In the battle of 2 former World Women’s Champions, Zhu Chen and Anotoaneta Stefanova faced each other in the last round. Zhu won to win the 2007 North Urals Cup. In the battle of 2 young stars and tournament co-leaders, Zhao Xue faced Katerina Lahno faced each other. Zhao won to tie for 1st with Zhu Chen.
Final Standings by the order of Tie-Breaks:
1. Zhu Chen g QAT 2522 6.0
2. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 6.0
3. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2429 5.5
4. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2450 5.0
5. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 4.
6. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 4.0
7. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2502 4.0
8. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 3.5
9. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 3.5
10. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2457 3.5
Final round results:
Zhao Xue (5) – Lahno (5) 1-0
Muzychuk (3.5) – Pogonina (5) 1/2
Zhu Chen (5) – Stefanova (3.5) 1-0
Paehtz (3) – Ushenina (3.5) 1/2
Hou Yifan (3) – Galliamova (3.5) 1-0
Here is the official website: http://www.northuralscup.ru/2007/tournamenteng.shtml
I think Pogonina should be in third, having score 0.5 better than Lahno, shouldn’t she?
I always wonder how at certain tournaments there are 2, 3 or even more winners…
There can only be 1 winner! Use the systems available to declare only 1 winner!
That’s like having 3 world champions.