Going into the final round of the European Championship, GMs Andrei Volokitin (UKR, 2654) and Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA, 2652) are leading with 7½ points out of 10. 33 players are tied for 3rd with 7 points!!
The key last round matchup will be:
Jakovenko (7) – Volokitin (7½)
Tomashevsky (7) – Tkachiev (7½)
Both leaders have Black in the final round. Can they hold?
On the women’s side, the younger sister Tatiana Kosintseva has won the tournament with 1 round to go. Her score is 9 points in 10 games and 1 of her 2 draws was to her older sister Nadezhda Kosintseva.
Congratulations to Tatiana! Garry Kasparov told me a few years ago that Tatiana is the most talented Russian female players right now. I guess she is proving him right.
You can find out the full results here.
Congratualations to her! does anyone know what happened to the kositnova clan? don t they play any more? I thought they were the best ona and ana.
yesterday was bday of guess who?
how old is he now?
CONGRATS TATIANA!!!!!! well done!!!!!
It was her BD on april 11. Garry Kasparov’s on april 13.
Garry is now 44, Tatiana is 21.
I think Tatiana is older than Kasparov’s new wife.
Volokitin has blunderd a oiece against Jakovenko. Jakovcenko is winning the Euro 07.
his latest tourneis:
Pamplona 2
Russian champ, 1-2
WAZ B 2-5
Aeroflot 2-3
Poikovski 1
Euro 1-2
I kinda enjoy his games. Nice tactician, excels in endings. I remember the reaction to Susan’s “endgamers list” (“who is Jakovenko?) I guess we gotta know.
Lady Kosintseva !!
rnd 11: Lomineishvili-Kosintseva 0-1
she takes 9.5 out of 10