7 February 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Kosteniuk wins the Women’s Closed 2011 Moscow Chess Open
1. Kosteniuk (RUS) 2. Munguntuul (MON) 3. Zhao Xue (CHI)
Tournament Win for Alexandra Kosteniuk
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk has begun 2011 on a great note by winning one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year – the Moscow Open 2011 Women’s closed chess invitational today. It was also a proud moment as Russian grandmaster Boris Grachev won the parallel Young Grandmasters (Men) section. Both www.chessqueen.com and www.chessblog.com relayed the Chess Queen’s games, including live the last decisive 2 days.
Thanks to Alexandra’s large Twitter and Facebook following, www.chessqueen.com relayed the games LIVE to lots of of chess fans, made even more convenient since the PGN LIVE applet works fine on iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads, and of course any type of PC.
Photo by Surov from www.chess-news.ru
The final ranking table can be found below. Both Alexandra Kosteniuk and Batkhuyag Munguntuul finished the tournament with 7 points out of 9, but Alexandra got a higher Berger coefficient by beating stronger opponents. She drew #2 Munguntuul, Beat #3 and #4 Zhao Xue and Gunina, giving her 2.5 out of 3 against the strongest ladies, while Munguntuul lost to #4 Zhao Xue, so she gets only 1.5 out of the 3 against the strongest. That accounts for the difference in the tie-breaks. Here are the final standings and the crosstables.
You can watch all of Alexandra’s games on www.chessqueen.com.
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№ | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Place |
1 | Fominykh, Maria | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
2 | Girya, Olga | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 5 | |
3 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | I | |
4 | Gunina, Valentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 4 | |
5 | Galoyan, Lilit | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 7 | |
6 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 6 | |
7 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | II | |
8 | Ambartsumova, Karina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
9 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
10 | Zhao Xue | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | III |
Chess Queen Kosteniuk before one of her games
Photos will follow from the prize distribution tonight.
More useful links:GRACHEV AND KOSTENIUK ARE VICTORS AT MOSCOW OPEN 20117th International Chess Festival Moscow Open Young Grandmaster Tournaments finished with the victories of Russian chess players.Boris Grachev, Grandmaster from Moscow, won the first place in Men Tournament and scored 7.5 points in eleven rounds. In the final round he shared points with American Robert Hess. The main competitor for Grachev Belarus Sergei Zhigalko also had a draw score in the final round with Ivan Chaparinov from Bulgaria – he has second place chasing the leader by 0.5 points.Sanan Sjugirov, grandmaster from Lipetsk, won the third place. In the final round he de-feated Alexander Rakhmanov from Moscow and scored 7 points as Zhigalko did, but lost him by tie-breaks.Players’ final scores are: 1. Grachev – 7.5 points; 2. Zhigalko – 7 points; 3. Sjugirov – 7 points; 4. Inarkiev – 5; 5-9. Kuzubov, Chadaev, Alexeev, Safarli, Chaparinov – 5 points each; 10-11. Hess, Rakhmanov – 4; 12. Krylov – 2.5.Alexandra Kosteniuk, former world champion, won the Women Young Grandmaster Tour-nament. In the final round chess player from Moscow finished in a draw with another leader – Mon-gol Bakhuyag Munguntuul. In the end they both scored 7 points. Kosteniuk won by extra criteria.Third and fourth places were shared between Chinese Zhao Xue and Valentina Gunina from Moscow, they scored 5.5 points each. The final round games they both finished in a draw. Gunina – with Jolanta Zawadzka from Poland, Zhao – with Lilit Galoyan from Armenia. According to extra criteria the bronze was won by Chinese chess player.Players’ final scores are: 1. Kosteniuk – 7 points; 2. Munguntuul – 7 points; 3. Zhao – 5.5 points; 4. Gunina – 5.5 points; 5. Girya – 4.5 points; 6. Zawadzka – 4 points; 7. Galoyan – 3.5 points; 8-9. Fominukh, Kashlinskaya – 3 points each; 10. Ambartsumova – 2 points.It should be noted that the prize fund is equal for both Young Grandmaster Tournaments – 800 000 rub (20 000 Euro).
– Organizer’s Photo Gallery
Alexandra right before the prize ceremony
Alexandra tweeted this image right after getting her prize
Chess Queen Kosteniuk in the Tournament Hall
To find more photos, news, impressions, comments directly by Alexandra Kosteniuk
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Additional links of interest:
– Sovetsky Sport (Russian)
– Ediny Portal (Russian)
– Mail.ru News (Russian)
For example, the game Kosteniuk – Gunina:
Alexandra Kosteniuk – Valentina Gunina 1-0
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29 January 2011
Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk has begun her 2011 chess calendar at the Moscow Open 2011 in the Young Grandmasters (Women) section. You can cheer for her during the live broadcast at this link.
The Moscow Open 2011 is actually an international open chess festival being held from January 28 to February 7. It includes nine events including
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Hi everyone,
Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk has begun her 2011 chess calendar at the Moscow Open 2011 in the Young Grandmasters (Women) section. You can cheer for her during the live broadcast at this link.
