Kosteniuk Wins Russian Women's Blitz Chess Championship

Congratulations to GM Alexandra Kosteniuk on her victory - actually, victories - see the news below about her performance in the Russian Team Chess Championships! 

I just visited her chess blog and saw the news! Her win of the Russian Women's Blitz Chess Championship has not been individually linked yet so here's the final standings table from the blog entry (after 14 rounds):

		Name
1	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2503	11.0
2	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2472	10.5
3	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2423	9.0
4	IM	Zaiatz Elena	2426	9.0
5	WIM	Ambartsumova Karina	2308	8.5
6	IM	Turova Irina	2428	8.0
7	WGM	Kovanova Baira	2376	8.0
8	WIM	Tomilova Elena	2315	8.0
9	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2497	7.5
10	IM	Romanko Marina	2402	7.5
11	WIM	Fominykh Maria	2303	7.5
12		Sukhareva Evgeniya	2180	7.5
13	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2320	7.0
14	IM	Vasilevich Irina	2324	7.0
15	WIM	Novikova Anna	2240	7.0
16	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2446	6.5
17	WFM	Kabanova Ekaterina	2190	6.5
18	WGM	Girya Olga	2425	6.0
19	WFM	Semenova Elena	2170	6.0
20	WGM	Shaydullina Sandugach	2178	5.5
21		Chan Naruna	1754	4.5
22		Gubernatorova Lyudmila	2266	4.0
23	WFM	Kostrikina Anna	2067	3.0
24		Sukhareva Valentina	1936	3.0

This comes on top of the earlier news today that the women's team Kosteniuk played on took top place in the Russian Team Championships and Kosteniuk took top individual honors among the women. 

The Russian Team and Blitz Championships were held in Olginka, Krasnodar, Russia April 11 - 23, 2011. The SHSM-RSCU (Moscow) women's team was composed of Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Marina Romanko, Olga Girya, and Alina Kashlinskaya.

Kosteniuk's individual performance rating in the Team Championships was 2746.  Here is the table for the women's individual performances (team):

		Name	ELO	Club	Pts.
1	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2503	SHSM - RSCU	85.7	7	1
2	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2434	"Giprorechtrans"	85.7	7	2
3	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2320	SHSM - RSCU	80.0	5	4
4	IM	Turova Irina	2428	Rook	78.6	7	4
5	IM	Zaiatz Elena	2426	"Giprorechtrans"	71.4	7	3
6	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2523	ABC	70.0	5	1
7	IM	Vasilevich Irina	2324	"Giprorechtrans"	70.0	5	4
8	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2472	SHSM - RSCU	66.7	6	2
9	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2476	ABC	66.7	3	3
10	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2446	ABC	64.3	7	2
11	WIM	Novikova Anna	2240	Polytechnic	64.3	7	3
12	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2435	Rook	64.3	7	3
13	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2526	SPbShF	60.0	5	1
14	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2531	ABC	58.3	6	1
15	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2423	SPbShF	57.1	7	3
16	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2497	Rook	50.0	7	1
17	WGM	Nebolsina Vera	2305	"Ugra"	50.0	7	1
18	WGM	Girya Olga	2425	SHSM - RSCU	50.0	4	3
19	WFM	Gileva Irina	2133	Polytechnic	50.0	2	4
20	WIM	Fominykh Maria	2303	"Giprorechtrans"	50.0	2	4
21	WIM	Ivkina Olga	2289	Club im.M.I.Chigorina	42.9	7	2
22	WGM	Kovanova Baira	2376	SPbShF	42.9	7	4
23	WFM	Kabanova Ekaterina	2190	"Ugra"	41.7	6	3
24	IM	Atalik Ekaterina	2444	SPbShF	40.0	5	2
25	WFM	Rassokhina Ekaterina	2055	Polytechnic	40.0	5	4
26	GM	Socko Monika	2495	SPbShF	37.5	4	1
27	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2443	"Giprorechtrans"	35.7	7	1
28	IM	Ovod Evgenija	2405	Club im.M.I.Chigorina	35.7	7	1
29	WIM	Kharashuta Ekaterina	2270	Polytechnic	35.7	7	2
30	WIM	Bronnikova Elizaveta	2251	Club im.M.I.Chigorina	35.7	7	3
31	WGM	Savina Anastasia	2383	ABC	35.7	7	4
32	IM	Romanko Marina	2402	SHSM - RSCU	33.3	6	2
33	WIM	Tomilova Elena	2315	Polytechnic	28.6	7	1
34	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	2425	Rook	28.6	7	2
35	WIM	Gromova Iulia	2214	Club im.M.I.Chigorina	28.6	7	4
36	WGM	Iljushina Olga	2352	"Ugra"	25.0	6	1
37	WIM	Bezgodova Svetlana	2147	"Ugra"	20.0	5	2
38		Yakupova Aysyla	2115	"Ugra"	12.5	4	4

Outstanding! 

 

Next up for GM Kosteniuk is an appearance at the National Scholastics in Nashville, Tennessee (USA) April 29 - 30, 2011. 

 

GM Kosteniuk is Goddesschess' judge for the Fighting Chess Award in the 2011 U.S. Women's Chess Championship currently taking place in St. Louis, Missouri (USA) at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis (a/k/a the St. Louis Chess Club in popular jargon).  The Championship has taken some unexpected turns.  Who will the winner ultimately be?  And who will win the Goddesschess Fighting Chess Award?