2012 European Individual Women's Chess Championship

I won't say I'm surprised.  I mean, she is Anna Muzychuk, one of the best female chessplayers in the world!  Meanwhile, one of my personal favorite players, IM Salome Melia of Georgia, has been steadily working her way up towad the top 10.  You Go, Girl Friend!  The 12th Women's World Chess Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, has also been steadily working her way up the ranks, after a poor, tough-luck start.  She never gives up. I won't say she will finish in the top 10 because, but as we've seen, anything can and does happen in women's events!  The top five have changed constantly throughout this tournament and there are still some games to go.  So, you go Alexandra and Salome!  Rock it. 

IM Anna Muzychuk

That photograph of the lovely Anna Muzychuk is from the official website for the tournament.  It's been a hit or miss as far as photographs of the event goes.  I mean, who would you rather see -- these dudes:

The Deputy General Secretary of Gazientep Metropolitan Municipality
Ibrahim Evrim and The President of TCF Ali Nihat Yazici in the playing hall

or these lovely young ladies:

Who were invited to visit the tournament and see their favorite female chessplayers?  Future female chessplayers of Turkey, I salute you!  You are so beautiful.

Standings after R9:

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts ratP BH.-1 BH. vict 1 1 IM MUZYCHUK Anna 2583 SLO 7½ 2675 45½ 49½ 6 2 8 IM GUNINA Valentina 2511 RUS 7 2643 45½ 50 5 3 9 GM CMILYTE Viktorija 2497 LTU 7 2616 45½ 49½ 7 4 31 IM FOISOR Cristina-Adela 2398 ROU 6½ 2607 50½ 51 5 5 6 GM KOSINTSEVA Tatiana 2513 RUS 6½ 2580 46½ 51 5 6 5 GM STEFANOVA Antoaneta 2531 BUL 6½ 2566 46 50 5 7 3 GM LAHNO Kateryna 2546 UKR 6½ 2532 41½ 45½ 4 8 7 GM SEBAG Marie 2512 FRA 6 2559 48½ 53 5 9 20 IM KHURTSIDZE Nino 2447 GEO 6 2525 46 49 5 10 21 GM HOANG Thanh Trang 2438 HUN 6 2517 46 50 5 11 12 GM DANIELIAN Elina 2478 ARM 6 2491 40 43 4 12 30 IM MELIA Salome 2400 GEO 6 2474 40 43 4 13 2 GM DZAGNIDZE Nana 2559 GEO 6 2471 41 43½ 5 14 10 IM KHOTENASHVILI Bela 2490 GEO 6 2467 40 43 5 15 14 IM PAEHTZ Elisabeth 2459 GER 6 2462 42 46 5 16 24 IM ROMANKO Marina 2417 RUS 6 2452 39½ 42½ 4 17 34 WGM KOVANOVA Baira 2392 RUS 6 2443 36½ 39½ 5 18 53 WIM MAMMADOVA Gulnar 2324 AZE 5½ 2504 44 47 4 19 51 WGM SCHLEINING Zoya 2326 GER 5½ 2484 45 46½ 3 20 28 WGM GIRYA Olga 2406 RUS 5½ 2460 44½ 47½ 4 21 41 WGM VOJINOVIC Jovana 2356 MNE 5½ 2445 42 45 4 22 17 WGM POGONINA Natalija 2449 RUS 5½ 2444 40½ 44½ 3 23 22 WGM BATSIASHVILI Nino 2438 GEO 5½ 2443 43 46½ 4 24 25 IM GAPONENKO Inna 2416 UKR 5½ 2420 40 44 4 25 13 IM SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2468 FRA 5½ 2413 39 43 3 26 11 IM MUZYCHUK Mariya 2490 UKR 5½ 2411 37½ 41½ 3 27 50 WGM KURSOVA Maria 2328 ARM 5½ 2404 38½ 40 4 28 19 IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2448 GEO 5½ 2400 41 44½ 3 29 23 GM ZHUKOVA Natalia 2435 UKR 5½ 2390 38 41½ 3 30 46 WIM GORYACHKINA Aleksandra 2341 RUS 5½ 2371 40½ 42 3 31 18 GM KOSTENIUK Alexandra 2448 RUS 5½ 2371 37 40½ 4 32 4 GM KOSINTSEVA Nadezhda 2535 RUS 5½ 2358 38½ 42 4 33 27 IM BODNARUK Anastasia 2412 RUS 5½ 2323 35½ 38½ 4 34 33 WGM GURAMISHVILI Sopiko 2395 GEO 5 2437 45 48 4 35 78 WIM KHARMUNOVA Nadejda 2191 RUS 5 2433 42½ 46½ 5 36 15 IM MKRTCHIAN Lilit 2458 ARM 5 2403 41 45 4 37 57 WIM BULMAGA Irina 2307 ROU 5 2402 38½ 41½ 4 38 36 WGM KASHLINSKAYA Alina 2377 RUS 5 2401 41 44 4 39 58 IM