2012 European Individual Women's Chess Championship

And the WINNER is:  VALENTINA GUNINA!  Like - wow!  Not a player who's name I would have pulled out of the winner's circle hat.  Congratulations!

The early leader who started out of the gate on fire, GM Marie Sebag, finished in 5th place overall.  GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, 12th Women's World Chess Championship, mounted a steady battle to move ooooh so close to the top 10!  You keep battling!  IM Melia Salome of Georgia, another personal favorite, moved up to 15th place from way down at the middle of the tournament.  I felt several of these players just ran out of time to mount their best come-backs!

Here are the complete final standings after R11:

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts ratP BH.-1 BH. vict 1 8 IM GUNINA Valentina 2511 RUS 8½ 2660 70 74½ 6 2 6 GM KOSINTSEVA Tatiana 2513 RUS 8½ 2649 68½ 73 7 3 1 GM MUZYCHUK Anna 2583 SLO 8½ 2631 70 75 7 4 9 GM CMILYTE Viktorija 2497 LTU 8 2592 67½ 73 8 5 7 GM SEBAG Marie 2512 FRA 7½ 2570 71½ 77 6 6 5 GM STEFANOVA Antoaneta 2531 BUL 7½ 2544 68½ 73½ 6 7 3 GM LAHNO Kateryna 2546 UKR 7½ 2524 67½ 72½ 4 8 12 GM DANIELIAN Elina 2478 ARM 7½ 2515 60½ 64 5 9 10 IM KHOTENASHVILI Bela 2490 GEO 7½ 2503 61 64½ 6 10 17 WGM POGONINA Natalija 2449 RUS 7½ 2501 61½ 66½ 5 11 18 GM KOSTENIUK Alexandra 2448 RUS 7½ 2437 57 61½ 6 12 21 GM HOANG Thanh Trang 2438 HUN 7 2510 69 74½ 6 13 20 IM KHURTSIDZE Nino 2447 GEO 7 2505 66½ 71½ 6 14 2 GM DZAGNIDZE Nana 2559 GEO 7 2468 65 69 6 15 30 IM MELIA Salome 2400 GEO 7 2461 63½ 68 5 16 34 WGM KOVANOVA Baira 2392 RUS 7 2452 60 64½ 6 17 19 IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2448 GEO 7 2450 62 66½ 4 18 24 IM ROMANKO Marina 2417 RUS 7 2444 60½ 64 5 19 16 IM USHENINA Anna 2458 UKR 7 2429 58 62½ 4 20 23 GM ZHUKOVA Natalia 2435 UKR 7 2415 57½ 62 4 21 4 GM KOSINTSEVA Nadezhda 2535 RUS 7 2406 61 65 5 22 31 IM FOISOR Cristina-Adela 2398 ROU 6½ 2509 75 75½ 5 23 51 WGM SCHLEINING Zoya 2326 GER 6½ 2483 66½ 68 4 24 28 WGM GIRYA Olga 2406 RUS 6½ 2448 66 70½ 5 25 33 WGM GURAMISHVILI Sopiko 2395 GEO 6½ 2446 67 71½ 5 26 41 WGM VOJINOVIC Jovana 2356 MNE 6½ 2431 64½ 68 5 27 25 IM GAPONENKO Inna 2416 UKR 6½ 2428 62 66½ 5 28 22 WGM BATSIASHVILI Nino 2438 GEO 6½ 2424 63½ 69 4 29 14 IM PAEHTZ Elisabeth 2459 GER 6½ 2416 62½ 67 5 30 66 WGM SANDU Mihaela 2253 ROU 6½ 2404 58½ 63 6 31 38 WGM SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA Karina 2369 POL 6½ 2391 57½ 61½ 6 32 47 WIM ARABIDZE Meri 2337 GEO 6½ 2365 62½ 66 5 33 27 IM BODNARUK Anastasia 2412 RUS 6½ 2354 57½ 62 5 34 57 WIM BULMAGA Irina 2307 ROU 6 2405 59 63½ 5 35 15 IM MKRTCHIAN Lilit 2458 ARM 6 2396 64 69 5 36 58 IM DWORAKOWSKA Joanna 2304 POL 6 2388 59½ 63½ 6 37 60 WGM VIDENOVA Iva 2301 BUL 6 2382 59½ 63 4 38 50 WGM KURSOVA Maria 2328 ARM 6 2373 62 64½ 4 39 40 WGM ZAWADZKA Jolanta 2358 POL 6 2355 61 64½ 5 40 46 WIM GORYACHKINA Aleksandra 2341 RUS 6 2351 63 64½ 3 41 54 WGM MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab 2321 AZE 6 2326 60 64 5 42 48 IM GVETADZE Sofio 2334 GEO 6 2325 62½ 65 4 43 29 IM PAIKIDZE Nazi 2406 GEO 6 2325 61½ 65½ 4 44 49 WIM MIKADZE Miranda 2329 GEO 6 