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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week
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Thursday, 14 March 2013

By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com

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In this special weekly column we will be looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a comparable level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary.

The previous week was rather special. Normally we have a short list of about 20 games with rating differences above 300 points, among which the top-10 are chosen. We decided not to lower our standards. Only 8 games have been found though:

Malakhatko (2571) - Peczely (2072), 0-1, 499 points
Tan (2269) - Tsagarakis (1853), 0-1, 416 points
Chiang (2030) - Aleskerov (2409), 1-0, 379 points
Aksoy (1707) - Hadzi Manev (2071), 1-0, 364 points
Stosevski (2136) - Gjeorgjievski (1779), 0-1, 357 points
Krstevski (2154) - Pencheva (1803), 0-1, 351 points
Tairi (1835) - Ozkan (2184), 1-0, 349 points
Aksoy (1791) - Stojanovski (2125), 1-0, 334 points

Average gap: 381; White won 4 games, Black won 4 games

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Women's World Team Chess Championship, Final Standings
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L2R Natalia Zhukova, Mariya Muzychuk, Kateryna Lagno, Inna Gaponenko, Anna Ushenina - team Ukraine, gold

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Shen Yang, Guo Qi, Tan Zhongyi, Huang Qian, Ju Wenjun - team China, silver

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Natalia Pogonina, Alisa Galliamova, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Olga Girya - team Russia, bronze

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Best performances on Board 1: Valentina Gunina (Russia), Ju Wenjun (China), Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine)

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Best performances on Board 2: Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Anna Ushenina (Ukraine), Irina Krush (USA)

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Best performances on Board 3: Tan Zhongyi (China), Natalia Pogonina (Russia) & Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia),
Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine)

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Best performances on Board 4: Guo Qi (China), Zhukova Natalia (Ukraine), Gomes Mary Ann (India)

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Best performances on Board 5: Swaminathan Sumya (India), Salome Melia (Georgia), Olga Girya (Russia)

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Final standings:
1. Ukraine - 16 match points
2. China - 15
3. Russia - 13
4. Georgia - 12
5. India - 9
6. USA - 8
7. Kazakhstan - 6, 15.5 board points
8. Romania - 6, 14.5 board points
9. France - 4
10. Turkey - 1

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Women's World Team Chess Championship-2013, Round 9

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Ukraine drew Russia in the final round to secure gold. China defeated India and took silver. Russia got the bronze medals. Final standings and board results will be published later.

Round 9 on 2013/03/12 at 11:00
   
9.1 5 CHINA   2½ - 1½ 10 INDIA  
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505 1 : 0 IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387
2 WGM Huang Qian 2476 ½ : ½ WGM Padmini Rout 2316
3 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471 ½ : ½ WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
4 WGM Guo Qi 2435 ½ : ½ WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283
9.2 6 FRANCE   3½ - ½ 4 TURKEY  
1 IM Millet Sophie 2401 1 : 0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341
2 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2330 ½ : ½ WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252
3 IM Collas Silvia 2282 1 : 0 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025
4 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266 1 : 0 WFM Sop Selen 2028
9.3 7 GEORGIA   2½ - 1½ 3 KAZAKHSTAN  
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2554 1 : 0 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344
2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499 ½ : ½ WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2265
3 IM JavaKhishvilli Lela 2464 1 : 0 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2272
4 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437 0 : 1 WIM Abdumalik Zansaya 2187
9.4 8 USA   2 - 2 2 ROMANIA  
1 IM Krush Irina 2448 ½ : ½ IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2401
2 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2300 ½ : ½ WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354
3 WGM Foisor Sabina 2323 ½ : ½ WGM Lami Alina 2353
4 WIM Ni Viktorija 2263 ½ : ½ WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281
9.5 9 RUSSIA   2 - 2 1 UKRAINE  
1 IM Gunina Valentina 2505 ½ : ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2547
2 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475 ½ : ½ GM Ushenina Anna 2477
3 IM Galliamova Alisa 2459 ½ : ½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479
4 WGM Girya Olga 2440 ½ : ½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2471


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Chess Week on Twitter
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Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative chess tweets from last week. All the fresh chess news in one short post:

European Senior Championship is starting


Who will be helping other candidates?

Chess News: Levon Aronian will be assisted in London by Sergei Movsesian, Grant Melkumian and a personal doctor

The chess community is raising funds to help Salome Melia's child

An article about Magnus Carlsen and the upcoming Candidates Tournament by The Guardian

Chess tourism in the good sense of this expression

Games with live commentary by the players themselves staged in Iran

Nothing is new under the sun

Maria Fominykh: Over 20 years ago Tal was asked the following questions: Do you agree that FIDE doesn't really exist? Should we introduce a new super GM title? :)

Quote of the week

Bobby Fischer would have been 70 on March 9, 2014

Grand Prix cycle: something strange is going on

Have we missed some of the best tweets? You can contribute to our next top-10 stories chart by retweeting the post you like and adding @Pogonina to the message so that we can see it.