DWORAKOWSKA Joanna 2304 POL 5 2387 39 41½ 5 40 16 IM USHENINA Anna 2458 UKR 5 2371 39½ 43½ 2 41 40 WGM ZAWADZKA Jolanta 2358 POL 5 2365 41 44½ 4 42 54 WGM MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab 2321 AZE 5 2331 41½ 44½ 4 43 29 WGM PAIKIDZE Nazi 2406 GEO 5 2327 42 45 3 44 47 WIM ARABIDZE Meri 2337 GEO 5 2325 42 44½ 4 45 48 IM GVETADZE Sofio 2334 GEO 5 2324 40 41½ 3 46 49 WIM MIKADZE Miranda 2329 GEO 5 2227 36½ 38 4 47 61 WIM IVAKHINOVA Inna 2285 RUS 4½ 2425 44½ 49 4 48 37 WGM CHAROCHKINA Daria 2371 RUS 4½ 2374 42 45 4 49 44 WIM ZIAZIULKINA Nastassia 2343 BLR 4½ 2370 44½ 48 4 50 35 WGM MICHNA Marta 2383 GER 4½ 2333 39½ 42½ 3 51 66 WGM SANDU Mihaela 2253 ROU 4½ 2329 40½ 44 4 52 38 WGM SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA Karina 2369 POL 4½ 2324 38 40½ 4 53 43 WGM MOLCHANOVA Tatjana 2346 RUS 4½ 2320 42 44½ 4 54 32 IM BOJKOVIC Natasa 2395 SRB 4½ 2297 41 44½ 4 55 45 WGM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2342 TUR 4½ 2284 40½ 43½ 2 56 59 WGM BOROSOVA Zuzana 2302 SVK 4½ 2256 34½ 37½ 3 57 39 IM GALOJAN Lilit 2364 ARM 4½ 2254 36½ 39½ 3 58 55 WGM MANAKOVA Maria 2315 SRB 4½ 2241 36½ 37 4 59 65 WGM CHELUSHKINA Irina 2263 SRB 4½ 2234 35 38 4 60 62 WGM MAMEDJAROVA Turkan 2284 AZE 4½ 2226 33 36 3 61 60 WGM VIDENOVA Iva 2301 BUL 4 2316 41 44½ 2 62 64 WIM RAKIC Marija 2267 SRB 4 2305 39½ 42½ 2 63 97 OZTURK Hilal 1784 TUR 4 2289 37 39½ 4 64 42 IM SEDINA Elena 2353 ITA 4 2288 40 43½ 1 65 76 WIM BEZGODOVA Maria 2200 RUS 4 2269 40½ 42 2 66 26 IM REPKOVA Eva 2416 SVK 4 2266 38½ 41 3 67 74 WIM SEPS Monika 2208 SUI 4 2255 39½ 42½ 3 68 79 WIM OLSAROVA Karolina 2189 CZE 4 2216 37½ 40½ 3 69 75 WIM ISGANDAROVA Khayala 2203 AZE 4 2215 38½ 41½ 3 70 89 WFM MOTYCAKOVA Monika 2087 SVK 4 2189 36½ 38 4 71 72 WGM MAKROPOULOU Marina 2224 GRE 4 2186 37½ 39 2 72 56 WGM OZTURK Kubra 2314 TUR 4 2185 37 40 4 73 67 WIM KAZIMOVA Narmin 2253 AZE 4 2182 33½ 36½ 3 74 52 IM SAVINA Anastasia 2325 RUS 4 2148 35½ 38½ 2 75 69 WIM ABDULLA Khayala 2246 AZE 4 2096 29½ 31 4 76 82 WFM CHEREDNICHENKO Elena 2130 UKR 4 2086 35 38 3 77 68 WIM BRONNIKOVA Elizaveta 2252 RUS 4 2064 32½ 34 3 78 91 MESSINA Roberta 1957 ITA 4 2022 30 31½ 3 79 93 MENZI Nezihe Ezgi 1902 TUR 4 2011 27 27½ 4 80 73 WIM UMUDOVA Nargiz 2220 AZE 3½ 2158 39½ 41 2 81 87 WIM BEZGODOVA Svetlana 2109 RUS 3½ 2149 34½ 35 3 82 70 WFM FOISOR Mihaela-Veronica 2242 ROU 3½ 2144 36½ 39 2 83 83 WFM KINEVA Ekaterina 2126 RUS 3½ 2100 34 35½ 3 84 95 ARIG Busra 1839 TUR 3½ 2024 29½ 31 3 85 85 WIM ALEXANIAN Nelli 2114 RUS 3 2212 40½ 44½ 2 86 80 WIM TSIGANOVA Monika 2185 EST 3 2140 36½ 39½ 2 87 86 WFM MARECKOVA Martina 2114 CZE 3 2080 32 34½ 2 88 63 WIM DRLJEVIC Ljilja 2278 SRB 3 2056 34½ 36 3 89 81 WFM COIMBRA Margarida 2156 POR 3 2043 34 36½ 2 90 84 WFM DE SEROUX Camille 2122 SUI 3 2033 32 33½ 3 91 71 WIM HAIRAPETIAN Anna 2227 ARM 3 2009 37 37½ 3 92 90 WCM KAYA Emel 1997 TUR 3 1996 28½ 30 2 93 96 PATEL Yesim 1839 TUR 3 1988 31½ 33 2 94 77 WGM SHAYDULLINA Sandugach 2197 RUS 3 1951 32½ 34 2 95 92 WCM CEMHAN Kardelen 1954 TUR 3 1893 28½ 30 2 96 88 WFM UTA Adeline-Ramona 2098 ROU 3 1862 26½ 28 3 97 94 SOYUNLU Narmin 1842 AZE 3 1784 26½ 28 1 98 98 MARTYNKOVA Olena 1689 UKR 3 1341 25½ 27 2 99 99 ALEV Gonulden Seda 1612 TUR 2 1338 25½ 27 1 100 101 BOZKURT Hatice Mislina TUR 2 1292 27½ 28 1 101 100 DAI Irmak 1592 TUR 2 1261 27 27½ 1 102 102 DURMUS Aslihan TUR 2 1226 26 26½ 1 103 103 SAHIN Hayrun Nisa TUR 1 1291 26 26½ 0 .

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