Baltic Queen International Tournament

Sorry for the late report! Here are the final standings. Chessbase has lots of photos of the chess femmes and a feature interview with GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, the winner. Final standings 1. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2506 6.0/9 2562 2. Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2434 5½ 2525 3. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2474 5 2484 4. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2525 5 2478 5. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2470 5 2484 6. Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2388 4½ 2450 7. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2465 4 2399 8. Demina, Julia wg RUS 2378 3½ 2371 9. Turova, Irina m RUS 2387 3½ 2370 10. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2418 3 2322

Baltic Queen International Tournament

St. Petersburg, Russia, August 11 - 20, 2009. Some established stars and some players not so well known: GM Pia Cramling (SWE 2525)(Second chess femme, after GM Susan Polgar, to earn the "men's" GM title - photo, right, from website) GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (SCO 2506) WGM/IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER 2474) WGM/IM Vijtoria Cmilyte (LTH 2470) WGM Natalia Zhukova (UKR 2465) WGM/IM Ekaterina Atalik (TUR 2434) GM Zhaoqin Peng (NED 2418) WGM Anastasia Bodnaruk (RUS 2388) WGM/IM Irina Turova (RUS 2387) WGM Julia Demina (RUS 2378) Rav= 2445 GM norm 6.5 IM norm 5.0/4.5 (9 Rounds) Standings after Round 3 (not necessarily in tie-break order): IM Ekaterina ATALIK TUR 2434 2.5 GM Pia CRAMLING SWE 2525 2.5 IM Elisabeth PAEHTZ GER 2474 2.0 WGM Anastasia BODNARUK RUS 2388 1.5 WGM Natalia ZHUKOVA UKR 2465 1.5 GM Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT SCO 2506 1.5 IM Viktorija CMILYTE LTU 2470 1.0 IM Irina TUROVA RUS 2387 1.0 WGM Julia DEMINA RUS 237 1.0 GM Zhaoqin PENG NED 2418 0.5