23rd World Senior Women's Chess Championship

Holy Hathor!  GM Nona Gaprindashvili played in a simul during this event on November 23 - say what!  Yep, she played!  I sure wish this event had received more publicity, for she is one of the great female chessplayers of our time. I don't know the details or her results, alas.  Link. 

Oh oh - guess what, in the minute or so it took me to write this here, the link and my comment on Facebook have magically disappeared.  So, did she play this simul, or did she not?  Guess not?

This Championship took place November 11 - 24, 2013, in Opatija, Croatia.  World Women's Senior Chess Champion is WFM Yelena Ankudinova, who looks young enough to be my daughter. EEK!  Just how "old" does one have to be to qualify for the female world chess championship, heh?

WFM Yelena Ankudinova.
Senior?  Yeah, right! She just needs
to diet and exercise.

Here is the complete final cross-table for the women's event, and GM Nona Gaprindashvili finished in 2nd place overall:

Rk.	SNo			Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	9		WFM	Ankudinova Yelena	S50	w	KAZ	2121	7.0	0.0	33.0	0.0	2287	9	7	5.03	1.97	15	29.5
2	1		GM	Gaprindashvili Nona	S50	w	GEO	2312	6.5	0.0	31.0	0.0	2183	9	6.5	7.27	-0.77	10	-7.7
3	5		WGM	Khmiadashvili Tamar	S50	w	GEO	2158	6.0	0.0	34.5	0.0	2241	9	6	4.97	1.03	15	15.4
4	3		WGM	Fatalibekova Elena	S50	w	RUS	2252	6.0	0.0	31.0	0.0	2229	9	6	6.20	-0.20	15	-3.0
5	4		WIM	Miednikova Swietlana	S50	w	RUS	2166	6.0	0.0	30.5	0.0	2236	9	6	5.07	0.93	15	13.9
6	2		WGM	Strutinskaya Galina N	S50	w	RUS	2299	6.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	2162	9	6	7.15	-1.15	15	-17.3
7	11		WFM	Bogumil Tatiana	S50	w	RUS	2074	5.5	0.5	31.0	0.0	2189	9	5.5	3.78	1.72	15	25.8
8	13		WFM	Khropova Larisa	S50	w	RUS	2009	5.5	0.5	30.0	0.0	2085	8	4.5	3.03	1.47	15	22.0
9	8		WIM	Melashvili Nino	S50	w	GEO	2126	5.0	0.0	29.0	0.0	2124	8	4	3.93	0.07	15	1.0
10	17			Baliuniene Margarita	S50	w	LTU	1885	5.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	2057	8	4	1.91	2.09	15	31.4
11	10		WIM	Beltz Martina	S50	w	GER	2100	5.0	0.0	24.5	0.0	1900	8	4	5.42	-1.42	15	-21.3
12	7		WIM	Lauterbach Ingrid	S50	w	ENG	2132	5.0	0.0	23.0	0.0	1892	7	3	4.34	-1.34	15	-20.1
13	14		WFM	Kierzek Mira	S50	w	MKD	2005	5.0	0.0	22.0	0.0	1974	9	5	5.20	-0.20	15	-3.0
14	15		CM	Milligan Helen	S50	w	NZL	1977	4.5	0.0	22.5	0.0	1928	8	3.5	3.52	-0.02	15	-0.3
15	18			Khalturina Tatiana	S50	w	RUS	1823	4.5	0.0	21.0	0.0	1931	8	3.5	2.66	0.84	15	12.6
16	12		WFM	Beliaeva Natalia	S50	w	RUS	2027	4.5	0.0	16.5	0.0	1827	7	3	3.94	-0.94	15	-14.1
17	6		WIM	Titorenko Natalia I	S50	w	RUS	2143	4.0	0.0	26.5	0.0	1897	8	3	5.04	-2.04	15	-30.6
18	19			Milashevskaja Valentina	S50	w	RUS	1814	4.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	1810	7	2	1.63	0.37	15	5.6
19	16			Kabanova Irina	S50	w	RUS	1951	4.0	0.0	19.5	0.0	1803	7	2.5	3.15	-0.65	15	-9.8
20	24			Catania Hannelore J	S50	w	USA	0	4.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	1838	8	3
21	21			Hoose Hannelore	S50	w	GER	1740	4.0	0.0	16.5	0.0	1702	6	3	2.31	0.69	15	10.4
22	25			Pelias Marilyn	S50	w	USA	0	3.0	0.0	17.0	0.0	1663	8	2
23	20			Korneeva Tamara	S50	w	RUS	1757	2.5	1.0	11.5	0.0	1517	7	1.5	2.75	-1.25	15	-18.8
24	23			Arginbayeva Maryana	S50	w	KAZ	1518	2.5	0.0	12.5	0.0	1524	7	0.5	1.15	-0.65	30	-19.5
25	22			Afanasieva Elena	S50	w	RUS	1625	2.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	1410	6	1	1.55	-0.55	15	-8.3

There were two players from the USA - Hannelore J. Catania, who does not have a FIDE rating.  She finished in 20th place overall with 4.0.  Finishing in 22nd place was Marilyn Pelias, also no FIDE rating, with 3.0.  I commend the fighting spirit of both of these chess femmes, hooray! 

Women's prizes:

Position	Prize(€)	Additional reward
1	1.100,00	trophy and gold medal
2	800,00	silver medal
3	600,00	bronze medal
4	500,00
5	400,00
6	300,00
7	200,00
6	100,00