My reign as the Women’s World Blitz Champion is now officially passed on to GM Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine. After 29 (of 30 rounds), Kateryna has clinched the title. Congratulations to GM Kateryna Lahno, the new Chess Queen of Blitz Chess!
No. | Title | Name | Fed. | FIDE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
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1 | GM | Lahno, Kateryna | UKR | 2539 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
2 | WGM | Gunina, Valentina | RUS | 2465 | 1.0 | X | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
3 | GM | Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2573 | 0.0 | 0.0 | X | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
4 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2551 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | X | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
5 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2593 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | X | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
6 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2524 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | X | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
7 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2469 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | X | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
8 | IM | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2535 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | X | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
9 | IM | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | RUS | 2565 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
10 | GM | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2499 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | X | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
11 | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2464 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
12 | WGM | Paikidze, Nazi | GEO | 2376 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
13 | IM | Krush, Irina | USA | 2490 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
14 | IM | Skripchenko, Almira | FRA | 2464 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.5 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
15 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2499 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | X | 2.0 | 9.5 |
16 | WGM | Nebolsina, Vera | RUS | 2360 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | X | 8.5 |
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Final standings:
No. | Title | Name | Fed. | FIDE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
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1 | GM | Lahno, Kateryna | UKR | 2539 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
2 | GM | Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2573 | 1.0 | X | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
3 | WGM | Gunina, Valentina | RUS | 2465 | 1.0 | 2.0 | X | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
4 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2551 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | X | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
5 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2593 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | X | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
6 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2524 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | X | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
7 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2469 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
8 | IM | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | RUS | 2565 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | X | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
9 | GM | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2499 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
10 | IM | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2535 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
11 | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2464 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
12 | WGM | Paikidze, Nazi | GEO | 2376 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
13 | IM | Skripchenko, Almira | FRA | 2464 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
14 | IM | Krush, Irina | USA | 2490 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X | 2.0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
15 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2499 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | X | 2.0 | 10.5 |
16 | WGM | Nebolsina, Vera | RUS | 2360 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | X | 9.5 |
I scored 22.5 / 26 when I won the Women’s World Blitz Championship. I was the second seed behind my sister Judit. That event was a 27 player single round robin.
1. Susan Polgar 22.5
2. Judit Polgar 22.0
3. Alisa Galliamova 20.0
4. Sofia Polgar 19.5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Congratulations to Katheryna!
Is it possible to find some informations (list of participants, crosstables) about the Women’s World Blitz and Rapid Championships won by Susan Polgar in 1992? I found nothing on Wiki.
This was pre-internet age. The crosstable was published in a number of major magazines. I also found no crosstable for the world blitz championship when Tal won. FIDE should really start to transfer these records to electronic format.
Kosteniuk has a respectable 3rd place among Russian women behind Tatiana Kosintseva and Gunina. Not bad at all. Congratulations to GM Kosteniuk for demonstrating her true strength.
Congratulations to GM Kateryna Lahno, but it’s too bad that 3 of the strongest women (Judit Polgar, Susan Polgar, and Yifan Hou) did not participate.