The Moscow Open 2011 is actually an international open chess festival being held from January 28 to February 7. It includes nine events including
- Round robin tournament of young grandmasters (men)
- Round robin tournament of young grandmasters (women)
- Student Cup of Russia (men)
- Student Cup of Russia (women)
- Mass Tournament (Cup of Russia among the men)
- Mass Tournament (Cup of Russia among the women)
- Team tournament champion schools, school and children’s clubs
- RSCU Olympics – Tournament of secondary school graduates
- Third World Cup of chess composition.
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27 January 2011
Chess blog news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
The traditional chess festival “Moscow Open” will be held from January 28th to February 7th, 2011, in the usual playing venue at the Russian State Social University (RSCU), 4 Pik street (metro Botanical Garden).
Hello everyone,
The traditional chess festival “Moscow Open” will be held from January 28th to February 7th, 2011, in the usual playing venue at the Russian State Social University (RSCU), 4 Pik street (metro Botanical Garden).
Don’t forget Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is playing in the Women’s (closed) Event.
The festival will see a new and extended format with nine separate tournaments:
– Round robin tournament of young Grandmasters (men) – A
– Round robin tournament of young Grandmasters (women) – B
– Student Cup of Russia (men) – C
– Student Cup of Russia (women) – D
– Open Tournament, Cup of Russia among men – E
– Open Tournament, Cup of Russia among the women – F
– Individual and team tournament of chess schools and children clubs – G
– RSCU Olympiad – H
– Third World Cup of chess composition
The total guaranteed prize fund of the festival is 3.6 million Rubles (85.000 EUR).
The new festival concept brings emphasis on promotion of student and school sport. Among the new events are two round-round tournament, four tournaments as stages in the Cup of Russia, Seminars for Trainers and Arbiters, and the World Cup of chess composition.
Players continue to have the opportunity to win the RSCU grants for participation in the World and European Championships. Finally, the secondary school graduates can participate in the RSCU Olympiad, from where the winners will be granted scholarships for the department of physical education.
You can access the official website here.
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The festival will see a new and extended format with nine separate tournaments:
– Round robin tournament of young Grandmasters (men) – A
– Round robin tournament of young Grandmasters (women) – B
– Student Cup of Russia (men) – C
– Student Cup of Russia (women) – D
– Open Tournament, Cup of Russia among men – E
– Open Tournament, Cup of Russia among the women – F
– Individual and team tournament of chess schools and children clubs – G
– RSCU Olympiad – H
– Third World Cup of chess composition
The total guaranteed prize fund of the festival is 3.6 million Rubles (85.000 EUR).
The new festival concept brings emphasis on promotion of student and school sport. Among the new events are two round-round tournament, four tournaments as stages in the Cup of Russia, Seminars for Trainers and Arbiters, and the World Cup of chess composition.
Players continue to have the opportunity to win the RSCU grants for participation in the World and European Championships. Finally, the secondary school graduates can participate in the RSCU Olympiad, from where the winners will be granted scholarships for the department of physical education.
You can access the official website here.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk’s
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
13 January 2011
Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi Everyone,
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is all set to play in the Moscow Open 2011 round robin for women from January 28 to February 7.
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Here is the complete list of players:
Hi Everyone,
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is all set to play in the Moscow Open 2011 round robin for women from January 28 to February 7.
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Here is the complete list of players:
- Chess Queen GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2498
- GM Xue Zhao CHN 2496
- WGM Gunina Valentina RUS 2471
- WGM Girya Olga RUS 2429
- WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 2410
- IM Galojan Lilit ARM 2385
- WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2371
- WIM Ambartsumova Karina RUS 2332
- WGM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2327
- WIM Fominykh Maria RUS 2306
Evgeny Alekseev
The traditional chess festival will also include an international tournament of 12 Young Grandmasters. The top-rated player of the tournament is Evgeny Alekseev from Russia, a member of the second Russian Olympic Youth National Team. Another tournament participant is Sanan Sjugirov who was the captain of the fourth Russian national team at the Olympiad.
You can find more details at www.chessdom.com.
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14 November 2010
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Moscow beckons
Hello Everyone,
The splendid Moscow Open 2011 will take place from January 28th to February 7th, 2011, with a brand new concept. It will be held at the traditional playing venue of Russian State Social University (RSCU).
The festival will see a new and extended format with nine separate tournaments:
– Round robin tournament of young Grandmasters (men) – A
– Round robin tournament of young Grandmasters (women) – B
– Student Cup of Russia (men) – C
– Student Cup of Russia (women) – D
– Open Tournament, Cup of Russia among men – E
– Open Tournament, Cup of Russia among the women – F
– Individual and team tournament of chess schools and children clubs – G
– RSCU Olympiad – H
– Third World Cup of chess composition
The total guaranteed prize fund of the festival is 3.6 million Rubles (85.000 EUR).
Among the new events are two round-round tournament, four tournaments as stages in the Cup of Russia, Seminars for Trainers and Arbiters, and the World Cup of chess composition.
You can keep track of the event at the official Russian website here.
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