2013 Brno Open

The 2013 Brno (Czech Republic) Open took place November 16 - 23, 2013.  Here are the final standings - a chess femme took clear first place. I saw this reported at The Week in Chess through the early rounds, tournament results at Chess-Results dot com. 

Konečné pořadí po 9 kolech

Poř.	St.č.			Jméno	Typ	pohlaví	Skup.	FED	RtgFIDE	RtgN	Body	PH 1	PH 2	PH 3	K	rtg+/-
1	6		WIM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	U16	w	F	KAZ	2311	0	7.5	40.5	51.5	6	15	30.3
2	2		FM	Kantans Toms			F	LAT	2412	0	6.5	40.5	52.5	5	10	-3.8
3	3		FM	Kojima Shinya			F	JPN	2364	0	6.5	40.0	51.5	5	15	-2.7
4	7		FM	Burdalev Kirill			F	UKR	2280	0	6.5	39.5	51.0	5	15	10.6
5	12		WIM	Semenova Elena		w	F	RUS	2177	0	6.5	39.0	49.0	6	15	18.6
6	1		IM	Plat Vojtech			F	CZE	2472	0	6.5	37.5	49.5	5	10	-1.7
7	5		IM	Strebkovs Andrejs			F	LAT	2324	0	6.5	37.5	47.0	4	10	-4.0
8	14			Tsenov Tsvetoslav			F	BUL	2134	0	6.5	32.0	41.5	5	15	15.9
9	13			Kearns Christopher			F	GER	2158	0	6.0	39.0	49.0	5	15	15.6
10	17			Tesar Jan			F	CZE	2072	0	6.0	36.0	45.5	5	15	13.8
11	10			Golcman Evgeny	S60		F	RUS	2209	0	6.0	32.0	41.5	5	15	-17.3
12	11			Blahynka Martin	U16		F	CZE	2188	0	5.5	40.5	51.5	3	15	2.7
13	15			Ben-Natan Yigal			F	ISR	2084	0	5.5	36.5	47.5	4	15	6.0
	35			Chan Naruna		w	F	RUS	1848	0	5.5	36.5	47.5	4	15	45.3
15	16			Grove Michael			F	SCO	2078	0	5.5	36.0	46.5	5	15	5.1
16	9		FM	Vorobyov Yrij	S60		F	UKR	2226	0	5.5	35.5	46.0	4	15	-26.1
17	4		IM	Chudinovskikh Alexander M.			F	RUS	2334	0	5.5	34.0	43.5	5	10	-22.4
18	19		FM	Spodny Josef	S60		F	CZE	2014	0	5.5	30.0	38.5	2	15	-5.1
19	8		IM	Piankov Evgenij	S60		F	UKR	2264	0	5.0	42.0	53.5	4	10	-4.9
20	20			Kotva Milan	S60		F	CZE	1996	0	5.0	34.0	43.0	4	15	-6.3
21	37			Kreyssig Bruno	U16		F	GER	1837	0	5.0	33.5	43.5	4	15	22.6
22	21			Tabola Marcin			F	POL	1990	0	5.0	33.5	40.5	3	15	0.4
23	44			Kosina Vladimir	S60		F	CZE	1775	0	5.0	32.0	41.0	3	15	17.5
24	22			Vesely Jaromir			F	CZE	1952	0	5.0	32.0	40.5	3	15	-26.3
25	18			Bakalar Jan	S60		F	SVK	2048	0	5.0	31.5	41.0	4	15	-15.3
	34			Fowler David			F	SCO	1859	0	5.0	31.5	41.0	4	15	7.8
27	45			Zikan Karel	S60		F	CZE	1774	0	5.0	29.5	36.5	3	15	17.4
28	32			Veznik Michael			F	CZE	1874	0	4.5	36.5	46.5	4	15	3.3
29	31			Saroun Radek			F	CZE	1875	0	4.5	36.5	46.0	3	15	1.4
30	33			Simo Marian	U16		F	SVK	1873	0	4.5	35.5	45.0	2	15	0.0
31	27			Kopecek Ivan	S60		F	CZE	1912	0	4.5	35.0	45.0	4	15	12.1
