Ian Nepomniatchtchi of Russia and Pia Cramling of Sweden rules the 11th European Individual Men and Women's Chess Championship held at Rijeka,Croatia. In the last round,the 20-year old Russian grandmaster defeated Vladimir Akopian from Armenia to score 7 wins and 4 draws, earning 9 points. Second place is shared by Baadur Jobava and Timoteev Artyom. After the rapid tie-breaks, the silver goes to Georgian Baadur Jobava while Artyom Timotteev won third place.Pia Cramling defeated unbeaten Victoria Cmilyte of Lithuania to win the title. Cramling recorded 8 wins with 2 draws and 1 defeat for 9 points.Cmilyte won the silver medal with 8.5 points.Five players with 8 points Monicka Socko,Maire Sabag,Tatiana Kosintseva ,Natalia Shukova and Yelena Dembo.The bronze was won by the Polish Monika Socko after the play-off.
The 23 Mens qualifier for the 2010 World Cup:
1. Ian Nepomniatchtchi 2. Baadur Jobava 3. Artyom Timofeev 4. Zahar Efimenko 5.Igor Lysyj 6. Zoltan Almasi 7. Evgeny Tomashevski 8. Maxim Rodshtein 9. Ivan Salgado Lopez 10. Arman Pashikian 11. Rauf Mamedov 12. Sergei Movsesian 13. Yuri Drozdovskij 14. Vlastimil Babula 15. Evgeny Vorobiov 16. Vladimir Akopian 17. Ferenc Berkes 18. Vladimir Potkin 19. Stelios Halkias 20. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 21. Evgeny Alekseev 22. Boris Grachec 23. Bartosc Socko
The 14 Women's Qualifier
1. Pia Cramling 2. Victoria Cmilyte 3. Monicka Socko 4. Tatiana Kosintseva 5. Maire Sebag 6. Natalia Shukova 7. Yelena Dembo 8. Antoaneta Stefanova 9. Anna Muzychuk 10. Nadezhda Kosinsteva 11.Maria Muzychuk 12.Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 13. Nastassia Ziazulkina 14. Iweta Rajlich
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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