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

2011 European Senior Chess Championships

The tournament is taking place right now in what looks to be an absolutely gorgeous place in northern Italy, having started on April 4 and runs through April 14, 2011. There are two championships going on concurrently: regular and rapid chess.  Rapid chess titles have been concluded.  The women's champion title in the larger tournament will be decided among top finishers in the main event - no separate women's event held.  The prizes are modest but the titles are coveted.  Senior men have to be at least 60 to qualify; senior women at least 50 years of age.

Information from The Week in Chess:

11th European Senior (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

ch-EUR Senior Rapid (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:25m+10spm

Current top standings -- there are 100 players in the Senior Championship and 35 players in the Senior Rapid Championship:

11th European Senior Courmayeur ITA Mon 4th Apr 2011 - Thu 14th Apr 2011 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Butnorius Algimantas	GM	LTU	2388	4.0	6.0	10.5	4
2	Plachetka Jan	GM	SVK	2355	3.5	5.5	10.0	3
3	Okhotnik Vladimir	IM	FRA	2458	3.5	5.0	10.5	3
4	Mishuchkov Nikolai M	FM	RUS	2408	3.5	5.0	9.0	3
5	Kupreichik Viktor D	GM	BLR	2431	3.5	4.5	9.5	3
6	Gaprindashvili Nona	GM	GEO	2362	3.5	4.5	9.0	3
7	Strutinskaya Galina N	WIM	RUS	2269	3.5	4.5	8.5	3
8	Cebalo Miso	GM	CRO	2486	3.5	3.5	7.5	3
9	Rooze Jan	FM	BEL	2315	3.0	5.5	11.0	3
10	Vikulov Alexander	FM	RUS	2316	3.0	5.0	11.0	3
11	Suba Mihai	GM	ROU	2465	3.0	5.0	10.5	2
12	Jackson Oliver A		ENG	2186	3.0	5.0	8.5	3
13	Lederman Leon	IM	ISR	2266	3.0	4.0	10.0	3
14	Khmiadashvili Tamar	WGM	GEO	2194	3.0	4.0	9.5	3
15	Hohler Peter	FM	SUI	2144	3.0	4.0	9.0	3
16	Estrada Martinez Cesar		ESP	2193	3.0	4.0	9.0	2
17	Iudicello Giovanni		ITA	2180	3.0	4.0	8.5	2
18	Werner Clemens	FM	GER	2353	3.0	4.0	8.0	3
	Sinelnikov Igor		RUS	2190	3.0	4.0	8.0	3
20	Tseitlin Mark D	GM	ISR	2420	3.0	4.0	7.5	3
21	Rosino Antonio	FM	ITA	2233	3.0	4.0	7.5	2
22	Gardi Giuseppe		ITA	2061	3.0	4.0	7.0	3
23	Chireykina Natalia		RUS	1831	3.0	3.5	8.0	3
24	Gruzmann Boris	FM	RUS	2281	3.0	3.5	8.0	2

ch-EUR Senior Rapid Courmayeur ITA Mon 4th Apr 2011 - Thu 14th Apr 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kupreichik Viktor D	GM	BLR	2431	6.5	41.0	52.0	5
2	Mishuchkov Nikolai M	FM	RUS	2408	6.5	40.0	51.0	5
3	Cebalo Miso	GM	CRO	2486	6.5	39.5	50.0	5
4	Okhotnik Vladimir	IM	FRA	2458	6.5	36.5	46.5	6
5	Timoscenko Gennadij	GM	SVK	2502	6.5	34.5	44.0	6
6	Butnorius Algimantas	GM	LTU	2388	6.0	39.5	50.0	4
7	Strutinskaya Galina N	WIM	RUS	2269	5.5	37.5	47.5	4
8	Gaprindashvili Nona	GM	GEO	2362	5.5	36.0	45.5	3
9	Lederman Leon	IM	ISR	2266	5.5	35.5	45.0	5
10	Tseitlin Mark D	GM	ISR	2420	5.5	34.0	44.5	4
11	Schultheis Heinz		GER	2058	5.5	33.5	43.0	4

Madame Nona still has what it takes, with a very good result in the rapid championship, finishing in 8th place.  Kudos to top female finisher WIM Strutinskaya in that event. 

Both chess femmes are neck and neck in the larger tournament, sitting in 6th and 7th places with 3.5/4. 

For their final standings in the Rapid Chamionship, Strutinskaya earned 150 Euros and Nona earned 100 Euros. 

Chess Femme News!

Chess is a big deal in Armenia.  The press regularly covers local and international events and the top Armenian players (who are very fine, I have to say), are stars in their homeland.  I thought this was particularly interesting, the mention of ex-pat Armenians who now play chess for other countries!

Report at panorama.am.
8 November 2010
Armenian chess players at World Women’s Championship

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian

The list of participants to World Women’s Championship due to start on December 2, host city Hatay, Turkey, is published by FIDE, “armchess.am”.

Armenia will have two representatives to the championship. WGM Lilit Mkrtchian is going to play with WGM Zhang Xiaowen (China), GM Elina Danielian - with WGM Tatiana Shadrina (Russia) at the first round of the tournament which is going to be held by the knock-out system.

Two other Armenian chess players, GM Almira Skripchenko-Aghababian (France) and WIM Dina Kagramanova (Canada), are also going to play in Hatay. Their opponents will be WGM Christina-Adela Foisor (Romania) and GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), respectively.

Pinay wins gold in ASEAN Olympiad
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 11/08/2010 12:13 PM | Updated as of 11/08/2010 12:13 PM

MANILA, Philippines – Chess player Marie Antoinette San Diego gave the Philippines its first gold medal in the ASEAN Primary School Sports Olympiad 2010 (APSSO) Chess Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

San Diego bested Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien of Vietnam in the tie-break points to clinch the gold of the individual girls standard competition.

San Diego and Thanh Thuy Tien tallied 4 points apiece in 5 outings. San Diego crushed Parahita Miliyana L of Indonesia 3 in the final round while Thanh Thuy Tien clobbered former solo leader Dita Karenza of Indonesia 2.

National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President-Chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. lauded San Diego's latest feat.

“This proves once again that the Filipino can be at par with the Asia’s best pawnpushers,” he said.

World Senior Chess Championships - Women
I found this report at GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's blog

Final standings:

1. WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar GEO 2162 7,0 7,0 1,0 37,5

2. GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2363 7,0 7,0 1,0 34,0

3. WIM Fomina Tatyana EST 2256 7,0 7,0 1,0 34,0

4. WGM Fatalibekova Elena RUS 2270 6,5 6,5 0,0 31,0

5. WFM Miednikova Swietlana RUS 2146 5,0 5,0 0,0 27,0

6. WFM Khropova Larisa RUS 2037 5,0 5,0 0,0 27,0

7. WIM Borisova Borislava SWE 2096 5,0 5,0 0,0 27,0

8. WFM Komysheva Margarita RUS 2084 5,0 5,0 0,0 24,0

9. Tsygankova Enni UZB 0 5,0 5,0 0,0 23,0

10. Chireykina Natalia RUS 1799 5,0 5,0 0,0 21,5

From the website (in Italian):
1° € 600.- coppa e medaglia d’oro / trophy and Gold medal / Trophäe und Goldmedaille
2° € 500.- medaglia d’argento / Silver medal / Silbermedaille
3° € 400.- medaglia di bronzo / Bronze medal / Bronzemedaille
4° € 200.-