London Chess Classic - Women's Invitational

Caoili dominated from start to finish, and won the event with a whopping 8.0/9! Full cross-table. 1 WIM Caoili, Arianne 8.0 AUS 2206 2421 +1.93 2 M Lalic, Susan K 6.0 ENG 2310 2188 -1.16 3 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 5.5 NED 2193 2152 -0.38 4 Ikonomopoulou, Maria 5.0 GRE 2065 2129 +0.74 5 De Seroux, Camille 4.5 SUI 1989 2094 +1.18 6 Winkelmann, Elena 4.0 GER 2119 2037 -0.99 7 WFM Yurenok, Maria S 3.5 ENG 1968 2017 +0.43 8 WFM Chevannes, Sabrina L 3.0 ENG 2042 1963 -0.97 9 WFM Smith, Olivia 3.0 WLS 2026 1965 -0.77 10 WIM Frick, Denise 2.5 RSA 1920 1932 -0.01

London Chess Classic - Women's Invitational

Here are the standings after Round 5: 1 WIM Caoili, Arianne 4.0 AUS 2206 2323 2 IM Lalic, Susan K 3.0 ENG 2310 2273 3 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 3.0 NED 2193 2152 4 Winkelmann, Elena 3.0 GER 2119 2148 5 Ikonomopoulou, Maria 3.0 GRE 2065 2106 6 WFM Chevannes, Sabrina L 2.0 ENG 2042 2042 7 WFM Yurenok, Maria S 2.0 ENG 1968 2099 8 WIM Frick, Denise 2.0 RSA 1920 2012 (photo, right) 9 De Seroux, Camille 1.5 SUI 1989 1885 10 WFM Smith, Olivia 0.5 WLS 2026 1742 Official website.

London Chess Classic - Women's Invitational

This is a very nice group of relative unknowns with a few well-seasoned veterans for some nice spice. My guess is that the bulk of the prize money and appearance fees provided by sponsorship went for the chess dudes and not much was left over for the ladies. Only veteran and former columnist for Chess Cafe, Susan Lalic, is rated above 2300: Susan Lalic (England) IM 2310 (veteran player who has been there, done that; she has other things going on these days) Sabrina Chevannes (England) WFM 2042 Arianne Caoili (Australia) WIM 2206 (a headliner for her glamour and the scandals she has been involved in, she is a good chess player but has other goals) Olivia Smith (Wales) WFM 2026 Arlette van Weersel (Netherlands) WIM 2193 (shows flashes of brilliance but - ) Camille de Seroux (Switzerland) 1989 Elena Winkelmann (Germany) 2119 (a steady player) Maria Yurenok (England) WFM 1968 Maria Ikonomopoulou (Greece) 2065 Denise Frick (South Africa) WIM 1920 This is a 10 player all play all invitational event.