2009 European Women's Team Chess Championship

(Photo from Alexandra Kosteniuk's blog , Russian Women's Chess Team, Gold Medal Winners) Wrap-up. Official website.Women's team medal winners: 1. Russia GOLD (E 7,000) 1. Russia (RUS / RtgAvg:2500 / TB1: 16 / TB2: 26) Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Games Rp 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 6,0 8,0 2621 2 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 5,0 8,0 2432 3 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 8,0 9,0 2665 4 IM Romanko Marina 2453 2,0 4,0 2243 5 WFM Gunina Valentina 2437 5,0 7,0 2422 2. Georgia SILVER (E 5,000) 2. Georgia (GEO / RtgAvg:2474 / TB1: 16 / TB2: 24) Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Games Rp 1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2535 4,0 8,0 2410 2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 5,5 7,0 2599 3 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2451 5,0 7,0 2516 4 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2420 3,0 6,0 2349 5 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 6,5 8,0 2518 3. Ukraine BRONZE (E 3,000) 3. Ukraine (UKR / RtgAvg:2463 / TB1: 12 / TB2: 20) Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Games Rp 1 GM Lahno Kateryna 2483 5,5 8,0 2593 2 WGM Zhukova Natalia 2457 4,5 8,0 2423 3 IM Ushenina Anna 2474 2,5 6,0 2304 4 IM Gaponenko Inna 2438 4,5 7,0 2428 5 WGM Zdebskaja Natalia 2410 3,0 7,0 2270 Individual medal winners (information from Alexandra Kosteniuk's blog): 1st Board: Gold: Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) (E1,000) Silver: Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) (E700) Bronze: Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) (E500) 2nd Board: Gold: Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia) (E1,000) Silver: Lilit Mktrchian (Armenia) (E700) Bronze: Sophie Milliet (France) (E500) 3rd Board: Gold: Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) (E1,000) Silver: Sopiko Khukhashvili (Georgia) (E700) Bronze: Lilit Galojan (Armenia) (E500) 4th Board: Gold: Ekaterini Fakhiridou (Greece) (E1,000) Silver: Joanna Dworakowska (Poland) (E700) Bronze: Olga Vasiliev (Israel) (E500) 5th Board: Gold: Joanna Majdan (Poland) (E1,000) Silver: Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) (E700) Bronze: Valentina Gunina (Russia) (E500)

