2009 European Women's Team Chess Championship

Final Standings! Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 Russia RUS 9 8 0 1 16 26,0 175,0 2 2 Georgia GEO 9 7 2 0 16 24,0 176,5 3 3 Ukraine UKR 9 4 4 1 12 20,0 188,0 4 20 Azerbaijan AZE 9 4 4 1 12 20,0 183,0 (The Presidential Initiative seems to be working!) 5 5 Armenia ARM 9 4 3 2 11 21,0 192,0 6 6 France FRA 9 4 3 2 11 21,0 165,0 7 16 Czech Republic CZE 9 4 3 2 11 19,5 184,5 8 4 Poland POL 9 4 2 3 10 22,5 166,0 9 12 Slovenia SLO 9 4 2 3 10 21,0 154,5 10 10 Hungary HUN 9 4 2 3 10 20,5 166,0 11 13 Romania ROU 9 4 2 3 10 19,0 176,0 12 7 Germany GER 9 4 2 3 10 18,5 177,0 13 17 Israel ISR 9 5 0 4 10 18,0 176,5 14 11 Netherlands NED 9 4 1 4 9 21,0 141,5 15 14 Greece GRE 9 2 5 2 9 19,0 172,0 16 15 Spain ESP 9 3 3 3 9 16,5 174,0 17 22 England ENG 9 3 2 4 8 19,0 131,0 18 19 Italy ITA 9 4 0 5 8 18,5 154,0 19 18 Croatia CRO 9 3 2 4 8 17,0 153,0 20 21 Austria AUT 9 3 2 4 8 16,0 145,0 21 8 Bulgaria BUL 9 4 0 5 8 14,5 174,5 22 23 Montenegro MNE 9 2 3 4 7 16,0 139,5 23 9 Serbia SRB 9 3 1 5 7 15,5 169,0 24 24 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 9 3 0 6 6 14,0 130,5 25 28 Turkey TUR 9 1 3 5 5 11,0 146,0 26 25 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia MKD 9 1 2 6 4 12,0 137,5 27 27 Norway NOR 9 0 4 5 4 12,0 136,5 28 26 Finland FIN 9 0 3 6 3 11,0 152,0 Annotation: Tie Break 1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) Tie Break 2: points (game-points) Tie Break 3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variableith parameter) Some interesting statistics from Chess-Results.com: Best players according to points: Final Ranking after 9 Rounds No. Name Rtg Team Pts. Games % Bo. Rp 1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 8,0 9 88,9 2 2665 2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 Georgia 6,5 8 81,3 4 2518 3 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 6,5 9 72,2 2 2564 4 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 6,0 7 85,7 4 2598 5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 6,0 8 75,0 1 2621 6 IM Muzychuk Anna 2533 Slovenia 6,0 9 66,7 1 2411 7 WFM Milovic Aleksandra 2173 Montenegro 6,0 9 66,7 2 2297 8 Savola Laura 2090 Finland 6,0 9 66,7 2 2284 9 WGM Motoc Alina 2316 Romania 6,0 9 66,7 4 2390 10 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 5,5 7 78,6 1 2599 Best players according to percent: Final Ranking after 9 Rounds No. Name Rtg Team % Games Bo. Pts. Rp 1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 88,9 9 2 8,0 2665 2 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 85,7 7 4 6,0 2598 3 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 Georgia 81,3 8 4 6,5 2518 4 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 78,6 7 1 5,5 2599 5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 75,0 8 1 6,0 2621 6 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini 2253 Greece 75,0 6 3 4,5 2400 7 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 72,2 9 2 6,5 2564 8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2527 Bulgaria 71,4 7 1 5,0 2561 9 IM Milliet Sophie 2407 France 71,4 7 1 5,0 2504 10 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2451 Georgia 71,4 7 2 5,0 2516 11 IM Dworakowska Joanna 2345 Poland 71,4 7 3 5,0 2483 12 WIM Vasiliev Olga 2266 Israel 71,4 7 3 5,0 2459 13 WFM Gunina Valentina 2437 Russia 71,4 7 4 5,0 2422 Best Players according to Performance Rating: Final Ranking After 9 Rounds No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 2665 8,0 9 88,9 2 2 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 2621 6,0 8 75,0 1 3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 2599 5,5 7 78,6 1 4 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 2598 6,0 7 85,7 4 5 GM Lahno Kateryna 2483 Ukraine 2593 5,5 8 68,8 1 6 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 2564 6,5 9 72,2 2 7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2527 Bulgaria 2561 5,0 7 71,4 1 8 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2285 Azerbaijan 2519 4,5 8 56,3 1 9 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 Georgia 2518 6,5 8 81,3 4 10 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2482 Germany 2516 5,5 9 61,1 1 I think it becomes obvious when looking at the overall stats as to why GM Alexandra Kosteniuk took the 2008 Women's World Chess Champion title. She was consistently in the top five in all categories. I was curious about how Narmin Kazimova did overall - she's a young chess femme playing on the Azerbaijani Women's Team, who first caught my eye during the 2008 European Individual Women's Chess Championship. Here are her individual stats: According to Points (out of 137 female players): No. Name Rtg Team Pts. Games % Bo. Rp 78 WIM Kazimova Narmin 2228 Azerbaijan 3,5 8 43,8 1 2357 According to Ratings Performance (out of 137 female players): No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 43 WIM Kazimova Narmin 2228 Azerbaijan 2357 3,5 8 43,8 1 The problem I have with these stats is that Narmin played on Board 2 for 8 games, and on Board 1 once! Kazimova Narmin WIM 2228 AZE Rp:2357 Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo. 1 42 IM Collas Silvia 2319 FRA 2334 3,5 s 0 2 2 98 IM Bojkovic Natasa 2429 SRB 2234 4,0 s ½ 2 3 125 WGM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2357 ESP 2188 2,5 s 1 1 5 48 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 ARM 2564 6,5 w ½ 2 6 45 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 GEO 2599 5,5 w ½ 2 7 131 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 RUS 2432 5,0 s 0 2 8 35 WGM Botsari Anna-Maria 2286 GRE 2284 4,0 s ½ 2 9 67 WGM Krivec Jana 2329 SLO 2241 4,5 w ½ 2 Well, maybe this all makes sense to some people better versed in all of these stats than I. It just seems strange to me that she played one Game on Board 1 and then is listed as playing on Board 1 for all results???