My long time friend GM Pia Cramling just won her 2nd European Individual Chess Championship title. To win the title, she had to beat IM Khurtsidze, GM Stefanova and IM Cmilyte in the final 3 rounds. Here are the last round top board results:

Bo.
Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts.
Name FED Rtg
1 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2523 8 1 – 0 IM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2485
2 GM Socko Monika POL 2465 ½ – ½ GM Sebag Marie FRA 2506
3 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2555 7 ½ – ½ 7 IM Skripchenko Almira FRA 2456
4 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2533 7 ½ – ½ 7 IM Ushenina Anna UKR 2452
5 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2524 7 1 – 0 7 WGM Savina Anastasia RUS 2391
6 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2404 7 0 – 1 7 WGM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2492
7 IM Moser Eva AUT 2437 7 0 – 1 7 IM Dembo Yelena GRE 2457

Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr29568.aspx?art=2&rd=11&lan=1&fed=LTU&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

Final top finishers:

Rk.

Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/-
1
GM Cramling Pia SWE 2523 9,0 0 61,5 74,5 2677 11 9 7,06 1,94 10 19,4
2
IM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2485 8,5 0 59,5 73,5 2622 11 8,5 6,56 1,94 10 19,4
3
GM Socko Monika POL 2465 8,0 0 63,5 77,5 2595 11 8 6,16 1,84 10 18,4
4
GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2524 8,0 0 63,0 76,0 2595 11 8 7,01 0,99 10 9,9
5
GM Sebag Marie FRA 2506 8,0 0 60,5 73,5 2555 11 8 7,34 0,66 10 6,6
6
WGM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2492 8,0 0 60,5 72,5 2556 11 8 7,13 0,87 10 8,7
7
IM Dembo Yelena GRE 2457 8,0 0 57,0 69,5 2545 11 8 6,73 1,27 10 12,7

In spit of the loss in the last round, Cmilyte earned an 11 game GM norm. Her rating will also pass 2500. Zhukova also gained nearly 9 points which should put her rating above 2500. Since she already had 3 GM norms, she should be awarded the GM title shortly.

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