2009 European Women's Team Chess Championship

Final Standings! Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 Russia RUS 9 8 0 1 16 26,0 175,0 2 2 Georgia GEO 9 7 2 0 16 24,0 176,5 3 3 Ukraine UKR 9 4 4 1 12 20,0 188,0 4 20 Azerbaijan AZE 9 4 4 1 12 20,0 183,0 (The Presidential Initiative seems to be working!) 5 5 Armenia ARM 9 4 3 2 11 21,0 192,0 6 6 France FRA 9 4 3 2 11 21,0 165,0 7 16 Czech Republic CZE 9 4 3 2 11 19,5 184,5 8 4 Poland POL 9 4 2 3 10 22,5 166,0 9 12 Slovenia SLO 9 4 2 3 10 21,0 154,5 10 10 Hungary HUN 9 4 2 3 10 20,5 166,0 11 13 Romania ROU 9 4 2 3 10 19,0 176,0 12 7 Germany GER 9 4 2 3 10 18,5 177,0 13 17 Israel ISR 9 5 0 4 10 18,0 176,5 14 11 Netherlands NED 9 4 1 4 9 21,0 141,5 15 14 Greece GRE 9 2 5 2 9 19,0 172,0 16 15 Spain ESP 9 3 3 3 9 16,5 174,0 17 22 England ENG 9 3 2 4 8 19,0 131,0 18 19 Italy ITA 9 4 0 5 8 18,5 154,0 19 18 Croatia CRO 9 3 2 4 8 17,0 153,0 20 21 Austria AUT 9 3 2 4 8 16,0 145,0 21 8 Bulgaria BUL 9 4 0 5 8 14,5 174,5 22 23 Montenegro MNE 9 2 3 4 7 16,0 139,5 23 9 Serbia SRB 9 3 1 5 7 15,5 169,0 24 24 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 9 3 0 6 6 14,0 130,5 25 28 Turkey TUR 9 1 3 5 5 11,0 146,0 26 25 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia MKD 9 1 2 6 4 12,0 137,5 27 27 Norway NOR 9 0 4 5 4 12,0 136,5 28 26 Finland FIN 9 0 3 6 3 11,0 152,0 Annotation: Tie Break 1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) Tie Break 2: points (game-points) Tie Break 3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variableith parameter) Some interesting statistics from Chess-Results.com: Best players according to points: Final Ranking after 9 Rounds No. Name Rtg Team Pts. Games % Bo. Rp 1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 8,0 9 88,9 2 2665 2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 Georgia 6,5 8 81,3 4 2518 3 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 6,5 9 72,2 2 2564 4 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 6,0 7 85,7 4 2598 5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 6,0 8 75,0 1 2621 6 IM Muzychuk Anna 2533 Slovenia 6,0 9 66,7 1 2411 7 WFM Milovic Aleksandra 2173 Montenegro 6,0 9 66,7 2 2297 8 Savola Laura 2090 Finland 6,0 9 66,7 2 2284 9 WGM Motoc Alina 2316 Romania 6,0 9 66,7 4 2390 10 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 5,5 7 78,6 1 2599 Best players according to percent: Final Ranking after 9 Rounds No. Name Rtg Team % Games Bo. Pts. Rp 1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 88,9 9 2 8,0 2665 2 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 85,7 7 4 6,0 2598 3 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 Georgia 81,3 8 4 6,5 2518 4 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 78,6 7 1 5,5 2599 5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 75,0 8 1 6,0 2621 6 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini 2253 Greece 75,0 6 3 4,5 2400 7 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 72,2 9 2 6,5 2564 8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2527 Bulgaria 71,4 7 1 5,0 2561 9 IM Milliet Sophie 2407 France 71,4 7 1 5,0 2504 10 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2451 Georgia 71,4 7 2 5,0 2516 11 IM Dworakowska Joanna 2345 Poland 71,4 7 3 5,0 2483 12 WIM Vasiliev Olga 2266 Israel 71,4 7 3 5,0 2459 13 WFM Gunina Valentina 2437 Russia 71,4 7 4 5,0 2422 Best Players according to Performance Rating: Final Ranking After 9 Rounds No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 2665 8,0 9 88,9 2 2 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 2621 6,0 8 75,0 1 3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 2599 5,5 7 78,6 1 4 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 2598 6,0 7 85,7 4 5 GM Lahno Kateryna 2483 Ukraine 2593 5,5 8 68,8 1 6 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 2564 6,5 9 72,2 2 7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2527 Bulgaria 2561 5,0 7 71,4 1 8 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2285 Azerbaijan 2519 4,5 8 56,3 1 9 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2438 Georgia 2518 6,5 8 81,3 4 10 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2482 Germany 2516 5,5 9 61,1 1 I think it becomes obvious when looking at the overall stats as to why GM Alexandra Kosteniuk took the 2008 Women's World Chess Champion title. She was consistently in the top five in all categories. I was curious about how Narmin Kazimova did overall - she's a young chess femme playing on the Azerbaijani Women's Team, who first caught my eye during the 2008 European Individual Women's Chess Championship. Here are her individual stats: According to Points (out of 137 female players): No. Name Rtg Team Pts. Games % Bo. Rp 78 WIM Kazimova Narmin 2228 Azerbaijan 3,5 8 43,8 1 2357 According to Ratings Performance (out of 137 female players): No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 43 WIM Kazimova Narmin 2228 Azerbaijan 2357 3,5 8 43,8 1 The problem I have with these stats is that Narmin played on Board 2 for 8 games, and on Board 1 once! Kazimova Narmin WIM 2228 AZE Rp:2357 Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo. 1 42 IM Collas Silvia 2319 FRA 2334 3,5 s 0 2 2 98 IM Bojkovic Natasa 2429 SRB 2234 4,0 s ½ 2 3 125 WGM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2357 ESP 2188 2,5 s 1 1 5 48 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 ARM 2564 6,5 w ½ 2 6 45 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 GEO 2599 5,5 w ½ 2 7 131 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 RUS 2432 5,0 s 0 2 8 35 WGM Botsari Anna-Maria 2286 GRE 2284 4,0 s ½ 2 9 67 WGM Krivec Jana 2329 SLO 2241 4,5 w ½ 2 Well, maybe this all makes sense to some people better versed in all of these stats than I. It just seems strange to me that she played one Game on Board 1 and then is listed as playing on Board 1 for all results???

