Kateryna Lahno - Women's European Champion 2008
Lahno and Tiviakov Champions in Plovdiv
Kateryna Lahno (pictured) drew her final round game against Anna Ushenina to win the Women's Individual European Championship 2008 with 8.5/11. Congratulations Kateryna on your success!
Yelena Dembo won again in her final game to join a tie with 6 other people on 8/11. Well done Yelena! There will now be tie-breaks for the minor places. The table before the tie-breaks looks like this.
Rank Name IRtg FED Pts BH. BH. vict Fide Rtg+/-
1 GM Lahno Kateryna 2479 UKR 8.5 62.0 75.0 6 53.0 19.0
2 IM Ushenina Anna 2474 UKR 8.0 65.0 79.0 5 52.0 15.5
3 WGM Zhukova Natalia 2450 UKR 8.0 63.5 76.5 5 51.0 19.2
4 IM Cmilyte Viktorija 2466 LTU 8.0 62.0 75.5 6 51.5 14.8
5 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2413 ARM 8.0 59.5 74.0 6 48.0 21.1
6 IM Skripchenko Almira 2443 FRA 8.0 58.0 71.0 5 48.0 15.7
7 IM Dembo Yelena 2429 GRE 8.0 57.0 68.5 6 46.5 13.1
8 GM Cramling Pia 2539 SWE 7.5 61.0 74.5 5 50.0 -0.7
9 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2470 RUS 7.5 60.0 73.5 5 47.0 9.5
10 IM Muzychuk Anna 2486 SLO 7.5 59.0 72.0 4 49.5 6.6
11 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2538 BUL 7.5 58.5 72.5 6 47.5 -0.7
12 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2443 GEO 7.5 58.5 72.5 5 47.5 10.1
13 IM Danielian Elina 2479 ARM 7.5 57.0 69.5 6 46.5 6.8
14 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2400 GEO 7.5 57.0 68.5 5 43.5 13.9
15 WGM Demina Julia 2337 RUS 7.5 56.5 69.0 6 40.5 24.3
The men's title went to Sergei Tiviakov (pictured) of Russia with 8.5/11, now playing for the Netherlands. Whilst other players meekly agreed quick 'Grandmaster' draws in the final round, he played hard and was rewarded for his efforts by beating Emil Sutovsky of Israel to win by half a point from the rest of the field.
