Kateryna Lagno is the new Women's World Rapid Chess Champion |
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Friday, 25 April 2014 | ||||
The Women's World Rapid Chess Championship was full of drama. Before the final round 5 players were leading the event - Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno, Tatiana Kosintseva, Antoaneta Stefanova and Anna Muzychuk.![]() The players are waiting for Round 14 to end. Women's tournaments are a pleasure to follow! ![]() In one of the most shocking games of the final round of the championship Valentina Gunina blundered a mate in 1 in an equal position against Kateryna Lagno ![]() This image was taken after the Women's FIDE Grand Prix. Who would have thought that Kateryna and Alexandra would tie for 1st in the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship a few days later? Source: Alexandra's Instagram The final standings (listed according to the tie-breakers): 1-2. Lagno, Kosteniuk - 10.5/15 3-5. Girya, Stefanova, Muzychuk A - 10 6. Kosintseva T - 9.5 7-12. Ushenina, Krush, Khotenashvili, Zhao Xue, Gunina, Dzagnidze - 8.5 13-14. Gaponenko, Bezgodova - 8 15-21. Kashlinskaya, Guseva, Paehtz, Dronavalli, Goryachkina, Zhu Chen, Cramling - 7.5 22-26. Drozdova, Zhukova, Batchimeg, Muminova, Ambartsumova - 7 27. Muzychuk M - 6.5 28. Fominykh - 6 29-31. Ubiennykh, Charochkina, Shaydullina - 5.5 32. Sukhareva - 5 33. Popova - 4 34. Sviridova - 2 ![]()
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