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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Humpy Wins Bronze at Batumi Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2012; Harika Creditable Sixth

Congrats to Humpy
for winning bronze
Bulgaria's former women's world chess champion has won the Batumi Women's World Rapid Championship with another former women's world chess champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk, winning the silver. India's Koneru Humpy, the challenger to the women's world chess champion title, finished a creditable third. India's other player, Harika Dronavalli, finished with a great show at sixth place.

The Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2012 was held from May 30 to June 6 at the Sheraton Hotel, Batumi, Georgia. It was an 11 rounds Swiss tournament with time control 25 mins + 10 sec per move. Every woman chess player with an elo of 2500+ in one of the official FIDE rating lists as well as all former World Chess Champions and Olympic Chess Champions had the right to participate in the Championship.


Final Standings

1
GMStefanova AntoanetaBUL25188.561.5

2
GMKosteniuk AlexandraRUS24578.061.5

3
GMKoneru HumpyIND25898.060.5

4
GMLahno KaterynaUKR25468.057.5

5
GMMuzychuk AnnaSLO25987.559.5

6
GMHarika DronavalliIND25087.553.0

7
GMDzagnidze NanaGEO25477.053.0

8
GMCramling PiaSWE24786.557.5

9
GMZhao XueCHN25496.556.0

10
WGMGuo QiCHN23606.556.0

11
IMPaehtz ElisabethGER24916.554.5

12
WGMTan ZhongyiCHN24306.554.0

13
IMJavakhishvili LelaGEO24496.552.0

14
GMZhukova NataliaUKR24426.552.0

15
GMZhu ChenQAT24916.552.0

16
GMKosintseva TatianaRUS25326.548.0

17
WGMHuang QianCHN24176.062.5

18
IMKhurtsidze NinoGEO24566.058.5

19

Wang JueCHN23646.055.5

20
IMGunina ValentinaRUS25306.054.5

21
IMMkrtchian LilitARM24496.051.0

22
IMUshenina AnnaUKR24545.552.0

23
GMArakhamia-Grant KetevanSCO24265.551.0

24
WGMBatsiashvili NinoGEO24365.550.0

25
IMMelia SalomeGEO24105.546.0

26
WGMPogonina NatalijaRUS24475.546.0

27
GMDanielian ElinaARM24845.545.0

28
IMKhukhashvili SopikoGEO24145.543.0

29
IMGvetadze SofioGEO23385.053.0

30
IMMuzychuk MariyaUKR24565.051.0

31
GMChiburdanidze MaiaGEO25005.049.5

32
WGMCori T DeysiPER23865.047.5

33
WGMDing YixinCHN23535.045.0

34
IMPurtseladze MakaGEO23485.044.0

35
IMKrush IrinaUSA24575.043.0

36
IMLomineishvili MaiaGEO23665.041.5

37
IMKovalevskaya EkaterinaRUS24174.548.5

38
GMSocko MonikaPOL24844.548.0

39
WGMMammadova GulnarAZE23454.547.5

40
IMMatnadze AnaESP24464.544.0

41
WIMMikadze MirandaGEO23234.541.5

42
WIMArabidze MeriGEO23514.541.0

43
WGMCharkhalashvili IngaGEO23344.541.0

44
WIMJanjghava NatiaGEO23064.042.0

45
IMKlinova MashaISR23183.546.0

46
IMKhotenashvili BelaGEO25003.544.5

47
IMGurieli NinoGEO23293.540.5

48
WIMUmudova NargizAZE22313.039.5

49
WIMBezgodova SvetlanaRUS21202.544.5

50
GMGaprindashvili NonaGEO23562.039.0




Great Chess Video of US Women's Chess Champion 2012 Irina Krush

Watch this post-game interview with the US Women's chess Champion 2012 IM Irina Krush. Krush went into a tiebreak with defending champion Anna Zatonskih at the US Women's Chess Championship recently. 


You can also watch the video of the US Men's Chess Champion 2012 Hikaru Nakamura here

International Chess Olympiad for the Blind in Chennai from Aug 9

The International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) www.ibca-info.org and the All India Chess Federation For The Blind (AICFB) www.aicfb.in are organising the 14th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the blind at Hotel ‘Le Royal Méridien’ in Chennai, India from August 9-20. The Hotel ‘Le Royal Méridien’ is one of the best five star deluxe hotels of the city and is known for its sprawling and landscaped lawns. Once a tiny fishing village, Chennai (formerly Madras) is now an international metropolis, the home town of World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, and a cultural centre. 

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Stefanova Leads Women's World Chess Blitz in Batumi after 9 Rounds; Kosteniuk, Koneru, Harika Right Behind

Fantastic Chess continued on the third of the Batumi Women's World Rapid Chess Championship on Saturday in Georgia. Overnight joint leaders Antoaneta Stefanova and Koneru Humpy had varying fortunes. Stefanova is now sole leader after nine rounds with 7.5 points as she drew with Koneru Humpy, beat Nino Khurtsidze and Kateryna Lahno. Humpy, on the other hand, after drawing with Stefanova, lost to Kateryna Lahno and beat Guo Qi. That dropped Humpy to joint third with Kateryna Lahno and Anna Muzychuk.


Opening ceremony of the Batumi
Women's World Chess Championship.
In hot pursuit behind Stefanova is the very talented 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. Her fiery attacks and sharp play fetched her a draw against Huang Qian, plus two superlative wins over Elisabeth Paehtz and Tan Zhongyi.

Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in Batumi: Koneru Humpy Leads with Stefanova; Alexandra Kosteniuk Upsets Top Seed Muzychuk

Exciting chess is defining the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship currently on in Batumi, Georgia. The first six rounds have been played and already the 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has beaten top seed Anna Anna Muzychuk of Slovakia. The attacking champion is in joint second place after six rounds even as India's Koneru Humpy and Bulgaria's Antoaneta Stefanova lead just a half point more. Apart from Humpy, India's other player Harika Dronavalli is doing pretty well too. Here are great video reports of the proceedings so far:








The top standings at the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2012 after six rounds is as follows:

1
GMKoneru HumpyIND25895.017.024.52708
2
GMStefanova AntoanetaBUL25185.014.521.52720
3
GMKosteniuk AlexandraRUS24574.515.523.02714
4
WGMHuang QianCHN24174.515.022.52716
5

Wang JueCHN23644.512.520.02706
6
GMLahno KaterynaUKR25464.512.518.52623
7
GMZhao XueCHN25494.016.024.02596
8
GMCramling PiaSWE24784.015.521.52588
9
GMMuzychuk AnnaSLO25984.013.019.02510
10
IMPaehtz ElisabethGER24914.012.517.52545

Three rounds would be played on Saturday - 7,8, and 9. The top pairings for Saturday include Stefanova-Humpy, Lahno-Jue, Kosteniuk-Huang, Muzychuk-Cramling, and Zhongyi-Harika.


You can watch the Batumi chess championship live from India time 4.30 pm onwards at the official website

Swell Chess Video Interview with 2012 US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura

The chess future is about Nakamura, Carlsen, and Karjakin! Nakamura looks out for pretty girls when he looks up from his chess board while playing...!
Gary Kasparov...!

You will find these and other interesting comments by the US Chess Champion 2012 Hikaru Nakamura in this great indepth interview with Jennifer Shahade. Surely a chess video not to be missed.

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