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Chisinau Interzonal (Women) Tournament

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant9.5/13(+8 -2 =3)[games]
Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska9/13(+5 -0 =8)[games]
Nana Ioseliani8.5/13(+4 -0 =9)[games]
Alisa Galliamova8.5/13(+6 -2 =5)[games]
Alisa Maric8.5/13(+5 -1 =7)[games]
Zhaoqin Peng8.5/13(+6 -2 =5)[games]
Vesna Misanovic8/13(+5 -2 =6)[games]
Nino Gurieli8/13(+4 -1 =8)[games]
Svetlana Matveeva8/13(+5 -2 =6)[games]
Natasa Bojkovic7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Kanying Qin7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Inna Gaponenko7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Nino Khurtsidze7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Elvira Berend7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Petra Krupkova7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Lidia Semenova7.5/13(+6 -4 =3)[games]
Cristina-Adela Foisor7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Lei Wang7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Chen Zhu7/13(+5 -4 =4)[games]
Almira Skripchenko7/13(+6 -5 =2)[games]
Thanh Trang Hoang7/13(+4 -3 =6)[games]
Tatiana Shumiakina7/13(+2 -1 =10)[games]
Miranda Khorava7/13(+6 -5 =2)[games]
Suzana Maksimovic7/13(+5 -4 =4)[games]
Xiaosha Lu6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[games]
Anjelina Belakovskaia6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[games]
Marina Sheremetieva6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Antoaneta Stefanova6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Elina Danielian6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Natalia Edzgveradze6.5/13(+5 -5 =3)[games]
Natalia Zhukova6.5/13(+5 -5 =3)[games]
Ludmila Zaitseva6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
* (52 players total; 20 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Chisinau Interzonal (Women) (1995)

"On Sunday, September 3, at 2 pm, the official opening of the competition took place. The President of the International Chess Federation (F.I.D.E.), Mr. Florencio Campomanes, was present at this occasion. The official opening was also honored by the presence of the President of the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Mircea Snegur. At 3 pm at the "House of Friendship", the first round of the interzonal tournament began." (Timișoara 1995-09-05, transl.)

"If men's chess is dominated by the former Soviet countries, centered on Russia, in women's chess, Georgia is the country that contributes the best players to the world elite. Although the Polgar sisters and current champion Jun Xie could be excluded from this category, in the last Interzonal Tournament, held in the Moldovan city of Kishinev, Georgian chess players once again occupied the top spots. The highest finisher was Ketevan Arakhamia, who defeated China's Zhu in the final round to claim the victory." (Jaque, transl.)

Republic Palace ("House of Friendship"), Chisinau, Moldova, 3-16 September 1995

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Arakhamia 27 2420 +36 +44 +11 =02 +04 +07 -03 +09 =08 =05 +10 -06 +19 9½ 2 Kachiani 24 2360 +45 +43 +20 =01 +19 +04 =05 =11 =03 =10 =06 =08 =07 9 3 Ioseliani 33 2475 +33 =17 =07 +32 =08 =12 +01 +20 =02 =09 =04 =11 =06 8½ 4 Galliamova 23 2475 +16 +31 =19 +06 -01 -02 =26 +18 +11 =17 =03 =09 +08 8½ 5 Maric 25 2445 =38 =26 +47 =29 =18 +19 =02 =07 +12 =01 -08 +20 +11 8½ 6 Peng 27 2355 =15 +42 +39 -04 -17 +18 =25 +27 +21 =08 =02 +01 =03 8½ 7 Misanovic 30 2340 +24 +09 =03 =19 +20 -01 =08 =05 -10 +23 =17 +21 =02 8 8 Gurieli 33 2360 +27 =39 =18 +25 =03 =09 =07 +17 =01 =06 +05 =02 -04 8 9 Matveeva 26 2440 +13 -07 +40 =17 +33 =08 +12 -01 +20 =03 =11 =04 =15 8 10 Bojkovic 24 2425 =34 -18 +42 =23 =25 =13 +38 +29 +07 =02 -01 =15 =20 7½ (42 more players) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The 52 players had qualified from about 20 zonal tournaments. Swiss, 13 rounds in 14 days, starting on Sunday 3 September. Rest day (after Round 7): 10 September. "Puerto Rico" tiebreak criterion: sum of Elo ratings of opponents, minus the lowest Elo rating. Chief arbiter: Kira Zvorykina. Deputy arbiter: Maria Albulet-Pogorevici. The top seven players (Arakhamia, Kachiani, Ioseliani, Galliamova, Maric, Peng, and Misanovic on tiebreak) qualified for the Groningen Candidates (Women) (1997).

Sources
Wikipedia article: Chișinău
TWIC 53 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
OlimpBase (https://olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc1...)
Mark Weeks (https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/95...)
Wikipedia article: Women's World Chess Championship 1999
Jaque 415, pp. 44-46 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
*FIDE rating list July 1995 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1995, p. 419 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1995...)
Timișoara, 5 September 1995, p. 11 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Tim...)
Timișoara, 19 September 1995, p. 11 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Tim...)
Timișoara, 20 September 1995, p. 11 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Tim...)
Timișoara, 30 November 1995, p. 11 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Tim...)
Other Timișoara issues (available at https://adt.arcanum.com/en/search/)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Semenova vs A Galliamova  0-1611995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A48 King's Indian
2. J Paasikangas vs A Skripchenko  0-1311995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. M Khorava vs K Qin  0-1491995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A15 English
4. S Burtman vs N Edzgveradze  0-1371995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
5. E Danielian vs T Ratcu  0-1381995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. I Berezina vs C Foisor  0-1411995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)E90 King's Indian
7. M Sheremetieva vs N Gurieli  0-1461995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B06 Robatsch
8. S Maksimovic vs V Misanovic  0-1541995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
9. E Berend vs M Calzetta  0-1651995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B27 Sicilian
10. T T Hoang vs X Lu  0-1441995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A80 Dutch
11. N Khurtsidze vs S Maksimovic  0-1291995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A43 Old Benoni
12. N Bojkovic vs L Wang  0-1481995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B30 Sicilian
13. N Edzgveradze vs C Zhu  0-1431995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
14. C Moshina vs M Khorava  0-1311995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
15. T Ratcu vs K Kachiani-Gersinska  0-1381995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B06 Robatsch
16. E Cosma vs K Arakhamia-Grant  0-1421995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B30 Sicilian
17. Z Nikolin vs N Bojkovic  0-1331995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)B44 Sicilian
18. T Lematschko vs A Maric  0-1141995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)C60 Ruy Lopez
19. N Zhukova vs M Socko  0-1371995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. E Berend vs N Straub  0-1441995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)C10 French
21. L Semenova vs M Sheremetieva  0-1561995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. M Calzetta vs Z Peng  0-1371995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)C05 French, Tarrasch
23. P Krupkova vs N Khurtsidze  0-1641995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
24. S Burtman vs L Semenova  0-1421995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. N Edzgveradze vs M Sheremetieva  0-1591995Chisinau Interzonal (Women)A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  PGN Download
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