Tatiana Kosintseva and Nazi Paikidze have caught veteran Alisa Galliamova with 1 round to go in the Russian Women’s Championship. In this round, T. Kosintseva defeated Girya, Paikidze drew N. Kosintseva, while Galliamova lost to Gunina.
Round 10 results
| Kosintseva, Tatiana | – Girya, Olga | 1-0 |
| Kosintseva, Nadezhda | – Paikidze, Nazi | ½ |
| Pogonina, Natalija | – Kosteniuk, Alexandra | ½ |
| Gunina, Valentina | – Galliamova, Alisa | 1-0 |
| Nebolsina, Vera | – Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 0-1 |
| Matveeva, Svetlana | – Shadrina, Tatiana | ½ |
Standings after 10 rounds
| 1-3. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2487 | 6½ |
| 1-3. | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2401 | 6½ |
| 1-3. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2581 | 6½ |
| 4. | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2472 | 6 |
| 5-7. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2576 | 5 |
| 5-7. | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2384 | 5 |
| 5-7. | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2407 | 5 |
| 8. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2507 | 4½ |
| 9-10. | Gunina, Valentina | wg | RUS | 2479 | 4 |
| 9-10. | Nebolsina, Vera | wg | RUS | 2377 | 4 |
| 11-12. | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2435 | 3½ |
| 11-12. | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2389 | 3½ |
http://www.russiachess.org/content/blogcategory/192/413/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Beauty and brain. She’s gorgeous.
Kosteniuk is clearly not the chess queen in Russia. Tatiana Kosintseva is. Kosteniuk isn’t even in the top 5 in Russia. Maybe she’ll move to Switzerland where she can be the chess queen there to satisfy her ego.
The final round pairings favor Paikidze.
Galliamova and Kosintseva have to battle one another while Paikidze is paired with Nebolsina.
Ironically, Paikidze doesn’t come under the Russian Federation.
Regardless, gotta’ love the competitiveness of women’s chess.
we love kosteniuk so…
Paikidze’s first name is Nazi?! OK, that’s it – she wins the prize for the worst first name in the world. Imagine the headline: “Nazi wins chess tournament!”