Lilit Mkrtchyan may win Women’s European Chess Championship

In Round 10 of Women’s Individual European Chess Championship held in Saint Petersburg, Armenian representative Lilit Mkrtchyan ended in draw with Iweta Rajlich (Poland). Among the 8 leading players, only Ekaterina Kovalevskaya gained a victory and now leads the championship. Lilit Mkrtchyan finishes 2-8 in the list with 6 other players having 7,5 points. Marina Romanko, 6,5 points, won against Tatiana Shadrina and joined the leaders.

The other Armenian players’ results are as follows:

Lilit Galoyan- Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia) 0,5:0,5
Nelly Aghinyan- Siranoush Andriasyan 0,5:0,5
Anna Hayrapetyan- Larisa Khropova (Russia) 1:0

Below we present Round 11 pairings with Armenian players:

Lilit Mkrtchyan – Marina Romanko (Russia)
Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) – Lilit Galoyan
Siranoush Andriasyan – Tatiana Stepanova (Russia)
Keti Tsatsalashvili (Georgia) – Nelly Aghinyan
Olga Zimina (Italy) –Anna Hayrapetyan