Hungarian Grandmaster Hoang Thanh Trang drew her last round game against the former continental champion Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) to secure the first place in the tournament and claim the title of 2013 European Women’s Chess Champion.
Trang played very well throughout the event, scoring seven victories and conceding only four draws for a total of 9 points from 11 games.
She cemented the lead after beating the defending champion Valentina Gunina in round 8 and proceeded to defeat former World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in round 10.
Trang rating performance was 2663 and she earned 26 elo-points.
Six players shared the second place with 8,0 points each: IM Salome Melia GEO 2428, IM Lilit Mkrtchian ARM 2454, GM Viktorija Cmilyte LTU 2497, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 2489, IM Bela Khotenashvili GEO 2512 and GM Monika Socko POL 2435.
Acording to tie-breaks, Melia won the silver medal, while Mkrtchian earned the bronze.
The 14th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship was held from 23rd July to 3rd August in Belgrade, Serbia.
A total of 168 players from 35 countries competed in the Championship (Ksenija Tomin, who is listed to make 169, did not play a single game). The number of participants is equal to the 10th European Women’s Championship which was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2009.
Final standings (top finishers):
1. GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2467 – 9
2. IM Melia Salome GEO 2428 – 8
3. IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2454 – 8
4. GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2497 – 8
5. GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2489 – 8
6. IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2512 – 8
7. GM Socko Monika POL 2435 – 8
8. WGM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2334 – 7.5
9. WGM Arabidze Meri GEO 2320 – 7.5
10. WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478 – 7.5
11. WGM Kovanova Baira RUS 2371 – 7.5
12. GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2594 – 7.5
13. WGM Girya Olga RUS 2437 – 7.5
14. GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2497 – 7.5
15. WGM Ozturk Kubra TUR 2293 – 7.5
16. GM Cramling Pia SWE 2523 – 7.5
17. IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2465 – 7.5
18. IM Atalik Ekaterina EUR 2430 – 7.5
19. IM Milliet Sophie FRA 2396 – 7.5
20. GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan SCO 2385 – 7.5
21. IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina RUS 2407 – 7
22. WGM Daulyte Deimante LTU 2363 – 7
23. IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2421 – 7
24. GM Lagno Kateryna UKR 2542 – 7
25. GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2507 – 7
26. GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2558 – 7
27. IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2393 – 7
28. GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2528 – 7
29. IM Matnadze Ana ESP 2412 – 7
30. GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2471 – 7
31. IM Bodnaruk Anastasia RUS 2440 – 7
32. IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2454 – 7
She’s the real Chess Queen.