2009 European Women's Team Chess Championship

Rank after Round 8 Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 Russia RUS 8 7 0 1 14 23,5 137,0 2 2 Georgia GEO 8 6 2 0 14 21,5 141,0 3 5 Armenia ARM 8 4 3 1 11 19,5 148,0 4 3 Ukraine UKR 8 4 3 1 11 18,0 150,0 5 12 Slovenia SLO 8 4 2 2 10 19,5 123,0 6 20 Azerbaijan AZE 8 3 4 1 10 17,5 148,5 7 16 Czech Republic CZE 8 4 2 2 10 17,5 146,5 8 13 Romania ROU 8 4 2 2 10 17,5 135,0 9 6 France FRA 8 3 3 2 9 18,0 132,5 10 14 Greece GRE 8 2 5 1 9 18,0 131,0

11 15 Spain ESP 8 3 3 2 9 16,0 135,0 12 4 Poland POL 8 3 2 3 8 19,0 135,5 13 10 Hungary HUN 8 3 2 3 8 17,0 135,0 14 19 Italy ITA 8 4 0 4 8 17,0 123,5

15 7 Germany GER 8 3 2 3 8 16,0 140,0 16 17 Israel ISR 8 4 0 4 8 15,0 142,0

17 8 Bulgaria BUL 8 4 0 4 8 14,0 134,5 18 11 Netherlands NED 8 3 1 4 7 17,5 115,0 19 18 Croatia CRO 8 3 1 4 7 15,0 119,5 20 9 Serbia SRB 8 3 1 4 7 14,5 129,0 21 21 Austria AUT 8 3 1 4 7 14,0 111,0 22 22 England ENG 8 2 2 4 6 16,0 109,5 23 23 Montenegro MNE 8 2 2 4 6 14,0 112,5 24 28 Turkey TUR 8 1 3 4 5 10,0 112,5 25 25 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia MKD 8 1 2 5 4 11,0 109,0 26 24 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 8 2 0 6 4 11,0 106,0 27 26 Finland FIN 8 0 3 5 3 10,5 115,0 28 27 Norway NOR 8 0 3 5 3 10,0 107,0 Annotation: Tie Break 1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) Tie Break 2: points (game-points) Tie Break 3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variable with parameter)

The final round is today. Here are the match-ups: No. SNo Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team SNo 1 1 RUS Russia 23½ 14 : 11 19½ Armenia ARM 5 2 13 ROU Romania 17½ 10 : 14 21½ Georgia GEO 2 3 16 CZE Czech Republic 17½ 10 : 11 18 Ukraine UKR 3 4 9 SRB Serbia 14½ 7 : 8 15 Israel ISR 17 5 12 SLO Slovenia 19½ 10 : 10 17½ Azerbaijan AZE 20 6 14 GRE Greece 18 9 : 9 18 France FRA 6 7 15 ESP Spain 16 9 : 8 19 Poland POL 4 8 7 GER Germany 16 8 ½ : ½ 8 17 Italy ITA 19 9 8 BUL Bulgaria 14 8 : 8 17 Hungary HUN 10 10 21 AUT Austria 14 7 : 7 15 Croatia CRO 18 11 26 FIN Finland 10½ 3 : 7 17½ Netherlands NED 11 12 22 ENG England 16 6 : 5 10 Turkey TUR 28 13 23 MNE Montenegro 14 6 1 : 1 3 10 Norway NOR 27 14 25 MKD Former Yug Rep of Macedonia 11 4 : 4 11 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 24