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Women's World Team Chess Championship-2013, Round 8
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All the main four favorites won their Round 8 matches. Now Ukraine needs a victory or a tie against Russia in the last round to secure gold. China gets gold only if Ukraine loses to Russia and China beats India. Russia needs to beat Ukraine and China not to win against India to get the silver medal, otherwise they will most likely end up with bronze. Georgia's chances for bronze are ephemeral given the difference in match and board points between Russia and Georgia.

Round 8 on 2013/03/11 at 15:00
   
8.1 10 INDIA   1½ - 2½ 9 RUSSIA  
1 IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387 0 : 1 IM Gunina Valentina 2505
2 WGM Padmini Rout 2316 ½ : ½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475
3 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387 1 : 0 IM Galliamova Alisa 2459
4 WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283 0 : 1 WGM Girya Olga 2440
8.2 1 UKRAINE   2½ - 1½ 8 USA  
1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2547 1 : 0 IM Zatonskih Anna 2474
2 GM Ushenina Anna 2477 0 : 1 IM Krush Irina 2448
3 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479 ½ : ½ WGM Foisor Sabina 2323
4 GM Zhukova Natalia 2471 1 : 0 WIM Ni Viktorija 2263
8.3 2 ROMANIA   1 - 3 7 GEORGIA  
1 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354 1 : 0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2554
2 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336 0 : 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499
3 WGM Lami Alina 2353 0 : 1 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437
4 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281 0 : 1 IM Melia Salome 2419
8.4 3 KAZAKHSTAN   2½ - 1½ 6 FRANCE  
1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344 1 : 0 IM Millet Sophie 2401
2 WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2265 1 : 0 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2330
3 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2353 ½ : ½ WGM Safranska Anda 2328
4 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2272 0 : 1 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266
8.5 4 TURKEY   0 - 4 5 CHINA  
1 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341 0 : 1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505
2 WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252 0 : 1 WGM Huang Qian 2476
3 WFM Sop Selen 2028 0 : 1 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471
4 WCM Kaya Emel 1995 0 : 1 WGM Guo Qi 2435

Standings after 8 rounds:
1. Ukraine - 15 MPs, 22.5 board points
2. China - 13, 23
3. Russia - 12, 22
4. Georgia - 10, 19
5. India - 9, 16.5
6. USA - 7, 13.5
7. Kazakhstan - 6, 14
8. Romania - 5, 12.5
9. France - 2, 8.5
10. Turkey - 1, 8.5

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Women's World Team Chess Championship-2013, Round 7
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Ukraine convincingly defeated one of the key rivals, Georgia, which was obviously exhausted after yesterday's battle against Russia. USA's victory over Russia became the main sensation of the event: the Olympic champions are now basically out of contention for gold.

Round 7 on 2013/03/10 at 15:00
   
7.1 4 TURKEY   1½ - 2½ 10 INDIA  
1 WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252 1 : 0 IM Mohota Nisha 2325
2 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025 ½ : ½ WGM Padmini Rout 2316
3 WFM Sop Selen 2028 0 : 1 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
4 WCM Kaya Emel 1995 0 : 1 WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283
7.2 5 CHINA   3 - 1 3 KAZAKHSTAN  
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505 ½ : ½ WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344
2 WGM Huang Qian 2476 ½ : ½ WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2265
3 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471 1 : 0 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2353
4 WGM Guo Qi 2435 1 : 0 WIM Abdumalik Zansaya 2187
7.3 6 FRANCE   2 - 2 2 ROMANIA  
1 IM Millet Sophie 2401 ½ : ½ IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2401
2 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2330 ½ : ½ WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354
3 IM Collas Silvia 2282 ½ : ½ WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336
4 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266 ½ : ½ WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281
7.4 7 GEORGIA   1 - 3 1 UKRAINE  
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2554 ½ : ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2547
2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499 0 : 1 GM Ushenina Anna 2477
3 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437 0 : 1 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479
4 IM Melia Salome 2419 ½ : ½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2471
7.5 8 USA   2½ - 1½ 9 RUSSIA  
1 IM Zatonskih Anna 2474 ½ : ½ IM Gunina Valentina 2505
2 IM Krush Irina 2448 1 : 0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
3 WGM Foisor Sabina 2323 0 : 1 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475
4 WIM Ni Viktorija 2263 1 : 0 WGM Girya Olga 2440