2263 54½ 57½ 5 45 53 WIM MAMMADOVA Gulnar 2324 AZE 5½ 2421 67 71½ 4 46 61 WIM IVAKHINOVA Inna 2285 RUS 5½ 2415 65½ 70 5 47 13 IM SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2468 FRA 5½ 2377 59½ 64½ 3 48 44 WIM ZIAZIULKINA Nastassia 2343 BLR 5½ 2363 65½ 69½ 5 49 37 WGM CHAROCHKINA Daria 2371 RUS 5½ 2356 62½ 66 4 50 11 IM MUZYCHUK Mariya 2490 UKR 5½ 2338 58 63 3 51 64 WIM RAKIC Marija 2267 SRB 5½ 2326 57 60½ 3 52 32 IM BOJKOVIC Natasa 2395 SRB 5½ 2298 60½ 64½ 4 53 45 WGM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2342 TUR 5½ 2285 58 62 3 54 65 WGM CHELUSHKINA Irina 2263 SRB 5½ 2257 52½ 56½ 5 55 39 IM GALOJAN Lilit 2364 ARM 5½ 2254 56½ 60½ 3 56 62 WGM MAMEDJAROVA Turkan 2284 AZE 5½ 2254 50½ 54 3 57 73 WIM UMUDOVA Nargiz 2220 AZE 5½ 2236 55½ 58½ 4 58 56 WGM OZTURK Kubra 2314 TUR 5½ 2222 53½ 57 5 59 52 IM SAVINA Anastasia 2325 RUS 5½ 2203 55 59 3 60 72 WGM MAKROPOULOU Marina 2224 GRE 5½ 2201 53½ 56 3 61 68 WIM BRONNIKOVA Elizaveta 2252 RUS 5½ 2130 49½ 51 4 62 78 WIM KHARMUNOVA Nadejda 2191 RUS 5 2349 63½ 68½ 5 63 36 WGM KASHLINSKAYA Alina 2377 RUS 5 2312 61½ 66 4 64 42 IM SEDINA Elena 2353 ITA 5 2274 58 62½ 1 65 26 IM REPKOVA Eva 2416 SVK 5 2258 57 61 4 66 59 WGM BOROSOVA Zuzana 2302 SVK 5 2244 55 59 3 67 55 WGM MANAKOVA Maria 2315 SRB 5 2231 56 56½ 4 68 67 WIM KAZIMOVA Narmin 2253 AZE 5 2174 50½ 54 4 69 70 WFM FOISOR Mihaela-Veronica 2242 ROU 5 2171 53 56½ 3 70 69 WIM ABDULLA Khayala 2246 AZE 5 2103 48½ 51 5 71 71 WIM HAIRAPETIAN Anna 2227 ARM 5 2074 52 52½ 5 72 82 WFM CHEREDNICHENKO Elena 2130 UKR 5 2074 49 52½ 4 73 35 WGM MICHNA Marta 2383 GER 4½ 2258 61 65 3 74 43 WGM MOLCHANOVA Tatjana 2346 RUS 4½ 2240 64½ 67½ 4 75 74 WIM SEPS Monika 2208 SUI 4½ 2239 60½ 64 3 76 85 WIM ALEXANIAN Nelli 2114 RUS 4½ 2222 58 61 3 77 76 WIM BEZGODOVA Maria 2200 RUS 4½ 2217 58½ 61 2 78 79 WIM OLSAROVA Karolina 2189 CZE 4½ 2208 55½ 59 3 79 87 WIM BEZGODOVA Svetlana 2109 RUS 4½ 2172 53 53½ 4 80 80 WIM TSIGANOVA Monika 2185 EST 4½ 2170 51 54½ 3 81 75 WIM ISGANDAROVA Khayala 2203 AZE 4½ 2169 57 61 3 82 89 WFM MOTYCAKOVA Monika 2087 SVK 4½ 2165 56½ 59½ 4 83 83 WFM KINEVA Ekaterina 2126 RUS 4½ 2087 50½ 53 3 84 84 WFM DE SEROUX Camille 2122 SUI 4½ 2076 47½ 49 4 85 81 WFM COIMBRA Margarida 2156 POR 4½ 2035 50 53 3 86 96 PATEL Yesim 1839 TUR 4½ 2012 47½ 50½ 2 87 77 WGM SHAYDULLINA Sandugach 2197 RUS 4½ 2010 48 50½ 3 88 93 MENZI Nezihe Ezgi 1902 TUR 4½ 2008 47 47½ 4 89 97 OZTURK Hilal 1784 TUR 4 2202 57½ 61½ 4 90 86 WFM MARECKOVA Martina 2114 CZE 4 2054 48 50½ 3 91 95 ARIG Busra 1839 TUR 4 2015 47 49½ 3 92 90 WCM KAYA Emel 1997 TUR 4 1983 44 44½ 3 93 91 MESSINA Roberta 1957 ITA 4 1975 47½ 50 3 94 98 MARTYNKOVA Olena 1689 UKR 4 1754 41 42½ 3 95 63 WIM DRLJEVIC Ljilja 2278 SRB 3½ 2035 52½ 55 3 96 92 WCM CEMHAN Kardelen 1954 TUR 3½ 1911 44½ 47½ 2 97 88 WFM UTA Adeline-Ramona 2098 ROU 3½ 1883 42 44½ 3 98 94 SOYUNLU Narmin 1842 AZE 3½ 1767 40 41½ 1 99 100 DAI Irmak 1592 TUR 3½ 1590 39 39½ 2 100 101 BOZKURT Hatice Mislina TUR 3 1295 38½ 39 2 101 99 ALEV Gonulden Seda 1612 TUR 3 1282 38 38½ 2 102 102 DURMUS Aslihan TUR 2 1172 38½ 39 1 103 103 SAHIN Hayrun Nisa TUR 1 1219 39 39½ 0 .

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