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European Championship (Women) (2009) The 10th European Women's Individual Championship was a 168-player 11-round Swiss tournament held at Hotel Olgino in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 8-20 March 2009, with a rest day on 15 March (after Round 7) and the day for playoffs on 20 March. It was organized by the Russian Chess Federation, European Chess Union, the St. Petersburg Chess Federation and the City of St. Petersburg. The first 14 players would qualify for the 2010 World Championship tournament. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 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, each match consisting of two Rapid games (15 min + 10 sec) and if needed two Blitz games (5 min + 2 sec) and an Armageddon game. Prize fund: 87,500 euros. First prize 10,000, 2nd prize 7,500, 3rd prize 6,000 euros. Tournament directors: Vladimir Bykov and Irina Sudakova. Chief arbiter: Igor Bolotinsky. Play began at 3 pm. N games played: 923 Classical + 16 Rapid + 10 Blitz + 1 Armageddon = 950. Tatiana Kosintseva beat Lilit Mkrtchian 1,5-0,5 in the playoff match for gold and silver and took her second European Championship title. The 7-player knockout for bronze medal was won by Pogonina. Mariya Muzychuk beat Irina Vasilevich in a tiebreak mach for WC participation and qualified along with 13 others who were not already qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010). Tiebreak games: 10th EU-ChW playoffs (2009). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2009121... Regulations: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/r... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr20040.a... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/tat... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/tatia... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/europ... ChessBase 3: https://en.chessbase.com/post/tenth... Olimpbase: https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: European Championship (Women) (2008). Next: European Championship (Women) (2010). See also European Championship (2009)  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 923  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Andriasyan vs A Muzychuk   ½-½ 28 2009 European Championship (Women) B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 2. N Dzagnidze vs E Akatova   1-0 39 2009 European Championship (Women) D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 3. V Tarasova vs K Arakhamia-Grant   ½-½ 66 2009 European Championship (Women) E92 King's Indian 4. A Ushenina vs E Fakhiridou   1-0 46 2009 European Championship (Women) A56 Benoni Defense 5. A Wagener vs T Kosintseva   ½-½ 36 2009 European Championship (Women) B53 Sicilian 6. N Zhukova vs V Kirillova   ½-½ 44 2009 European Championship (Women) B07 Pirc 7. M Arabidze vs Lagno 0-1 43 2009 European Championship (Women) D71 Neo-Grunfeld 8. T T Hoang vs T Mamedjarova   1-0 47 2009 European Championship (Women) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 9. O Dolgova vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 51 2009 European Championship (Women) D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 10. Z Peng vs M Huda   1-0 27 2009 European Championship (Women) E73 King's Indian 11. S Shaydullina vs L Mkrtchian   0-1 58 2009 European Championship (Women) A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 12. E Paehtz vs K Tsatsalashvili   1-0 57 2009 European Championship (Women) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 13. K Ambartsumova vs M Korneva   0-1 33 2009 European Championship (Women) B30 Sicilian 14. I Gaponenko vs N Umudova   1-0 71 2009 European Championship (Women) B30 Sicilian 15. R Eidelson vs M Socko   0-1 71 2009 European Championship (Women) C42 Petrov Defense 16. E Kovalevskaya vs I Ivakhinova   1-0 61 2009 European Championship (Women) A33 English, Symmetrical 17. O Lelekova vs M Lomineishvili   0-1 65 2009 European Championship (Women) B56 Sicilian 18. E Ovod vs M Danelia   1-0 59 2009 European Championship (Women) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 19. T Bogumil vs M Muzychuk   0-1 29 2009 European Championship (Women) A04 Reti Opening 20. S Matveeva vs S Bezgodova   1-0 65 2009 European Championship (Women) D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. M Kouvatsou vs S Melia   0-1 36 2009 European Championship (Women) B50 Sicilian 22. N Khurtsidze vs S Limontaite   ½-½ 50 2009 European Championship (Women) D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. I Makka vs S Khukhashvili   0-1 37 2009 European Championship (Women) B58 Sicilian 24. T Shadrina vs V Papadopoulou   ½-½ 60 2009 European Championship (Women) B01 Scandinavian 25. M Butuc vs C Foisor   0-1 26 2009 European Championship (Women) A40 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 923    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-23-09    rangek: First?? Mar-24-09    brucejavier: 2ndddddd Mar-24-09    Kopenhagener: You are both right - the angel from Archangelsk was first in the European Championship for the second time ! Mar-24-09    percyblakeney: <first in the European Championship for the second time !> And the first time was impressive enough with nine wins, the standard draw against her sister, and one 126-move draw: European Individual Championships (Women) (2007)/Tatiana Kosintseva Mar-24-09    DCP23: <the angel from Archangelsk> Haven't heard that epithet before. Nice. Mar-24-09    WhiteRook48: Sixth! Mar-24-09    Jim Bartle: "Haven't heard that epithet before. Nice." I recoiled a bit to see the word "epithet" applied, thinking it meant a negative description of something, or a swear word or phrase. But then I looked it up, and DCP used the word correctly, that it's meaning can be neutral. Funny how the use of words drifts away from the proper definition. Mar-24-09    keypusher: Other renowned epithets: Swift-Footed Achilles Wily Odysseus Agamemnon Lord of Men Ethelred the Unready Pedro the Cruel Theophylact the Unbearable Viktor the Terrible Helicopter Ben Bernanke Mar-24-09    tpstar: Joseph The Black Death Blackburne Jose The Machine Capablanca Carl The Drawing Master Schlechter Richard The Fifth Teichmann Frank The Swindler Marshall Mikhail The Avenger Botvinnik David The Sorcerer Bronstein Viktor The Terrible Korchnoi Mikhail The Magician From Riga Tal Iron Tigran Petrosian Garry The Beast From Baku Kasparov Viswanathan The Tiger From Madras Anand Alexey Fire On Board Shirov Gata Kamster Kamsky Michael Spider Adams Susan Sugar Polgar Levon The Norse Against Caucasia Theory Aronian Mar-24-09    Open Defence: Sylvio There's Something Going on in that Toilet Danailov Mar-24-09    keypusher: Twenty-six for oh Colonel Moreau Mar-24-09    keypusher: "Champion of Two Generations" Emanuel Lasker. I dunno, seems to lack a certain something. Mar-27-09    percyblakeney: Russiachess.org had excellent coverage of the event, with very detailed analysis of the games, and not only of the photos as was the case with Chessbase :-) Final report: http://russiachess.org/content/view... Some of the earlier reports: http://russiachess.org/content/view... http://russiachess.org/content/view... http://russiachess.org/content/view... http://russiachess.org/content/view... http://russiachess.org/content/view... http://russiachess.org/content/view... Photos from the award ceremony: http://russiachess.org/images/stori... http://russiachess.org/images/stori... Mar-27-09    slomarko: <percyblakeney: Russiachess.org had excellent coverage of the event, with very detailed analysis of the games, and not only of the photos as was the case with Chessbase :-)> indeed. meanwhile chessgames had to coverage whatsoever and we only got this page after the championship was over. May-04-09    YoungEd: Looks like a rather high percentage of decisive games in this tournament! Nice to see! NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. 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