Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The European Champion: Ian Nepomniatchtchi and Pian Cramling

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

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