Lucky 7 - Natalia Pogonina's European Chess Championship stories (2005) |
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| Monday, 13 July 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
 Do you recognize these chess players? WGMs Natalia Pogonina, Vozovic Oksana & Mescheriakova Zhenya Today will be a photo day - here's a new album from WIECC-2005, Kishinev, Moldova. Hope you'll enjoy it! Press "More" to read the new article of the "Lucky 7" series about Women European Championship-2005.
My main aim for the tournament was to qualify for the World Championship. Unfortunately, I failed to achieve it. I scored 7 out of 12, with 6 draws, 4 wins, 2 losses. My mood was far from peaceful I kept struggling in every game, but couldnt win every game. My favorite walks (there was a beautiful park with a pond nearby) didnt help, neither did my good mood we have a cheerful company at the event.  Something remarkable to remember: in the 8 round I have been playing with Marie Sebag. The game lasted rather long, most of the players have already finished their games. Suddenly I felt that the table was beginning to shake, the same as the chandeliers at the palaces ceiling. That was a sign of an earthquake, fortunately, a mild one. I pulled myself together and won the game: Pogonina N. (2355) Sebag M. (2417) 2005 P.S. All photos are courtesy of IM Pavel Lobach
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