GM Cramling (2544) – GM Stefanova (2550) [D43]WWC – Nalchik, 07.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg5 c5 9.dxc5 Qxd3 10.exd3 Bxc5 11.d4 Be7 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0–0 Nbd7 14.Ne5 h6...
Cramling defeats Stefanova with Black
Photo by chessdom GM Stefanova (2550) – GM Cramling (2544) [D10]Women’s World Championship, 07.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Rc1 Nf6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.e4 Nxd4 13.Qa4...
North Urals Final Standings
Final round: Stefanova, Antoaneta – Xu Yuhua ½-½Ushenina, Anna – Koneru, Humpy ½-½Sebag, Marie – Cramling, Pia 1-0Pogonina, Natalija – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ Final standings: 1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4½2. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 43. Sebag,...
Stefanova wins North Urals Cup
Two games of the conclusive rounds finished. The games of Stefanova against Xu Yuhua and Ushenina against Koneru ended with the draw. Thus Antoaneta Stefanova became the winner of the “North Urals Cup 2008” with 4.5 points of 7...
Leader Stefanova loses to Cramling
After a horrendous start, GM Cramling is back at even score when she defeated leader GM Stefanova in a drawable Rook and Pawn endgame. Cramling,P (2544) – Stefanova,A (2550) [D15]5th North Urals Cup RUS (6), 02.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3...
Stefanova extends lead, Koneru struggles
Round 5 results: Koneru, Humpy – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½Stefanova, Antoaneta – Sebag, Marie 1-0Ushenina, Anna – Cramling, Pia 0-1Pogonina, Natalija – Xu Yuhua ½-½ Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4 2. Xu Yuhua g...
Stefanova escapes trouble, scores win
White was lost at one point but a series of inaccurate moves in a complicated position did Sebag in. GM Stefanova (2550) – IM Sebag (2529) [D12]North Urals Cup, 01.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3...
Interview with Stefanova’s coach
Press conference with A. Stefanova`s coach Vladimir Georgiev, provided by organizer Despite the fact that the tournament has just started “North Urals Cup” already has the sole leader. The only resulting match of the first round is the victory...
Stefanova leads, Koneru loses again
Stefanova, A (2550) – Pogonina, N (2469) [A57]5th North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk RUS (2), 28.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 g6 6.Bxc4 d6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.0–0 0–0 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Ne8...
Top seed falls in Krasnoturinsk
Top seed GM Humpy Koneru lost with the White pieces in the first round against former women’s world champion Stefanova. All other games were drawn. Round 1 results: Koneru, Humpy – Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1Cramling, Pia – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½Pogonina,...