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The Polugaevsky Memorial is named in the honor of Lev Polugaevsky (1934-1995), a Soviet grandmaster who was at some point ranked as high as 3rd in the world, and became an icon of chess theory in the XX century. 22 grandmasters and many other strong players are participating in the Russian Cup Stage (Men) in Samara. Among them is WGM Natalia Pogonina.
Round 1, July 5
Natalia won her game with Black against Sevastianov Viktor (2003). Upsets of the day include a few draws: Vanifatov (2165) - Lastin (2613), Faizrakhmanov (2141) - Volkov (2607), Afanasiev (2047) - Iljushin (2528) and even a loss by GM Papin (2565) vs WFM Eryshkanova (2122).
Round 2, July 6
Natalia drew Sadykov Ramil (2230) with White. Other unexpected results in the top group: Tolontegin (2311) - Maletin (2575) 1-0; Kharlov (2532) - Kozyrev (2269) =; Zenzera (2236) - Potapov (2488) =; Popov (2229) - Predke (2450) 1-0
Round 3, July 7
Natalia defeated Zhurikhin Alexander (2223) with Black. Upsets of the day: Blatov (2343) - Yakovich (2539) 1-0; Kozirev (2269) - Lastin (2611) =; Maletin (2575) - Vasilov (2199) =
Round 4, July 8
Natalia drew ex-Russian Chess Champion GM Volkov (2607) with Black. Surprises of the day: Iljushin (2528) - Zenzera (2236) =; Natacheev Petr (2216) - Musalov (2399) =, Palachev (2207) - Borisenko (2376) =
Round 5, July 9
WGM Pogonina drew GM Gabrielian (2539) with White. GM Smirnov (2558) defeated GM Kokarev (2596) with Black to become the leader of the tournament at 5/5.
Round 6, July 10
Natalia Pogonina overestimated her attacking chances against GM Maletin (2575) and lost. Experienced veteran GM Dvoirys (2554) won with Black against GM Kovalenko (2567) to catch up with GM Smirnov (2558), who drew IM Geller (2535). Tomorrow the leaders (at 5.5/6) will be facing each other.
Round 7, July 11
Natalia won with Black against WIM Baraeva Marina (2197). The leaders, GM Dvoirys (2554) and GM Smirnov (2558) drew each other, while IM Geller (2535) won a critical game against GM Iljushin (2528). Now all three of them are at an impressive 6/7.
Round 8, July 12
Natalia drew with White against FM Kholopov (2312). The three leaders also drew their games and are at 6.5/8.
Round 9, July 13
Natalia won with Black against FM Dimukhametov (2320) and finished the tournament at 6 points out of 9 (4 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss) to share 10-23 places. She also got an award as the best female player at the event.
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So far so good!!!
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on 00:26 10 2011 .
30 years ago, the grandmaster Polugayevsky plays in the Toluca Interzonal, in Mexico country. I know him and he was a fine person and strong analyst and chess player. Natalia,also you are a nice and fine chessplayer.
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on 03:54 14 2011 .
Proud of WGM Pogonina's wins/exploits
congrats to WGM Pogonina's wins and tournament results against a very tough field of chess GMs.... my thumbs up to you - Ms. Nat Pogonina !!!! from cebu philippines
