European Women’s Championship
St. Petersburg, Russia
This event begins tomorrow. Here is the top-10 from the starting list. The defending champion is GM Kateryna Lahno (UKR).
1. IM Anna Muzychuk SLO 2540
2. GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2518
3. GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant SCO 2500
4. IM Anna Ushenina UKR 2499
5. IM Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 2497
6. WGM Natalia Zhukova UKR 2490
7. GM Kateryna Lahno UKR 2488
8. IM Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2486
9. GM HoangThanh Trang HUN 2483
10. WGM Natalia Pogonina RUS2467
Official website: http://www.wiecc2009.com/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Too bad so many women are playing in Turkey.