Top PR after R8: No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 2649 5,5 7 78,6 1 2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 2648 7,0 8 87,5 2 3 GM Lahno Kateryna 2483 Ukraine 2618 5,0 7 71,4 1 4 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 2599 5,5 7 78,6 1 5 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 2598 6,0 7 85,7 4 6 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 2573 6,0 8 75,0 2 7 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2285 Azerbaijan 2570 4,5 7 64,3 1 8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2527 Bulgaria 2561 5,0 7 71,4 1 9 WGM Galojan Lilit 2326 Armenia 2560 5,5 7 78,6 3 10 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2451 Georgia 2546 4,5 6 75,0 2

2009 European Women's Team Chess Championship

Rank after Round 7: 1 1 　RUS 12 2 2 　GEO 12 3 5 　ARM 10 4 16 CZE 10 5 3 UKR 10 6 20 　AZE 9 7 12 　SLO 8 8 6 　FRA 8 9 14 GRE 8 10 13 ROU 8 11 15　ESP 8 12 17 ISR 8 13 8 BUL 8 14 4 POL 7 15 11　NED 7 16 10 HUN 7 17 7 　GER 7 18 19 　ITA 6 19 18 　CRO 6 20 23 　MNE 6 21 9 　SRB 5 22 21 　AUT 5 23 22 　ENG 4 24 25 　MKD 4 25 24 　BIH 4 26 28 　TUR 4 27 27 NOR 3 28 26 　FIN 2 Top PR after R7: No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 2686 5,5 6 91,7 4 2 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2285 Azerbaijan 2659 4,5 6 75,0 1 3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 2647 5,0 6 83,3 1 4 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 2625 6,0 7 85,7 2 5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 2616 4,5 6 75,0 1 6 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 2599 5,5 7 78,6 2 7 GM Lahno Kateryna 2483 Ukraine 2581 4,0 6 66,7 1 8 IM Gaponenko Inna 2438 Ukraine 2577 4,0 5 80,0 3 9 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2527 Bulgaria 2574 4,5 6 75,0 1 10 IM Jackova Jana 2393 Czech Republic 2572 4,0 6 66,7 1