32	36			Kucera Jan			F	CZE	1844	0	4.5	34.5	44.0	2	30	11.7
33	28			Pultorak Jan	U16		F	POL	1908	0	4.5	33.0	41.0	4	15	-0.8
34	23			Lintner Felix			F	AUT	1943	0	4.5	32.0	41.5	3	30	-36.6
35	26			Lages Karl-Heinz			F	GER	1917	0	4.5	30.5	39.0	3	30	0.0
36	42			Chapman Nigel			F	SCO	1789	0	4.5	30.5	38.5	3	15	-0.2
37	57			Oglaza Oskar	U16		F	POL	1572	0	4.5	29.5	38.0	3	15	42.8
38	66			Vanicek Lukas			N	CZE	0	1692	4.5	29.5	37.0	4
39	60			Glacner Karel	S60		F	CZE	1554	0	4.5	26.0	33.0	4	15	34.7
40	39			Volna Lukas	U16		F	SVK	1815	0	4.0	33.5	44.0	2	15	18.5
41	24			Stanek Stanislav			F	CZE	1941	0	4.0	33.0	43.5	3	15	-17.7
42	25			Al-Dhabbi Fares			F	YEM	1939	0	4.0	33.0	42.0	3	15	-21.3
43	40			Hrdlicka Vladan			F	CZE	1805	0	4.0	32.0	42.5	4	30	-13.2
44	69			Kaplan Milan			*	CZE	0	1250	4.0	31.0	39.0	3
45	41			Stary Vladimir			F	CZE	1794	0	4.0	30.0	39.0	2	15	-12.0
46	48			Veselsky Jan			A	CZE	1695	0	4.0	28.5	37.5	3	15	3.2
47	51			Baraniuk Andrej	S60		F	UKR	1673	0	4.0	27.0	35.5	3	15	9.3
48	43			Feldvabl Vilem	S60		F	CZE	1779	0	4.0	26.0	34.0	3	15	-7.5
49	50			Romanek Zdenek			F	CZE	1675	0	4.0	26.0	33.5	4	15	-4.3
50	67			Kan Vojtech			N	CZE	0	1664	4.0	25.5	31.5	3
51	53			Rezny Frantisek			F	CZE	1623	0	4.0	22.0	28.5	2	15	-13.5
52	29			Paulik Martin			F	CZE	1903	0	3.5	28.5	38.0	3	15	-11.4
53	58			Bata Jiri			F	CZE	1568	0	3.5	28.5	36.5	3	30	21.6
54	47			Doskar Miloslav	S60		F	CZE	1743	0	3.0	32.0	40.5	3	15	-4.8
55	38			Zejda Karel	S60		F	CZE	1825	0	3.0	30.0	37.5	3	15	-32.0
56	64			Klimina Nina	S60	w	F	RUS	1345	0	3.0	29.0	37.5	3	30	63.6
57	54			Potapova Tatiana		w	F	RUS	1622	0	3.0	28.0	36.0	2	15	9.4
58	52			Kaeding Wolfgang	S60		F	GER	1659	0	3.0	27.5	35.5	2	30	-27.9
59	62			Koci Tereza	U16	w	F	CZE	1439	0	3.0	25.0	31.0	3	15	25.0
60	68			Kaeding Dieter	S60		*	GER	0	1250	3.0	23.0	29.5	2
61	59			Mach Michal			F	CZE	1559	0	3.0	22.0	28.5	0	15	-0.9
62	65			Kacalek Tomas			N	CZE	0	1760	2.5	30.0	38.0	2
63	55			Sojka Oldrich	S60		F	CZE	1607	0	2.5	27.5	34.5	1	15	0.0
64	46			Hruby Vaclav	S60		F	CZE	1746	0	2.5	24.0	32.0	1	15	-47.8
65	61			Zlamal Zdenek	S60		F	CZE	1518	0	2.5	23.0	29.5	0	15	-8.9
66	63			Richterova Julie	U16	w	F	CZE	1439	0	2.5	21.5	28.0	1	15	0.6
67	56			Vlajkov Milenko	S60		F	GER	1600	0	2.0	21.5	28.5	0	30	-74.1
68	30			Horyna Josef	S60		F	CZE	1878	0	1.0	25.5	33.0	1	15	0.0
69	49			Strnad Jiri	S60		F	CZE	1683	0	1.0	24.0	32.5	1	30	-50.7