Standings after 7 rounds:
1. Ukraine - 13 MPs
2. China - 11
3. Russia - 10
4. India - 9
5. Georgia - 8
6. USA - 7
7. Romania - 5
8. Kazakhstan - 4
9. France - 2
10. Turkey - 1
2. Russia - 10
3-4. China, Georgia - 9
5. India - 7
6. USA - 5
7-8. Kazakhstan, Romania - 4
9-10. Turkey, France - 1

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Missed Chess Tactics
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Women's World Team Chess Championship-2013, Round 6
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Ukraine crushed France 4-0 and seized lead in the tournament. Russia had a dramatic encounter with Georgia: at first it seemed that Georgia will prevail, then Russia had winning chances, and the match finally ended in a draw. China predictably outplayed Romania. Kazakhstan defeated Turkey. The match USA-India was the last to finish; a tie.

Round 6 on 2013/03/09 at 15:00
   
6.1 10 INDIA   2 - 2 8 USA  
1 IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387 ½ : ½ IM Zatonskih Anna 2474
2 IM Mohota Nisha 2325 0 : 1 IM Krush Irina 2448
3 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387 1 : 0 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2300
4 WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283 ½ : ½ WGM Foisor Sabina 2323
6.2 9 RUSSIA   2 - 2 7 GEORGIA  
1 IM Gunina Valentina 2505 0 : 1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2554
2 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 0 : 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499
3 IM Galliamova Alisa 2459 1 : 0 IM JavaKhishvilli Lela 2464
4 WGM Girya Olga 2440 1 : 0 IM Melia Salome 2419
6.3 1 UKRAINE   4 - 0 6 FRANCE  
1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2547 1 : 0 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2330
2 GM Ushenina Anna 2477 1 : 0 WGM Safranska Anda 2328
3 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479 1 : 0 IM Collas Silvia 2282
4 GM Zhukova Natalia 2471 1 : 0 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266
6.4 2 ROMANIA   1 - 3 5 CHINA  
1 IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2401 0 : 1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505
2 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336 ½ : ½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471
3 WGM Lami Alina 2353 0 : 1 WGM Guo Qi 2435
4 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281 ½ : ½ IM Shen Yang 2415
6.5 3 KAZAKHSTAN   3 - 1 4 TURKEY  
1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344 1 : 0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341
2 WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2265 ½ : ½ WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252
3 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2353 1 : 0 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025
4 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2272 ½ : ½ WCM Kaya Emel 1995

Standings after 6 rounds:
1. Ukraine - 11 MPs
2. Russia - 10
3. China - 9
4. Georgia - 8
5. India - 7
6. USA - 5
7-8. Kazakhstan, Romania - 4
9-10. Turkey, France - 1

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Happy Birthday, Natalia!
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Women's World Team Chess Championship-2013, Round 5
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The main result of round 4 was Ukraine's convincing victory vs. China. March 8 is rest day. The tournament will resume on Saturday.

Round 5 on 2013/03/07 at 15:00
   
5.1 3 KAZAKHSTAN   1 - 3 10 INDIA  
1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344 ½ : ½ IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387
2 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2353 0 : 1 WGM Padmini Rout 2316
3 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2272 0 : 1 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
4 WIM Abdumalik Zansaya 2187 ½ : ½ WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283
5.2 4 TURKEY   2 - 2 2 ROMANIA  
1 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341 1 : 0 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354
2 WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252 1 : 0 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336
3 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025 0 : 1 WGM Lami Alina 2353
4 WFM Sop Selen 2028 0 : 1 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281
5.3 5 CHINA   1 - 3 1 UKRAINE  
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505 ½ : ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2547
2 WGM Huang Qian 2476 0 : 1 GM Ushenina Anna 2477
3 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471 ½ : ½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479
4 WGM Guo Qi 2435 0 : 1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2471
5.4 6 FRANCE   ½ - 3½ 9 RUSSIA  
1 IM Millet Sophie 2401 0 : 1 IM Gunina Valentina 2505
2 WGM Safranska Anda 2328 0 : 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
3 IM Collas Silvia 2282 ½ : ½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475
4 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266 0 : 1 WGM Girya Olga 2440
5.5 7 GEORGIA   3½ - ½ 8 USA  
1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499 1 : 0 IM Zatonskih Anna 2474
2 IM JavaKhishvilli Lela 2464 ½ : ½ IM Krush Irina 2448
3 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437 1 : 0 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2300
4 IM Melia Salome 2419 1 : 0 WIM Ni Viktorija 2263

Standings after five rounds:
1-2. Russia, Ukraine - 9 MPs
3-4. China, Georgia - 7
5. India - 6
6-7. Romania, USA - 4
8. Kazakhstan - 2
9-10. Turkey, France - 1

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