Viktorija Cmilyte wins European Women Championship

Today Viktorija Cmilyte won the European Women Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia. The grandmaster from Lithuania finished clear first with a score of 9 out of 11. Former World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria took the silver medal with 8.5/11 while GM Elina Danielian of Armenia edged out IM Svetlana Matveeva (Russia) on tie-break to win bronze.

The 12th European Individual Women's Championships took place May 6-18, May 2011 in Tbilisi. It was organized by the Georgian Chess Federation, under the auspices of the Tbilisi City Hall and the European Chess Union. The tournament hall was in the Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel of the Georgian capital.

The tournament was open all female players representing the federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.10) regardless of their title or rating. There was also no limit of participants per federation.

The championship was an 11-round Swiss. The rate of play was 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

Viktorija Cmilyte had an excellent start and won her first five games. By then she was leading by a full point, but in the next round she lost to Antoaneta Stefanova. Eventually this would be her only loss.

After an easy win against Russian IM Marina Romanko and a draw with Black against IM Bela Khotenashvili, some crucial games followed. Cmilyte beat two experienced grandmasters in a row: Pia Cramling with White and Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan with Black. Two quick draws on the top boards in the final round meant that, the Lithuanian lady kept her sole lead in the final standings.

All games by Viktorija Cmilyte

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European Women Championship 2011 | Final Standings

Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	rtg+/-
1	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	LTU	2504	9.0	2692	64.5	78.0	24.3
2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2506	8.5	2637	64.5	79.5	18.4
3	GM	Danielian Elina	ARM	2506	8.0	2629	64.5	79.5	17.5
4	IM	Matveeva Svetlana	RUS	2380	8.0	2413	48.5	60.5	8.3
5	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2470	7.5	2580	66.0	79.5	16.9
6	GM	Lahno Kateryna	UKR	2530	7.5	2565	63.5	76.5	5.8
7	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	GEO	2454	7.5	2553	60.5	74.5	15.2
8	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2559	7.5	2539	60.0	73.0	-1.9
9	GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	SCO	2462	7.5	2535	56.0	70.0	11.4
10	IM	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	2537	7.5	2533	63.0	76.5	0.4
11	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	ROU	2414	7.5	2490	56.5	69.0	12.5
12	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	RUS	2419	7.5	2489	55.5	68.5	11.7
13	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2448	7.5	2383	51.5	63.0	-6.0
14	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2567	7.0	2513	61.5	76.0	-7.1
15	IM	Ovod Evgenija	RUS	2404	7.0	2509	61.5	74.0	16.2
16	GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2468	7.0	2506	61.0	75.0	5.5
17	IM	Romanko Marina	RUS	2387	7.0	2487	57.5	70.5	15.4
18	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	GEO	2436	7.0	2456	57.5	70.0	3.8
19	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	2456	7.0	2452	52.0	63.5	-0.2
20	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	2473	7.0	2439	53.5	65.0	-4.5
21	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2468	7.0	2432	54.5	67.0	-5.1
22	IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	GEO	2421	7.0	2428	53.0	65.5	1.4
23	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	POL	2400	7.0	2425	55.5	67.0	5.0
24	WIM	Tsatsalashvili Keti	GEO	2280	7.0	2418	52.5	63.5	30.9
25	IM	Gaponenko Inna	UKR	2455	7.0	2412	53.5	66.0	-5.6
26	WIM	Abdulla Khayala Mardan Qizi	AZE	2168	7.0	2366	53.0	64.0	42.8
27	GM	Zhukova Natalia	UKR	2428	7.0	2298	48.0	59.0	-16.2
28	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	2408	6.5	2456	63.5	76.0	11.9
29	WGM	Savina Anastasia	RUS	2389	6.5	2444	55.0	66.5	9.4
30	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2557	6.5	2405	54.5	66.5	-19.9
31	IM	Ushenina Anna	UKR	2468	6.5	2405	52.5	64.5	-8.7
32	IM	Purtseladze Maka	GEO	2352	6.5	2402	54.5	67.0	12.4
33	WIM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2277	6.5	2396	53.0	64.5	27.0
34	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2444	6.5	2391	52.0	64.5	-7.0
35	WGM	Kochetkova Julia	SVK	2341	6.5	2314	53.5	66.5	-1.2
36	WIM	Janjghava Natia	GEO	2291	6.5	2314	51.0	60.5	15.3
37	IM	Houska Jovanka	ENG	2429	6.5	2213	43.5	52.0	-24.7
38	WGM	Girya Olga	RUS	2394	6.5	2185	46.0	54.5	-23.5
39	WIM	Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi	AZE	2262	6.0	2390	57.0	68.5	27.9
40	WGM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2399	6.0	2382	58.0	70.0	-2.8

Links

• Official website
• Details at Chess Results
• Games in PGN (round 11 not yet available)