2009 European Women's Team Chess Championship

Standings after R6: Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 Russia RUS 6 5 0 1 10 16,5 76,5 2 2 Georgia GEO 6 4 2 0 10 15,5 85,0 3 20 Azerbaijan AZE 6 3 3 0 9 15,5 80,5 4 13 Romania ROU 6 3 2 1 8 14,5 76,5 5 6 France FRA 6 3 2 1 8 14,5 75,0 6 5 Armenia ARM 6 3 2 1 8 14,0 87,0 7 16 Czech Republic CZE 6 3 2 1 8 14,0 80,0 8 3 Ukraine UKR 6 3 2 1 8 13,5 87,5 9 17 Israel ISR 6 4 0 2 8 12,5 77,0 10 12 Slovenia SLO 6 3 1 2 7 15,0 67,0 11 14 Greece GRE 6 2 3 1 7 14,0 70,0 12 10 Hungary HUN 6 3 1 2 7 13,5 75,5 13 15 Spain ESP 6 3 1 2 7 12,0 74,5 14 4 Poland POL 6 3 0 3 6 15,0 75,0 15 18 Croatia CRO 6 3 0 3 6 11,5 68,0 16 8 Bulgaria BUL 6 3 0 3 6 10,5 72,5 17 11 Netherlands NED 6 2 1 3 5 13,0 62,5 18 7 Germany GER 6 2 1 3 5 11,5 81,0 19 9 Serbia SRB 6 2 1 3 5 10,0 78,5 20 21 Austria AUT 6 2 1 3 5 10,0 61,0 21 19 Italy ITA 6 2 0 4 4 11,5 68,5 22 22 England ENG 6 1 2 3 4 11,5 60,0 23 23 Montenegro MNE 6 1 2 3 4 10,0 62,0 24 25 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia MKD 6 1 2 3 4 9,0 56,5 25 28 Turkey TUR 6 1 1 4 3 6,0 70,0 26 24 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 6 1 0 5 2 7,5 58,5 27 26 Finland FIN 6 0 2 4 2 7,0 69,0 28 27 Norway NOR 6 0 2 4 2 7,0 61,0 Top 10 Women by PR after R6: No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2285 Azerbaijan 2822 4,5 5 90,0 1 2 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 Poland 2658 4,5 5 90,0 4 3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 Georgia 2632 4,0 5 80,0 1 4 IM Milliet Sophie 2407 France 2616 4,0 5 80,0 2 5 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 Russia 2602 5,0 6 83,3 2 6 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2516 Russia 2600 3,5 5 70,0 1 7 GM Lahno Kateryna 2483 Ukraine 2581 4,0 6 66,7 1 8 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2451 Georgia 2579 3,0 4 75,0 2 9 IM Jackova Jana 2393 Czech Republic 2572 4,0 6 66,7 1 10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2469 Armenia 2560 4,5 6 75,0 2

European Women's Team Chess Championship

Standings after R4: Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 2 Georgia GEO 4 4 0 0 8 11,5 39,5 2 20 Azerbaijan AZE 4 3 1 0 7 11,5 34,0 3 3 Ukraine UKR 4 3 1 0 7 10,5 36,5 4 4 Poland POL 4 3 0 1 6 12,0 27,0 5 1 Russia RUS 4 3 0 1 6 11,0 30,5 6 5 Armenia ARM 4 3 0 1 6 10,0 43,5 7 12 Slovenia SLO 4 2 1 1 5 11,0 26,0 8 14 Greece GRE 4 2 1 1 5 10,0 30,0 9 7 Germany GER 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 37,5 10 13 Romania ROU 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 34,5 11 6 France FRA 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 32,5 12 16 Czech Republic CZE 4 2 1 1 5 9,0 35,5 13 11 Netherlands NED 4 2 0 2 4 9,5 25,5 14 19 Italy ITA 4 2 0 2 4 9,0 26,0 15 10 Hungary HUN 4 2 0 2 4 8,0 36,0 16 9 Serbia SRB 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 38,0 17 15 Spain ESP 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 33,0 18 17 Israel ISR 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 30,5 19 21 Austria AUT 4 1 1 2 3 6,5 28,0 20 22 England ENG 4 0 2 2 2 6,5 23,0 21 24 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 4 1 0 3 2 6,0 23,5 22 18 Croatia CRO 4 1 0 3 2 5,5 33,0 23 23 Montenegro MNE 4 0 2 2 2 5,5 28,0 24 8 Bulgaria BUL 4 1 0 3 2 4,0 37,0 25 28 Turkey TUR 4 1 0 3 2 3,5 36,5 26 27 Norway NOR 4 0 1 3 1 4,5 29,0 27 25 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia MKD 4 0 1 3 1 4,5 27,0 28 26 Finland FIN 4 0 1 3 1 3,5 35,0 It’s a surprise to see Azerbaijan currently in second place. WIM Narmin Kazimova, a young player I started following during the 2007 European Women’s Chess Championship, is on the Azerbaijani team. She currently has 1.5/3. The Georgian women’s team is playing like they’ve got something to prove. Round 5 today, then only 2 more rounds to go. I imagine lots of strategizing will be going on as teams look to make their moves now up the rankings. Georgia has already played and defeated the Russians, Germans, Armenians and the Czech Republic. Today they face Ukraine.