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Russian Superfinal 2016

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Left to right: Evgeny Tomashevsky (bronze), Natalia Pogonina (silver), Alexander Grischuk (silver), Anastasia Bodnaruk (bronze), Alexander Riazantsev (gold), Alexandra Kosteniuk (gold). Image (C) RuChess.ru

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The Russian men's and women's chess Superfinals took place in Novosibirsk from October 15 to 28.The event was finely organized and took place in a museum. The format was a 12-person round robin. Apart from the financial prizes for all the participants (9 mln rubles total prize pool) a Renault Kuptur car and a gold statue incrusted with diamonds (king for men, queen for women) were at stake in both tournaments for 1st place, resulting in an intense and exciting battle.

Natalia Pogonina finished 2nd in the women's event. Her previously earned medals were: gold (2012), silver (2010), bronze (2013).


Natalia Pogonina with Eduard Taran, one of the sponsors of the event

Final standings of the Russian Women's Chess Superfinal:
1. Alexandra Kosteniuk - 8.5
2. Natalia Pogonina - 7
3. Anastasia Bodnaruk - 6.5
4-7. Olga Girya, Valentina Gunina, Daria Charochkina, Daria Pustovoitova - 6
8. Evgenia Ovod - 5.5
9. Alexandra Goryachkina - 5
10. Alisa Galliamova - 4
11. Alina Kashlinskaya - 3.5
12. Ekaterina Ubiennykh - 2

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Russian Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships

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Team Ugra during one of the matches
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The Russian rapid & blitz chess championships among women, men and seniors took place in Sochi from October 1 to 7. We will focus on the results of Natalia Pogonina and her team Ugra (Natalia Pogonina, Lilit Mkrtchian, Marina Nechaeva, Baira Kovanova).

In the women's rapid Russian chess championship 63 players competed. The medals went to:

  1. Alexandra Kosteniuk (2519) - 8/10
  2. Alexandra Goryachkina (2424) - 8/10
  3. Natalia Pogonina (2458) - 7.5/10

50 players took part in the women's blitz Russian chess championship. Three ladies were tied for third; the results were the following:

  1. Anastasia Bodnaruk (2386) - 17/22
  2. Natalia Pogonina (2402) - 15.5/22
  3. Elena Tomilova (2223) - 15/22
  4. Daria Charochkina (2333) - 15/22
  5. Alexandra Kosteniuk (2576) - 15/22

In the team events only 7 clubs competed in the women's section and 6 in blitz. Team rapid medalists:

  1. Ugra - 10/12
  2. SHSM-Moscow - 9/12
  3. VIVO - 8/12

Team blitz
medalists:

  1. VIVO - 14/20
  2. Ugra - 13/20
  3. Ladia - 11/20

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May Blitz Marathon with Natalia Pogonina

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Don't miss your chance to play WGM Natalia Pogonina on May 21st during the May chess blitz marathon from 7 to 8 pm UTC.

With a bit of luck you can also challenge her to a Chess Heroz match at any other time.
Just log in to the application and send her a game request.

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Sakura Blitz Marathon with Natalia Pogonina

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Don't miss your chance to play WGM Natalia Pogonina on April 23rd during a special Sakura chess blitz marathon from 7 to 8 pm UTC.

With a bit of luck you can also challenge her to a Chess Heroz game at any other time.
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FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Teheran

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Wednesday, 09 March 2016

All the players were requested to wear hijabas during the event
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From February 10 to 24 Natalia competed in a stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Teheran. After a spectacular start she was co-leading the event with 5.5/7 and had to score only half a point in the following two rounds to earn her final GM norm. Unfortunately, she lost three games in a row and bounced back with a win only in the final round.



Natalia Pogonina is currently ranked #2 on the cumulative FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-2016 Standings.

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GM Norm for Natalia @ Gibraltar

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Friday, 19 February 2016


Natalia Pogonina performed successfully at Gibraltar Masters'2016. She scored 6/10, won one of the women's prizes, gained 18 rating points and obtained her second GM norm. Here is the round by round breakdown of Natalia's performance:



Please check out the official site for additional information and pictures.

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Yearbook of Chess Wisdom

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Publisher: Chess Evolution, 2016
Author: Peter Zhdanov
Edition: Paperback medium
Pages: 376
Language: English
Price: 24.95

ISBN: 978-83-937009-7-4


In this book the author addresses 366 (one for each day of the year) intriguing chess topics which could be of interest to any chess fan, regardless of the playing level. For example:

        IQ and chess skills

        Talent vs. hard work

        How many games to play per year?

        Are women underrated or overrated as compared to men?

        Rating inflation in chess

        What does your chess tell about your personality?

        Playing computers: dos and donts

        Developing your chess memory and visualization

        How does one prepare for an upcoming tournament?

        Is 1.e4 really best by test?


Yearbook of Chess Wisdom is packed with insights and is based on analytical research, vast personal experience and conversations with some of the worlds leading chess players and coaches.

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Christmas Blitz Marathon with Natalia

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Don't miss your chance to play WGM Natalia Pogonina on December 19th during a special Christmas chess blitz marathon.

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Alexander Grischuk regains the World Blitz Chess Champion title

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Stephan Oliver Platz reports from Berlin, Germany

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In the 2015 FIDE World Chess Blitz Championship 21 rounds Swiss system had to be played. The players got 3 minutes for the whole game plus an increment of 2 seconds per move. The reigning blitz champion Magnus Carlsen began well, but losses against Karjakin, Radjabov, Grischuk and Ivanchuk made it impossible for him to defend his title. After 20 rounds Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk lead with 14,5 points ahead of Maxime Vachier Lagrave and Vassily Ivanchuk (14 points each). By defeating Boris Gelfand with the Black pieces Alexander Grischuk won his 3rd Blitz title. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won against Rustam Kasimdzhanov and became 2nd while Vladimir Kramnik had difficulties against Vassily Ivanchuk, but cleverly saved a difficult endgame with two Knights on both sides and a Pawn down. This draw meant the Bronze medal for him. In the press conference he said that 15 or 20 years ago he had been a really good blitz player, but he had not expected such a good result today. FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumchinov announced that Berlin will host either a World Chess Championship or a Chess Olympiad, but could not yet give any date or details.

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Magnus Carlsen wins the 2015 FIDE World Chess Rapid Championship in Berlin

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Stephan Oliver Platz reports from Berlin, Germany

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On Saturday, October, 10th, the 2015 FIDE World Chess Rapid and Blitz Championship began in Berlin. The playing hall Bolle Meierei is situated next to the German department of the interior and the river Spree. Participants from all over the world took part in this prestigious event. In the rapid tournament 15 rounds Swiss system had to be played on three consecutive days. The players got 15 minutes for the whole game plus an increment of 10 seconds per move.


On Saturday the first five rounds were played. Sergey Karjakin who had won the World Cup just one week before presented himself in top form. He won his first three games against Jure Borisek, Grzegorz Gajewski and Anton Korobov. Only Yuriy Kryvoruchko managed to reach a draw against him. In the fifth round Karjakin defeated the German grandmaster Georg Meier and took the sole lead with 4,5 out of 5 ahead of 16 players with 4 points each, amongst them Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Carlsen had won three of his five games. Ehsam Ghaem Maghami, a grandmaster from Iran, surprisingly drew against Carlsen in round 1, and so did Yuriy Kryvoruchko in round 5. At the end of the day 16 players had reached 3,5 out of 5, one of them being former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik.

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