2007 Russian Championship Superfinals

Here are the women's final standings. Kovalevskaya had a dismal tournament, a real surprise to me as she is usually near the top of the standings. The final scores indicate the event was hard-fought - no easy draws granted by the ladies in their chess! 1. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2492 7/11 2. Tairova, Elena m RUS 2391 7 3. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386 7 4. Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2443 7 5. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2462 6 6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2469 6 7. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2433 5½ 8. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2379 5½ 9. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2375 5 10. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2338 4 11. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 3½ 12. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2359 2½

2007 Russian Championship Superfinals

Women's standings after Round 8: 1. Tairova, Elena m RUS 2391 6½ 2. Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2443 6 3. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2462 5½ 4. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2492 5 5. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2433 4½ 6. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386 4½ 7. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2469 4 8. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2379 4 9. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2375 3½ 10. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 2 11. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2338 2 12. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2359 ½

2007 Russian Championship Superfinals

Women's standings after 3 rounds: 1. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2462 3 2. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2492 2½ 3. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386 2 4. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2433 2 5. Tairova, Elena m RUS 2391 2 6. Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2443 2 7. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2375 1½ 8. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2379 1 9. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 1 10. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2469 ½ 11. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2359 ½ 12. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2338 0

2007 Russian Championship Superfinals

I saw this report at The Week in Chess: The Russian Championship Superfinals take place 17th-30th December 2007. Players are: Men: Alekseev, Amonatov, Vitjugov, Grischuk, Dreev, Inarkiev, Morozevich, Rychagov, Svidler, Timofeev, Tomashevsky, Jakovenko. Women: Galliamova, Gunina, Matveeva, Kovalevskaya, Korbut, N.Kosintseva, T.Kosintseva, Kosteniuk, Ovod, Stepovaya, Tairova, Shadrina. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ Unfortunately for me, the official site is in Russian (can't read it). The players' lists are quite impressive. Some of the best male and female players in the world (and some very promising up-and-coming players) will participate in this event.