Valentina Gunina is the new Russian Women’s Champion. Veteran Galliamova made a major comeback in the last few rounds to finish in 2nd place. Top seed Kosteniuk finished with a -1 for 7th place (of 10 players).
Final standings
| № | Шахматист | Рейтинг | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Очки | Место |
| 1 | Zaiatz, Elena | 2419 | R |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 | 4.5 |
6 |
| 2 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2497 | 0 |
U |
1 |
= |
= | 0 |
= |
= | 1 | 0 |
4 |
7 |
| 3 | Shadrina, Tatiana | 2373 | 0 |
0 | S |
1 |
1 |
0 |
= |
1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
8 |
| 4 | Charochkina, Daria | 2310 | 1 | = |
0 |
S |
1 |
1 |
1 | 1 |
0 |
0 |
5,5 |
3 |
| 5 | Kovanova, Baira | 2354 | 1 |
= |
0 |
0 |
I |
= | 1 | 1 | = |
= |
5 |
5 |
| 6 | Pogonina, Natalija | 2442 | 0 | 1 |
1 |
0 |
= | A |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
5 |
4 |
| 7 | Girya, Olga | 2371 | = |
= |
= |
0 | 0 |
0 |
N |
1 |
= | = |
3.5 |
9 |
| 8 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 2431 | 0 | = |
0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 | W |
= |
0 |
2 |
10 |
| 9 | Galliamova, Alisa | 2492 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
= | = |
H |
1 | 5.5 |
2 |
| 10 | Gunina, Valentina | 2487 | 1 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
= |
= |
1 |
0 |
L |
6.5 |
1 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Someone should retire before she humiliates herself even more.