Standings after 3 rounds:
| 1. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2576 | 3 |
| 2-3. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2487 | 2½ |
| 2-3. | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2401 | 2½ |
| 4-5. | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2472 | 2 |
| 4-5. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2507 | 2 |
| 6-7. | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2407 | 1½ |
| 6-7. | Nebolsina, Vera | wg | RUS | 2377 | 1½ |
| 8-9. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2581 | 1 |
| 8-9. | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2384 | 1 |
| 10-11. | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2389 | ½ |
| 10-11. | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2435 | ½ |
| 12. | Gunina, Valentina | wg | RUS | 2479 | 0 |
Round 3 results
| Pogonina, Natalija | – Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 1-0 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | – Galliamova, Alisa | 0-1 |
| Matveeva, Svetlana | – Paikidze, Nazi | ½-½ |
| Shadrina, Tatiana | – Girya, Olga | 1-0 |
| Kosintseva, Tatiana | – Nebolsina, Vera | ½-½ |
| Gunina, Valentina | – Kosintseva, Nadezhda | 0-1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go N!
Paikidze, Nazi is not Russian. She plays for Russian women champion?
This has also caught my attention. Paikidze is a Georgian last name, which does not mean she can’t be a Russian citizen. What confuses me is the “GEO” abbreviation in her standing.
If she is not good enough to go to the WC swiss what business does she have leading the Russian championship.
I heard she could have got a wild card entry to the Women’s World Championship but she declined an offer to sleep with a FIDE official
I would have bet on Tatiana, but she is in the bottom half.