2012 Moscow Open

Official website (in English).  Play wraps up tomorrow (February 5th).  There is the 190-player open in which some chess femmes are playing (including V. Gunina and D. Cory, among others), and a separate National Cup event for chess femmes.  There are also several other events but the Open and the Women's National Cup are the biggies that attract the highest-rated players and those who are ever-hopeful :)

I'll go through the labor of love tomorrow at the conclusion of the Open to separate out the information on the female participants and their final standings.  Right now, here's the top standings for the Women's National Cup -- there are 154 players and the table is gigantic, so only the top are

Moscow Open 2012 B
Rank after Round 8

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2389	6,5	45	5	31,5
2	IM	Atalik Ekaterina	TUR	2481	6,5	42	5	31
3	IM	Romanko Marina	RUS	2389	6,5	41,5	5	31
4	WIM	Fominykh Maria	RUS	2253	6,5	41	6	30,5
5	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	2411	6,5	39,5	6	31
6	WGM	Charochkina Daria	RUS	2358	6	44,5	5	30,5
7	WGM	Kovanova Baira	RUS	2383	6	42,5	4	30
8	WGM	Mirzoeva Elmira	RUS	2214	6	41,5	5	30
9	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	RUS	2419	6	39	6	25
10	WGM	Karnaukhova Elmira	RUS	2328	6	38,5	6	27
11	IM	Galojan Lilit	ARM	2366	6	38,5	5	26
12	WGM	Manakova Maria	SRB	2319	6	38	5	26,5
13	WGM	Doluhanova Evgeniya	ARM	2285	6	36	5	24,5
14	IM	Savina Anastasia	RUS	2337	6	34	6	24
15	WGM	Ambartsumova Karina	RUS	2315	5,5	39	4	28,5
16	WFM	Cheremnova Tamara	RUS	2260	5,5	38,5	4	27
17	WIM	Tarasova Viktoriya	RUS	2294	5,5	38,5	4	26,5
18	WFM	Gvanceladze Anna	RUS	2172	5,5	38,5	4	25,5
19	WGM	Burtasova Anna	RUS	2263	5,5	37,5	5	26,5
20		Makarenko Alexandra	RUS	2078	5,5	37,5	5	26
21	WFM	Bivol Alina	RUS	2148	5,5	37	4	26
22		Xu Huahua	CHN	2134	5,5	36,5	4	22
23	WGM	Strutinskaya Galina N	RUS	2298	5,5	34,5	5	23
24	WIM	Ivakhinova Inna	RUS	2291	5,5	33,5	5	25,5

I'm rooting for IM Ekaterina Atalik -- haven't seen her this competitive in awhile!  You go, girl!