Standings with 1 round to go:
1. Tairova, Elena m RUS 2391 7
2. Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2443 7
3. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2492 6
4. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2462 6
5. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386 6
6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2469 5½
7. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2433 5
8. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2379 5
9. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2375 4
10. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 3
11. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2338 3
12. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2359 2½
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Who’s Tairova and Korbut? Are they new on the scene?
I believe Korbut was part of the Russian team that just won the European championship not so long ago.
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