Apr-08-13
 | | whiteshark: First come, first served. |
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Apr-08-13
 | | cro777: The women’s competition is a single round-robin with six teams. The players cannot agree to a draw before move 40. Standings after 2nd round:
1-Yugra 4
2-SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" 3
3-Economist Saratov 2
4-Ladya Kazan 1
5-M.Chigorin Chess Club 1
6-Belorechensk 1
Yugra, Khanty-Mansiysk (GM Ushenina, WGM Pogonina, WGM Kovanova, WGM Shadrina, IM Romanko) with two consecutive wins. The young twin sisters Baraeva (born 1995) are playing for the chess team from their region Krasnodar Krai (The Universty of Belorechensk) In the first round WIM Marina Baraeva met WGM Tatiana Shadrina (Yugra) http://chess-news.ru/sites/default/... |
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| Apr-08-13 | | Thanh Phan: Some videos from Russian Teams Chess Campionship. Soci (AkvaLoo) 2013 (2-tour) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDA5... |
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Apr-09-13
| | cro777: Best Ukrainian players are participating in the Russian Team Champoionships: GM Anna Ushenina (Yugra), GM Kateryna Lagno and IM Inna Gaponenko (Belorechensk) |
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Apr-09-13
| | cro777: ShSM "Nashe Nasledie" ("Our Heritage") representing Moscow: IM Valentina Gunina, WGM Olga Girya, IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya and IM Anastasia Savina. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk will join the team in the third round. http://russiachess.org/upload/7017/...
(Valentina Gunina playing against WGM Olga Iljushina, Economist Saratov, in Round 2. Position after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3) |
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Apr-09-13
| | cro777: GM Alexandra Kosteniuk missed the first two rounds due to her travel to the U.S. She was invited to the Nashville Chess SuperNationals, which took place April 5-7, 2013 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee. (The SuperNationals is the largest event run by the USCF, with huge participation of scholastic players). Kosteniuk played a simul against 37 young chess players. http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur... |
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| Apr-09-13 | | waustad: Time control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
It seems like a good idea to keep a record of time controls. I'll try to remember to do this. |
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Apr-11-13
| | cro777: In the fourth (penultimate) round, in a decisive match, Yugra - ShSM "Nashe Nasledie" 2-2. Pogonina defeated Gunina, Ushenina drew with Kosteniuk. http://russiachess.org/upload/ibloc... (Yugra, Khanty-Mansiysk, in the previous round - GM Ushenina, WGM Pogonina, WGM Kovanova, WGM Shadrina, while IM Romanko observing) |
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Apr-11-13
 | | HeMateMe: Shouldn't there be more than one page of games, here? |
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| Apr-12-13 | | Beholder: Ushenina drew all her games? She certainly plays like a World Champ. Just ask Anand. |
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Apr-13-13
 | | Natalia Pogonina: Together we made it! :) |
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| Apr-13-13 | | fcsca: all fired up... |
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Apr-15-13
| | HeMateMe: What team is Natalia on? Did they win the team championship? |
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Apr-15-13
| | HeMateMe: Women's champion is Ugra, of Khanty-mansysk. Was the team bankrolled by FIDE president Kirsan? Congrats to Natalie and her teammates. |
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| Apr-15-13 | | Calar: Yugra (Ushenina, Pogonina, Kovanova, Romanko, Shadrina) won 1st place due to higher tie-break over 2nd place SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow (Kosteniuk, Gunina, Girya, Kovalevskaya, Savina). Link: http://chess-results.com/tnr97016.a... Congratulations :) |
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