20/03/2009 13:15
Tiebreaker: Lilit Mkrtchyan – Tatiana Kosintseva
In Round 11 of Women’s Individual European Chess Championship held in Saint Petersburg, Armenian Lilit Mkrtchyan won against Russian Marina Romanko. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, who had taken the lead in Round 10, lost to Tatiana Kosintseva. Consequently, Lilit Mkrtchyan and Tatiana Kosintseva have 8,5 points and today will play tiebreaker for European champion’s title.
Lilit Mkrtchyan - Marina Romanko (Russia) 1:0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qc4 Kd8 14. Rb3 Qe5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Rf1 Re8 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Qd3 Ke7 19. e5 f5 20. Na4 Qa5+ 21. Kf2 dxe5 22. Qc4 e4 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Qxc6 Qd2 25. Qc5+ Kf6 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Nc4 Qg5 28. Qe5+ 1-0
Lilit Galoyan was defeated by Natalia Zhukova, and now ends 56th with 6 points.
Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) – Lilit Galoyan 1:0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qb8 16. f4 O-O 17. O-O c5 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. Bf3 cxd4 20. exd4 Qxb3 21. axb3 Rb8 22. Bd1 Kf8 23. Ra1 Bb4 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bf4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Bxb8 Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Bxa1 29. Bxa7 fxg4 30. hxg4 Nd5 31. b4 Bc3 32. b5 N7b6 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Bb3 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rd1 Kd6 37. Bxb6 1-0
The other Armenian players’ results are as follows:
Siranoush Andriasyan – Tatiana Stepanova (Russia) 1:0
Keti Tsatsalashvili (Georgia) – Nelly Aghinyan 1:0
Olga Zimina (Italy) –Anna Hayrapetyan 0:1
So, the Armenian four players rank as follows:
47. Siranoush Andriasyan 6,5 points
56. Lilit Galoyan 6
77. Nelly Aghinyan 5,5
84. Anna Hayrapetyan 5,5