Poznámka:
Pomocné hodnocení1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Pomocné hodnocení2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Pomocné hodnocení3: The greater number of victories

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

2013 Women's Grandmaster Tournament (Chennai)

November 6 - 14, 2013.

Final Standings - from Chess-Results dot com (some comments below):

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2414	AAI	8.5	74.0	67.5	60.25
2	2	WGM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2425		8.5	72.5	66.5	60.00
3	4	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	IND	2399	TN	8.5	72.5	66.5	57.75
4	11	WGM	Tsatsalashvili Keti	GEO	2266		8.0	71.0	65.5	53.50
5	6	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2348	MAH	8.0	66.5	61.5	51.25
6	13	WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2242	MAH	7.5	70.5	65.5	47.25
7	7	WGM	Ivakhinova Inna	RUS	2315		7.5	70.5	64.5	50.50
8	14	WGM	Meenakshi Subbaraman	IND	2240	TN	7.5	70.0	64.5	47.75
9	20	WFM	Gevorgyan Maria	ARM	2147		7.5	68.0	63.0	47.25
10	1	IM	Guramishvili Sopiko	GEO	2441		7.5	67.5	62.0	46.00
11	12	IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2260	WB	7.5	65.5	60.0	47.00
12	8	WGM	Ambartsumova Karina	RUS	2310		7.0	71.0	65.5	43.75
13	10	WGM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2280		7.0	70.0	64.0	45.75
14	9	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2288	GOA	7.0	66.5	61.0	43.25
15	23		Azimova Karina	RUS	2094		7.0	63.0	58.0	40.25
16	17		Pratyusha Bodda	IND	2159	AP	7.0	63.0	57.5	40.50
17	16	WIM	Drljevic Ljilja	SRB	2181		7.0	63.0	57.5	40.25
18	45		Meghna C H	IND	1847	KER	7.0	61.0	56.5	38.50
19	27		Harini S.	IND	2023	TN	6.5	72.5	67.5	42.25
20	15	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2237	ODI	6.5	71.0	65.0	42.25
21	5	IM	Purtseladze Maka	GEO	2374		6.5	68.0	62.5	41.75
22	25	WFM	Swati Mohota	IND	2067	WB	6.5	66.5	61.5	38.00
23	22	WFM	Mahalakshmi M	IND	2107	TN	6.5	65.5	60.5	38.00
24	18	WIM	Kharmunova Nadezhda	RUS	2152		6.5	64.5	59.0	36.75
25	21	WFM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	UZB	2111		6.5	64.0	59.0	37.50
26	28	WFM	Vaishali R	IND	2019	TN	6.5	63.5	58.5	36.00
27	39	WCM	Tejaswini Sagar	IND	1898	MAH	6.5	58.5	54.0	33.75
28	37		Ashwini U	IND	1918	TN	6.5	58.0	54.0	32.50
29	24	WFM	Saranya J	IND	2081	TN	6.5	57.5	53.5	32.00
30	40		Anjana Krishna S	IND	1897	KER	6.5	55.0	50.5	32.25
31	19	WFM	Monnisha Gk	IND	2150	TN	6.0	67.0	62.0	36.75
32	26		Lasya.G	IND	2065	AP	6.0	66.5	61.5	35.50
33	34		Tan Li Ting	MAS	1936		6.0	65.0	60.5	34.00
34	31	WFM	Sultana Zakia	BAN	1976		6.0	63.0	58.0	34.25
35	47		Aparajita Gochhikar	IND	1801	ODI	6.0	63.0	58.0	33.25
36	52	WFM	Bidhar Rutumbara	IND	1749	ODI	6.0	61.0	56.0	32.00
37	29	WIM	Hamid Rani	BAN	1994		6.0	60.0	55.0	32.75
38	33	WIM	Jennitha Anto K.	IND	1961	TN	6.0	59.5	54.5	31.00
39	57		Priyanka K	IND	1717	TN	6.0	58.5	54.0	30.25
40	30	WFM	Srija Seshadri	IND	1991	TN	6.0	58.0	54.0	29.50
41	42		Supriya Joshi	IND	1888	MAH	6.0	58.0	53.5	30.25
42	59	WFM	Lakshmi C	IND	1697	TN	6.0	57.0	53.0	29.50
43	53		Potluri Saye Srreezza	IND	1746	AP	6.0	54.5	50.0	28.75
44	65		Saughanthika As	IND	1639	TN	6.0	53.5	49.5	26.75
45	61		Harivardhini I	IND	1678	TN	6.0	53.0	49.0	26.75
46	41		Sunyasakta Satpathy	IND	1893	ODI	5.5	65.0	60.0	31.25
47	54		Priyanka Nutakki	IND	1736	AP	5.5	61.5	57.0	27.75
48	46		Anigani Kavya	IND	1836	AP	5.5	60.0	55.5	29.75
49	56		Harshita Guddanti	IND	1723	AP	5.5	57.5	53.0	28.25
50	55		Vantika Agrawal	IND	1728	DEL	5.5	57.0	54.0	26.25
51	36		Parnali S Dharia	IND	1924	MAH	5.5	57.0	53.0	25.50
