News
About Natalia
Games
Our Team
Articles
Gallery
Chess Links
Play Chess
Pogonina's Chess Shop
Advertise
Contact Us

Highlights

 Follow Natalia on Twitter:

http://www.pogonina.com/images//nat%20twit.jpg

 
Please help Natalia promote chess by making a donation:



 

Link to Pogonina.com

Play chess at ChessOk

365Chess.com Biggest Online Chess Games Database





Check qyto.jp for Japanese bitcoin casinos.

Here you can find Swedish sites without license, Spelkonto utan licens.

Find new casinos at the brand new Online Casinos XYZ site with reviews and ratings of the best gambling sites for UK players.

Play the popular King Kong Cash slot machine at Slot Strike, the new slot site for UK players.

Grab the chance to win big with a high RTP on the goonies slot progressive jackpot.

Goodluckmate.com - made an easier way to find Skrill casinos

Nettikasinot.media lists the best online casinos for Finnish gamblers. For more information visit: https://www.nettikasinot.media/suomalaiset-kasinot/  

Sweden is now a regulated market, which means that as a player you can only play at casinos with a license. See all regulated
casinos in Sweden by Mr casinova.

To find the best casino in Norway take look at
norske casino at CasinoPiloten.

Find the best Norwegian casinobonus at NyeCasinoNorge.org.

Get exclusive access to a
huge range of free spins & no deposit casino offers with Spin Bonus.

Try the exhilarating new 20p Roulette game.
Play it online at thecasinodb and find casinos to play for real money.

Get the best casino bonus information with Casino Gorilla.

Chess games at Gametop

CasinoAdvisers.com For you that want to find online casino strategies, guides and a good casino bonus!

 
   ...


Polls
What's your FIDE rating?

What should Natalia do to make Pogonina.com more interesting for you?

Who is your favorite active top player?

Poker or chess: what do you like more?

What's the largest monetary chess prize you ever won?

How much time per day do you spend on chess-related activities?

Do you have a special chess mascot (pen, badge, toy, etc.)?

Which time control do you prefer for over-the-board tournaments?

The strongest women's chess team in the world is

What is the strongest national chess team in the world?

Will Magnus Carlsen's rating reach FIDE 2900?

Do you think you can become a GM?

Gotta be Carlsen to Play this

User Rating: / 0
PoorBest 
Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 12 January 2010



by Natalia Pogonina for her
Chess.com Tuesday column


Today we are going to talk about the Russian Superfinal, a strong chess event which took place this past December in Moscow. Most of the top Russian players have been participating in both the Mens and Womens sections, which is a guarantee in itself of top-level chess. Chess.com has been posting updates on it in the News section, but I'll still rehash the details of who is playing in depth here for those who haven't read:


GM Kosintseva, Tatiana 2522 (#8 in the world women rankings)
IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2518 (#9)
WGM Pogonina Natalia 2501 (#15)
IM Galliamova Alisa 2460 (inactive)
IM Romanko Marina 2449 (#43)
WFM Gunina Valentina 2446 (#46)
IM Zaiatz Elena 2390 (#79)
WGM Stepovaia Tatiana 2384 (#82)
WGM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2372 (#90)
WGM Manakova Marina 2344 (#121)
 

29  

Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintsevas, and Natalia Pogonina at the 2005 Superfinal

As Russia is the only country in the world to have 4 female players rated 2500+, due to the absence of Alexandra Kosteniuk the Kosintseva sisters and me were considered to be the favorites. In the previous years the Russian Chess Federation has been posting polls asking who is your favorite in the Superfinal, and I have always been the top candidate. Ironically, the significance of the event and everyones attention are a burden on me, so historically I have performed relatively unsuccessfully at the Superfinal.
 

This time the situation was even more dramatic: I had missed 8 months of tournament play due to pregnancy. Therefore, my goal for the event was just to enjoy chess and see how good or bad my chess shape was. 


Image

 WGM Natalia Pogonina (2501) - IM Marina Romanko (2449)


The first round pairings left me with a feeling of déjà vu: I was to play IM Marina Romanko with White. Earlier this year I had faced her with White in the last round of the Moscow Open tournament that victory allowed me to win the Swiss event one point ahead of the competition (8/9) with a 2663 performance. In case youre interested, heres an annotated video of the game.  By the way, it features the very same opening were playing right now in the Pogonina vs. Chess.com challenge you may still join the action if you wish!
 

pogoninavchess1.jpg


Everyone wants to have a smooth start, so performing well in the first game is very important.  Here is how it proceeded:

WGM Natalia Pogonina (2501) - IM Marina Romanko (2446)
 

To be continued...
 
Your comments on how to make the articles more exciting are very much appreciated!

 
Bookmark and Share

 

 



Comments (1)
1. Written by on 15:43 12 2010 .
 
 
Chess.com
! ! ! ! Chess Boss ! Chess com ! ! ! . .
 

Write Comment
Name:
E-mail
Homepage
Title:
BBCode:Web AddressEmail AddressBold TextItalic TextUnderlined TextQuoteCodeOpen ListList ItemClose List
Comment:



Code:* Code

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 January 2010 )
 
< Prev   Next >