European Championship (Women) (2008) |
The 9th European Women's Championship was a 157-player 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Novotel Plovdiv Hotel in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 21 April - 3 May 2008, with a rest day on 28 April and a day for playoffs on 3 May. It was organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The first 14 players would qualify for the 2010 World Championship tournament. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 more minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. If players were tied for medals or qualifying places the ties would be broken by knockout matches for which the rules were changed so that each match consisted of two Rapid (15 min + 5 sec) games, and if 1-1, an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 min). Prize fund: 40,000 euros. First prize 6,000, 2nd prize 5, 000, 3rd prize 4,000 euros. Chief arbiter: Zdravko Nedev. Play began each day at 2:30 pm. Number of games played: 857 Classical + 14 Rapid + 4 Armageddon = 875. Kateryna Lagno won with 8.5/11, her second European Championship title. Cmilyte (2nd) beat Ushenina (3rd), Zhukova (4th) and Dembo in the playoff matches for silver and bronze. Danielian beat Socko and Lomineishvili beat Demina in two matches for WC qualification beween the four 7.5/11-players having lowest Buchholz score. The players with 7.5 points or more except Socko and Demina qualified for participation in the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010). Tiebreak games (for medals): 9th EU-ChW playoffs (2008). Sources
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Pia Cramling in Tidskrift för Schack, 2008/3, pp. 30-33: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2008... Previous: European Championship (Women) (2007). Next: European Championship (Women) (2009). See also European Championship (2008) (same place and time)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. I Zakurdjaeva vs P Cramling |
 | 0-1 | 33 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
2. A Stefanova vs N Aginian |
 | 1-0 | 36 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
3. P Schuurman vs M Socko |
| ½-½ | 66 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
4. A Muzychuk vs E Fakhiridou |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B50 Sicilian |
5. E Koepke vs Lagno |
| 0-1 | 35 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
6. E Danielian vs C Voicu-Jagodzinsky |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
7. M Komiagina vs T T Hoang |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | C11 French |
8. A Srebrnic vs N Pogonina |
| 0-1 | 42 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | A04 Reti Opening |
9. V Cmilyte vs S Andriasyan |
| 1-0 | 74 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
10. I Ionica vs L Javakhishvili |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
11. Z Peng vs O Derli |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
12. N Zhukova vs T Mamedjarova |
| 1-0 | 40 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
13. S Cherednichenko vs E Paehtz |
| 0-1 | 49 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
14. N Dzagnidze vs M Bensdorp-De Labaca |
| 1-0 | 50 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
15. E Ovod vs S Maksimovic |
| 1-0 | 29 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
16. M Jelica vs M Muzychuk |
| ½-½ | 67 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B01 Scandinavian |
17. E Repkova vs B C Yildiz Kadioglu |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | C24 Bishop's Opening |
18. I Makka vs D Ciuksyte |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B06 Robatsch |
19. V Papadopoulou vs T Stepovaia |
| 0-1 | 59 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
20. B Kovanova vs T Bogumil |
| 1-0 | 52 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B06 Robatsch |
21. T Vasilevich vs T Lematschko |
| 1-0 | 74 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | A81 Dutch |
22. G Mammadova vs T Molchanova |
| ½-½ | 34 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
23. S Gvetadze vs K Ozturk |
| 1-0 | 39 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | A07 King's Indian Attack |
24. A Stojanovic vs V Minina |
| 1-0 | 38 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
25. M Butuc vs J Jackova |
| 1-0 | 45 | 2008 | European Championship (Women) | A30 English, Symmetrical |
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