52	38		Shweta Gole	IND	1907	MAH	5.5	57.0	52.5	28.25
53	49		Sandhya G	IND	1774	AP	5.5	56.0	52.0	22.25
54	79		Raga Jyothsna R	IND	1378	AP	5.5	55.0	51.5	25.00
55	67		Tulsi M	IND	1549	KAR	5.5	55.0	51.0	25.25
56	62		Sunyuktha C M N	IND	1677	TN	5.5	55.0	51.0	25.00
57	60		Toshali V	IND	1683	AP	5.5	48.0	45.0	22.00
58	48		Divya Garg	IND	1774	MAH	5.0	60.0	56.0	23.25
59	50		Pushpalata Mangal	IND	1767	MAH	5.0	56.5	52.5	21.75
60	43		Begum Masuda	BAN	1862		5.0	55.0	51.5	22.75
61	88		Khandelwal Khushi	IND	1218	MAH	5.0	55.0	50.5	24.00
62	78		Sneha G P S	IND	1384	TN	5.0	54.0	50.5	22.00
63	66		Harshini A	IND	1635	TN	5.0	53.5	50.0	20.00
64	73		Tejasvi M	IND	1490	TN	5.0	51.0	47.5	20.50
65	75		Kavya Srishti K	IND	1456	AP	5.0	47.5	44.0	18.75
66	71	WCM	Fernandes Krystal	IND	1509	GOA	5.0	47.0	44.0	17.75
67	44	WCM	Ananya Suresh	IND	1860	KAR	4.5	57.5	53.5	20.00
68	70		Kavya. S	IND	1516	TN	4.5	54.5	51.5	20.25
69	64		Sowmia A	IND	1650	TN	4.5	53.5	50.0	19.75
70	74		Jasper Jothi P	IND	1468	TN	4.5	52.5	49.0	21.00
71	63		Jahanara Haque	BAN	1669		4.5	52.5	48.5	21.00
72	68		Akshita D	IND	1546	TN	4.5	51.5	48.0	17.00
73	77		Thorat Aishwarya	IND	1431	GOA	4.5	50.5	47.5	13.50
74	90		Lasani H Kothari	IND	1211	GUJ	4.5	50.5	47.0	17.75
75	72		Ahmed Simran	IND	1509	ASSM	4.5	50.0	46.5	18.00
76	83		Kowshika S	IND	1321	TN	4.5	49.5	46.0	15.75
77	85		Pooja S (2002)	IND	1306	TN	4.5	49.0	45.5	16.50
78	97		Ngangom Nongleima Chanu	IND	0	MANI	4.5	40.0	37.0	14.00
79	96		Krishnaa Jahagirdar Sudhakar	IND	0	TN	4.0	56.0	51.5	18.75
80	51		Chowdhury Mahmuda Hoque	BAN	1766		4.0	54.0	50.0	13.25
81	69		Srinidhi Sridharan	IND	1522	TN	4.0	52.0	48.0	14.50
82	82		Supriya Shanbhaga	IND	1328	GOA	4.0	50.5	46.5	15.75
83	92		Vinotha S	IND	1111	TN	4.0	47.0	44.0	14.50
84	87		Priyadarshini B	IND	1254	TN	4.0	44.0	42.5	9.25
85	84		Abirami B S	IND	1315	TN	4.0	44.0	41.0	13.50
86	89		Malleswari P	IND	1217	TN	4.0	42.0	40.5	8.00
87	91		Yuti Mayur Patel	IND	1193	MAH	4.0	41.0	39.5	9.25
88	93		Shivani S	IND	1012	TN	4.0	35.5	34.0	8.00
89	86		Akshayaa M	IND	1303	TN	3.5	47.0	44.0	9.50
90	100		Swathi Priyadharshini S	IND	0	TN	3.5	46.5	42.5	13.50
91	95		Devi Shree	BRN	0		3.5	44.5	41.5	11.25
92	94		Arivukkarasi Loganathan	IND	0	TN	3.0	38.5	37.0	4.50
93	32		Varshini V	IND	1966	TN	2.5	52.5	48.5	11.75
94	80		Srimathi R	IND	1349	TN	2.5	46.0	42.5	9.25
95	58		Meera D	IND	1710	TN	2.0	49.5	46.0	9.00
96	98		Panjammal N	IND	0	TN	2.0	37.5	35.0	2.00
97	99		Smrithika S	IND	0	TN	1.0	40.0	37.5	0.50
98	35		Radha S. R.	IND	1929	TN	0.0	37.5	36.0	0.00
	76		Niveditha K	IND	1439	TN	0.0	37.5	36.0	0.00
	81		Adishree Krishnan	IND	1345	MAH	0.0	37.5	36.0	0.00

Annotation:
Tie Break1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break3: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break variable

Holy Lakshmi!  I don't know why it didn't register with me when I posted the R9 results earlier -- Vijay Subbaraman played in this tournament!  Maybe she has been playing all along and I just haven't been paying attention, but I have to tell you, this is the first time in quite a while that I have seen her name come up in a tournament, and she finished in a tie for first place!  Whoop whoop!  Evidently she was in great form.  Her sister, Meenakshi Subbaraman, also played and finished in a tie for third place with six other players.  I have great admiration for both ladies.

Unfortunately, the official website (Tamil Nadu State Chess Association) was silent as to whether any players earned WGM or other norms in this event.  Arggghhhh!