1.0 WGM Julia DEMINA RUS 237 1.0 GM Zhaoqin PENG NED 2418 0.5