Nepomniachtchi and Cmilyte are leading their perspective section by 1/2 point going into the final round tomorrow. This would be a big title for both if they can hold on.
Final round top board pairings:
| Bo. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||||||
| 1 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2656 | 8 | 7½ | GM | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2688 | |||||
| 2 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2695 | 7½ | 7½ | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2657 | |||||
| 3 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2655 | 7½ | 7½ | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2639 | |||||
| 4 | GM | Lysyj Igor | RUS | 2615 | 7½ | 7½ | GM | Efimenko Zahar | UKR | 2640 | |||||
| 5 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | BIH | 2638 | 7½ | 7 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2720 | |||||
| 6 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | SVK | 2709 | 7 | 7 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2637 | |||||
| 7 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2643 | 7 | 7 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2708 | |||||
| 8 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2701 | 7 | 7 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2617 | |||||
| 9 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E | RUS | 2616 | 7 | 7 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2700 | |||||
| 10 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2612 | 7 | 7 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | RUS | 2674 | |||||
| 11 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 2609 | 7 | 7 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2670 | |||||
| 12 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2659 | 7 | 7 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2650 | |||||
| 13 | GM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2652 | 7 | 7 | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2594 | |||||
| 14 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2625 | 7 | 7 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | ESP | 2592 | |||||
| 15 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2606 | 7 | 6½ | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2708 |
Women’s pairings:
| Bo. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||||||
| 1 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2523 | 8 | 8½ | IM | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 2485 | |||||
| 2 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2465 | 7½ | 7½ | GM | Sebag Marie | FRA | 2506 | |||||
| 3 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2555 | 7 | 7 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | FRA | 2456 | |||||
| 4 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2533 | 7 | 7 | IM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2452 | |||||
| 5 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 2524 | 7 | 7 | WGM | Savina Anastasia | RUS | 2391 | |||||
| 6 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2404 | 7 | 7 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2492 | |||||
| 7 | IM | Moser Eva | AUT | 2437 | 7 | 7 | IM | Dembo Yelena | GRE | 2457 | |||||
| 8 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 2554 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | NED | 2401 | |||||
| 9 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 2487 | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Romanko Marina | RUS | 2409 | |||||
| 10 | WGM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2384 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2479 | |||||
| 11 | IM | Rajlich Iweta | POL | 2459 | 6½ | 6½ | WGM | Charkhalashvili Inga | GEO | 2338 | |||||
| 12 | WGM | Galojan Lilit | ARM | 2380 | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2444 | |||||
| 13 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | RUS | 2438 | 6½ | 6½ | WGM | Girya Olga | RUS | 2362 | |||||
| 14 | WGM | Nebolsina Vera | RUS | 2310 | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | GEO | 2434 | |||||
| 15 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2500 | 6 | 6½ | WFM | Ziaziulkina Nastassia | BLR | 2188 |
http://chess-results.com/tnr29567.aspx?lan=1
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I’m rooting for Pia Cramling.
It’s nice to see Cramling doing so well.