2012 European Club Cup - Women

Game featured at The Week in Chess:

GM Hou, Yifan (2605) - GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2490)
17th European Club Cup w Eilat ISR (1.1), 2012.10.11

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.d4 exd4 6.exd5 Nf6 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nb3 Re8 10.O-O Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.Nc5 Rc8 14.Nd3 Bb8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Qd6 19.Rf2 Kg7 20.Qd2 Qxg3 21.Raf1 Re7 22.c3 Ne5 23.cxd4 Nc4 24.Qb4 Rcc7 25.Rc1 Ne3 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Qd2 Nf5 28.Ne5 Nd6 29.Rf1 Qh4 30.Qd3 Qg3 31.Qd2 Nf5 32.Qd3 Nd6 33.Qd2 Nf5 34.Qd3 Qf4 35.Bxb7 Qxd4+ 36.Qxd4 Nxd4 37.Ba6 Rc2 38.Rf2 Rc1+ 39.Rf1 Rc2 40.Rf2 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Rd2 Nf5 43.Rf2 Nd6 44.Bd3 h4 45.Rf1 Rc7 46.g3 Re7 47.Nf3 Re3 48.Ba6 hxg3+ 49.Kxg3 Nf5+ 50.Kh2 g4 51.hxg4 Nxg4+ 52.Kh3 Ne5 53.Bb7 Nd6 54.Ba8 f5 55.Kg3 Nd3 56.Kh4 Kf6 57.b3 Re8 58.Rd1 Rxa8 59.Rxd3 Ne4 0-1

Lest anyone forget, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk was the 12th Women's World Chess Champion...

From chess-results.com:

Ranking crosstable

Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	*	2½	3	2½	2½	4	3½	4	14	261.0	22.0
2	Mika	1½	*	1½	3	2½	3½	3½	3	10	225.0	18.5
3	Ugra	1	2½	*	1	2½	2	2½	3½	9	184.3	15.0
4	SHSM-Nashe Nasledie	1½	1	3	*	2	3½	2	3½	8	196.0	16.5
5	AVS	1½	1½	1½	2	*	3½	4	4	7	199.8	18.0
6	Ashdod	0	½	2	½	½	*	2½	3	5	91.0	9.0
7	Chigorin Club	½	½	1½	2	0	1½	*	3	3	101.3	9.0
8	Rishon Le-Zion	0	1	½	½	0	1	1	*	0	52.3	4.0

Annotation:
Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: FIDE-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break
Tie Break3: points (game-points)

 

de Monte-Carlo was once again a veritable powerhouse -- as one can see from the list of players:

 

Team-Composition with round-results

1. Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo (RtgAvg:2578, Captain: Almira Skripchenko / TB1: 14 / TB2: 261)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	GM	Hou Yifan	2605	CHN	0	1	1		½	1	1	4.5	6	2409
2	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	IND	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	5.5	7	2383
3	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2587	SLO	½	½	½	1		1	1	4.5	6	2334
4	GM	Cramling Pia	2514	SWE	1	½	½	1	1		½	4.5	6	2334
5	IM	Skripchenko Almira	2437	FRA				1	1	1		3.0	3	2022
2. Mika (RtgAvg:2472, Captain: Anahit Vardapetyan / TB1: 10 / TB2: 225)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	GM	Danielian Elina	2476	ARM	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	4.0	7	2415
2	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2512	IND	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	4.5	7	2393
3	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2456	ARM	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	4.5	7	2336
4	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2444	GEO	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	5.5	7	2244
3. Ugra (RtgAvg:2397, Captain: Pavel Lobach / TB1: 9 / TB2: 184.25)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	WGM	Kovanova Baira	2408	RUS	0	0		½	1	0	0	1.5	6	2452
2	WGM	Girya Olga	2454	RUS	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	4.5	7	2410
3	IM	Romanko Marina	2365	RUS	½	½	½	½		½	0	2.5	6	2408
4	WGM	Shadrina Tatiana	2361	RUS	1	1	½	1	1	0	½	5.0	7	2308
5	WIM	Bezgodova Maria	2177	RUS			½		1			1.5	2	1958
4. SHSM-Nashe Nasledie (RtgAvg:2444, Captain: Elder Mukhametov / TB1: 8 / TB2: 196)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2490	RUS	1	½	½	1	½	1		4.5	6	2428
2	IM	Gunina Valentina	2514	RUS	0		1	1	0	½	1	3.5	6	2432
3	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2405	RUS	½	½	½		½	½	1	3.5	6	2407
4	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2368	RUS	0	0		1	0		1	2.0	5	2295
5	IM	Savina Anastasia	2303	RUS		1	0	½		1	½	3.0	5	2185
5. AVS (RtgAvg:2512, Captain: Vladmir Georgiev / TB1: 7 / TB2: 199.75)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2493	BUL		0	½	½	½	1		2.5	5	2464
2	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2551	UKR	1	½	0		1	1	1	4.5	6	2366
3	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2528	LTU	0	½	½	½		1	1	3.5	6	2395
4	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2476	RUS	½	½		½	1		1	3.5	5	2317
5	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2474	UKR	0		1	0	1	1	1	4.0	6	2196
6. Ashdod (RtgAvg:2228, TB1: 5 / TB2: 91)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	IM	Klinova Masha	2324	ISR	½	½	½		½	½	0	2.5	6	2421
2	IM	Borsuk Angela	2260	ISR	½		½	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	2447
3	WIM	Vasiliev Olga	2240	ISR	1	1	½	0	0	0	0	2.5	7	2380
4	WIM	Tsifanskaya Ludmila A	2087	ISR	½	1	½	0		0	½	2.5	6	2240
5	WFM	Dotan Valeria	2064	ISR		½		0	0			0.5	3	2214
7. Chigorin Club (RtgAvg:2277, Captain: Andrei Lukin / TB1: 3 / TB2: 101.25)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2425	RUS	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	2.5	7	2423
2	WIM	Bronnikova Elizaveta	2244	RUS	½	½	1	½	0	0	0	2.5	7	2419
3	WIM	Ivkina Olga	2266	RUS	0	1	1	½	0	0	½	3.0	7	2329
4		Ivanova-Skripova Tatiana	2173	RUS	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	2263
8. Rishon Le-Zion (RtgAvg:2036, TB1: 0 / TB2: 52.25)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	WIM	Efroimski Marsel	2162	ISR	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	1.5	7	2468
2		Reprun Nadejda	2143	ISR	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	1.0	7	2443
3		Vardi Shlomit	2010	ISR	0			0	0	0	0	0.0	5	2450
4		Federovski Adi	1829	ISR		0	0	½	0	0	0	0.5	6	2291
5		Lahav Michal	1732	ISR	0	½	½					1.0	3	2227