Russian Team Championship (Women’s League)
Top team results:
| 1 |
3 | [4.0] | Economist-SGSEU | 0.5 – 3.5 | SPb Chess Fed | [3.0] | 1 | ||
| 1 | [1.0] | 2490 | Zhao, Xue | 0 – 1 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | 2485 | [1.0] | 1 | |
| 3 | [0.0] | 2486 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 0 – 1 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | 2447 | [0.0] | 3 | |
| 4 | [1.0] | 2356 | Iljushina, Olga | 0.5 – 0.5 | Atalik, Ekaterina | 2445 | [1.0] | 4 | |
| 5 | [0.5] | 2385 | Kovanova, Baira | 0 – 1 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 2384 | [0.0] | 5 | |
2 |
4 | [3.5] | AVS | 1.5 – 2.5 | Giprorechtrans | [4.5] | 7 | ||
| 1 | [1.0] | 2555 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 0.5 – 0.5 | Zhukova, Natalia | 2492 | [1.0] | 1 | |
| 2 | [0.5] | 2533 | Muzychuk, Anna | 0 – 1 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 2428 | [1.0] | 2 | |
| 3 | [0.5] | 2501 | Pogonina, Natalija | 1 – 0 | Zaiatz, Elena | 2391 | [1.0] | 3 | |
| 6 | [0.0] | 2431 | Shadrina, Tatiana | 0 – 1 | Vasilevich, Irina | 2324 | [1.0] | 4 |
http://www.russiachess.org/results/2010/wl/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I think Cmilyte and Zhukova will become GMs at the next FIDE Congress.
Why is this result such a shock consider the rating are so similar?