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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
European Championship (Women) Tournament

Antoaneta Stefanova9/11(+7 -0 =4)[games]
Lilit Mkrtchian8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Alisa Galliamova8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Zhaoqin Peng8/11(+7 -2 =2)[games]
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya7.5/11(+6 -2 =3)[games]
Natalia Zhukova7.5/11(+4 -0 =7)[games]
Corina-Isabela Peptan7.5/11(+6 -2 =3)[games]
Svetlana Matveeva7.5/11(+4 -0 =7)[games]
Elena Sedina7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Nino Khurtsidze7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Jana Jackova7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Svetlana Prudnikova7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Tatiana Kosintseva7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
Elina Danielian7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Inna Gaponenko7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Alisa Maric7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
Tatiana Kononenko7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Maia Lomineishvili7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
Dagne Ciuksyte7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
Olga Alexandrova7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Evgenija Ovod7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Natasa Bojkovic7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Nadezhda Kosintseva6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[games]
Iulia Mashinskaya6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[games]
Olga Zimina6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Harriet Hunt6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Ana-Cristina Calotescu6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Elena Zaiatz6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Petra Schuurman6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[games]
Irina Turova6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
* (113 players total; 81 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
European Championship (Women) (2002)

The 3rd European Women's Individual Championship was a 113-player 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Marina Hotel in Varna, Bulgaria, from 27 May to 8 June 2002, with a rest day on 2 June (after Round 6) and a day for playoffs on 8 June. It was organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union and with the support of the State Agency for Youth and Sport of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Varna Municipality, and Ustrem'97 Tourist Agency. The first 12 players would qualify for the 2003/04 World Chess Championship. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move starting from move 1. If players were tied for medals or qualifying places ties would be broken by a knockout system, each match consisting of two Rapid games (15 min + 10 sec) and if necessary two Blitz games (5 min + 2 sec) and an Armageddon game. Prize fund: about 28,000 euros. First prize: about 5,200 euros. Chief arbiter: Zdravko Nedev. Number of games played: 610 Classical + 24 Rapid + 6 Blitz + 2 Armageddon = 642.

Antoaneta Stefanova won with 9/11, ahead of Lilit Mkrtchian (8.5/11). Galliamova beat Zhaoqin Peng in the tiebreak match for 3rd place. In addition to the players with 7.5/11 or more, the tiebreak matches for qualification between the 14 players with 7/11 also qualified Khurtsidze, Bojkovic and Jackova for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004).

Sources

Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2002100...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr983.asp...
TeleSchach: https://www.teleschach.de/berichte/...
Olimpbase: https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/etti-...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
Tidskrift för Schack, 2002/7, pp. 442-445: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2002...

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 page 25 of 25; games 601-609 of 609  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
601. A Stefanova vs C Peptan  ½-½72002European Championship (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
602. S Trajkovska vs I Lauterbach  0-1452002European Championship (Women)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
603. T Vasilevich vs I Turova  ½-½672002European Championship (Women)E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
604. F Velikhanli vs A Moingt  ½-½82002European Championship (Women)B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
605. M Voyska vs J Zawadzka  1-0272002European Championship (Women)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
606. B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs B Kharashkina  ½-½402002European Championship (Women)A02 Bird's Opening
607. N Zhukova vs S Matveeva  ½-½142002European Championship (Women)D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
608. O Zimina vs M Calzetta  1-0552002European Championship (Women)B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
609. E Zlatanova vs E Karahaliou  ½-½502002European Championship (Women)B30 Sicilian
 page 25 of 25; games 601-609 of 609  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-17-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: The missing classical game (rejected by CG):

[Event "European Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sarakauskiene, Zivile"]
[Black "Ciuksyte, Dagne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2340"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

It may have lasted longer, who knows. And I can't find the 32 tiebreak games.

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