Russia Wins the Women's European Team Chess Championship-2011 |
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| Friday, 11 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Yuri Dokhoyan (team captain), Natalia Pogonina, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Tatiana Kosintseva, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina Photo by Vladimir Barsky, russiachess.org The Russian women's team was out of competition at the ETCC: they won 8 matches and drew only one (against Poland). This is the third consecutive victory for Russia at the continental team chess championship. Here is the top-10 (board points in brackets): 1. Russia 17 (25.5) 2. Poland 14 (23) 3. Georgia 14 (22.5) 4. Ukraine 12 (21.5) 5. France 12 (21) 6. Bulgaria 11 (19.5) 7. Armenia 11 (19) 8. Germany 10 (20.5) 9. Israel 10 (19) 10. Slovenia 10 (19) The best players at each board were awarded medals for top individual performances: Board 1 Anna Muzychuk (2557), SLO - gold Lahno Kateryna (2549), UKR - silver Nana Dzagnidze (2516), GEO - bronze Board 2 Tatiana Kosintseva (2526), RUS - gold Jolanta Zawadzka (2326) POL - silver Iva Videnova (2297), BUL - bronze Board 3 Anna Ushenina (2463), UKR - gold Melanie Ohme (2361), GER - silver Valentina Gunina (2514), RUS - bronze Board 4 Alexandra Kosteniuk (2439), RUS - gold Nino Khurtsidze (2440), GEO - silver Karina Szczepkowhska-H. (2379), POL - bronze  Natalia Pogonina is the only person in the world to hold simultaneously the European Club and Team Champion titles! Photo by Andreas Kontokanis Board 5 Natalia Pogonina (2451), RUS - gold Mariya Muzychuk (2460), UKR - silver Melia Salome (2392), GEO - bronze Full standings View the games 
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