Euro Chess Champ Viktorija Cmilyte
The European Women's Chess Championship 2011 ran from 7-18 May in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Over 100 women competed in an 11-round Swiss competition and Viktorija Cmilyte (pictured) of Lithuania emerged in clear first place with an impressive score of 9/11. Cmiltye has been runner-up in previous European championships on no less than three occasions!
The top 14 placed finishers also qualified for the Women's World Cup (see below).
All the games can be replayed at the official website.
The qualifiers for the World Cup:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 |
Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 2504 | 9.0 | 2692 | 64.5 | 78.0 |
| 2 | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2506 | 8.5 | 2637 | 64.5 | 79.5 |
| 3 |
Danielian Elina | ARM | 2506 | 8.0 | 2629 | 64.5 | 79.5 |
| 4 | Matveeva Svetlana | RUS | 2380 | 8.0 | 2413 | 48.5 | 60.5 |
| 5 | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2470 | 7.5 | 2580 | 66.0 | 79.5 |
| 6 | Lahno Kateryna | UKR | 2530 | 7.5 | 2565 | 63.5 | 76.5 |
| 7 | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2454 | 7.5 | 2553 | 60.5 | 74.5 |
| 8 | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 2559 | 7.5 | 2539 | 60.0 | 73.0 |
| 9 | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | SCO | 2462 | 7.5 | 2535 | 56.0 | 70.0 |
| 10 | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2537 | 7.5 | 2533 | 63.0 | 76.5 |
| 11 | Foisor Cristina-Adela | ROU | 2414 | 7.5 | 2490 | 56.5 | 69.0 |
| 12 | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2419 | 7.5 | 2489 | 55.5 | 68.5 |
| 13 | Pogonina Natalija | RUS | 2448 | 7.5 | 2383 | 51.5 | 63.0 |
| 14 | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 2567 | 7.0 | 2513 | 61.5 | 76.0 |
Statuesque Cmilyte also enjoys basketball and volleyball, and was formerly married to GM Alexei Shirov for seven years until 2008. A selection of her games from the event are below, and a video interview courtesy of Robert Fontaine at Europe Echecs.
