Chess Femme News

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Judit Polgar sighting!  She surprised me by coming out of retirement to play in this event.  She cut her eye teeth playing rapid and blitz chess, as did 12th Women's World Chess Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, who also played in this event.  It was evident Polgar was rusty.

Geneva Chess Masters 2013 (Geneva SUI) Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 -Official Site - Live

Geneva Masters GpA (4 players 3 Rds DRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: GpA Games

Geneva Masters GpB (4 players 3 Rds DRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: GpB Games

Geneva Masters KO (4 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: KO Games

Geneva Open A 2013 (43 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Open A

Geneva Masters GpA Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	Pts	TB1
1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2753	*	1	1	1	3	8
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	2803	0	*	1	1	2	5
2	Pelletier, Yannick	2574	0	0	*	1	1	4
4	Polgar, Judit	2696	0	0	0	*	0	1
4 players Geneva Masters GpB Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 Leading Final Round 3 Standings: Rk Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 Pts TB1 1 Nakamura, Hikaru 2784 * 1 1 1 3 8 2 Bacrot, Etienne 2725 0 * 1 1 2 6 3 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2489 0 0 * 1 1 3 4 Edouard, Romain 2666 0 0 0 * 0 1 4 players  In the Open, two chess femmes finished in the top 10: Geneva Open A 2013 Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Cornette Matthieu GM FRA 2578 8.0 42.0 55.5 2724 2 Bauer Christian GM FRA 2637 8.0 39.0 54.5 2730 3 Hambleton Aman IM CAN 2461 6.5 35.0 53.5 2455 4 Cherniaev Alexander GM RUS 2447 6.0 33.5 51.5 2427 5 Manea Alexandru IM ROU 2389 6.0 30.0 48.5 2423 6 Mamedjarova Turkan WGM AZE 2249 6.0 29.0 49.0 2339 7 Le Roux Jean-Pierre GM FRA 2576 5.5 33.0 55.5 2468 8 Bondar Yevgen SUI 2307 5.5 31.0 53.0 2417 9 Mamedjarova Zeinab WGM AZE 2264 5.5 30.0 51.5 2340

WGM Deysi Cori and her brother both played in the 21st Montacado Open (101 players):

21st Montcada Open Montcada i Reixac ESP Tue 25th Jun 2013 - Wed 3rd Jul 2013 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Flores Rios Mauricio	GM	CHI	2492	7.5	40.5	0.0	40.0
2	Cabrera Alexis	GM	ESP	2525	7.0	36.5	0.0	37.0
3	Cori Jorge	GM	PER	2549	7.0	35.5	0.0	38.5
4	Gleizerov Evgeny	GM	RUS	2553	7.0	34.0	0.0	35.5
5	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2575	6.5	36.0	0.0	42.0
6	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	GM	ROU	2667	6.5	34.0	0.0	39.5
7	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2484	6.5	33.5	0.0	37.0
8	Guerra Mendez Jose Angel	IM	CUB	2505	6.5	30.5	0.0	34.0
9	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2447	6.5	29.0	0.0	34.5
10	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	GM	CUB	2612	6.0	35.0	0.0	42.5
11	Ulibin Mikhail	GM	RUS	2523	6.0	30.5	0.0	35.0
12	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	ESP	2445	6.0	29.0	0.0	33.0
13	Anurag Mhamal	FM	IND	2401	6.0	27.5	0.0	30.5
14	Cruz Cristhian	GM	PER	2499	5.5	31.5	0.0	36.5
15	Cori T. Deysi	WGM	PER	2437	5.5	31.0	0.0	36.0

If I were the organizers, I would consider coming up with a somewhat different name for this tournament (45 players).  Okay, it's probably just in American English that "Lazy" is lazy (meaning something similar to no-account slothfulness) - sorry, I couldn't resist!

9th Lazy Open 2013 Lazy POL Sat 29th Jun 2013 - Mon 8th Jul 2013 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	SHISHKIN, Vadim	GM	UKR	2502	4	6.5	39.50	50.00
2	WARAKOMSKI, Tomasz	IM	POL	2488	5	6.5	38.50	46.50
3	MAJDAN-GAJEWSKA, Joanna	WGM	POL	2375	5	6.5	36.00	46.00
4	SIECIECHOWICZ, Marcin	IM	POL	2462	3	6.0	40.00	50.00
5	WEICHHOLD, Pawel	k+	POL	2382	5	6.0	39.00	49.50
6	URBAN, Klaudiusz	IM	POL	2462	4	6.0	39.00	48.50
7	ALIAVDIN, Nikolai	IM	BLR	2349	4	6.0	35.50	45.00
8	KANAREK, Marcel	IM	POL	2478	4	6.0	35.00	43.00
9	BUGALSKI, Michal	k	POL	2161	5	5.5	36.50	45.50
10	EGGINK, Ryszard	I++	POL	2121	5	5.5	35.50	46.00

WGM Joanna Majdan-Gajewska -- I'm not familiar with her but she finished plus 5 and in 3rd place overall.  Now if I could ever achieve a result like this I'd next run for President of the United States.  Holy Hathor! 


The top finishing female in the 41st World Open  took place 29th June to 7th July 2013) was IM Irina Krush. There was a 10 way tie on 6/9. Varuzhan Akobian drew with black in an Armageddon game vs Yuniesky Quesada to win the event. (113 players)

41st Annual World Op Arlington USA Sat 29th Jun 2013 - Sun 7th Jul 2013 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts
1	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	2612	6
2	Yuniesky, Quesada	GM	2639	6
3	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	GM	2689	6
3	Laznicka, Viktor	GM	2684	6
3	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	2634	6
3	Erenburg, Sergey	GM	2615	6
3	Gelashvili, Tamaz	GM	2572	6
3	Holt, Conrad	GM	2531	6
9	Milov, Vadim	GM	2643	5.5
10	Shankland, Sam	GM	2601	5.5
11	Panchanathan, Magesh	GM	2583	5.5
12	Ramirez, Alejandro	GM	2583	5.5
13	Mikhalevski, Victo	GM	2552	5.5
14	Shulman, Yury	GM	2542	5.5
15	Arnold, Marc Tyler	GM	2525	5.5
16	Fishbein, Alexander	GM	2504	5.5
17	Robson, Ray	GM	2628	5
18	Kacheishvili, Giorgi	GM	2588	5
19	Izoria, Zviad	GM	2574	5
20	Shabalov, Alex	GM	2553	5
21	Lenderman, Aleksandr	GM	2548	5
22	Molner, Mackenzie S	IM	2501	5
23	Yang, Darwin	IM	2485	5
24	Krush, Irina	IM	2480	5
25	Vioreanu, Bogdan	IM	2404	5
26	Neimer, Vitaly	IM	2393	5
27	Harmon-Vellotti, Luke C	FM	2368	5