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Asian Women Chess Championship 2025 LIVE

Sergio — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:33:53 +0000

The Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2025 is taking place 7-15 May in Al Ain, UAE. The event features IM Leya Garifullina, GM Valentina Gunina, GM Olga Girya, IM Yuxin Song, IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham, IM Medina Warda Aulia, IM Agrawal Vantika, IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, WGM P V Nandhidhaa, IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag, IM Rout Padmini, IM Meruert Kamalidenova, WIM Amina Kairbekova, WIM Afruza Khamdamova, WGM Mobina Alinasab, WGM Alua Nurman. The top 10 in the Open section and the top 2 in the Women’s section will qualify for their respective FIDE World Cups. Live games will be daily on Chessdom (Open section live here)

List of European Women Chess Champions

Sergio — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:43:32 +0000

The European Women Chess Championship, known for short as EIWCC, is a traditional event that is held on an yearly basis since the year 2000. Organized by the European Chess Union, it is one of the major events in the European calendar.

The first historic champion is the Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine). She won the first ever EIWCC in Batumi, Georgia. Later she repeated this success in Chavki, Georgia, in 2015. Other double title holders are Kateryna Lahno, Tatiana Kosintseva, and Pia Cramling. The record for most titles is currently held by Valentina Gunia with 3 trophies.

The reigning champion as of March 2025 is Ulviyya Fataliyeva, who will be defending her title in the European Women Chess Championship 2025 in Rhodes, Greece.

European Women Chess Champions

Year	Winner
2000	Natalia Zhukova (UKR)
2001	Almira Skripchenko (MDA)
2002	Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL)
2003	Pia Cramling (SWE)
2004	Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
2005	Kateryna Lahno (UKR)
2006	Ekaterina Atalik (TUR)
2007	Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS)
2008	Kateryna Lahno (UKR) (2)
2009	Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) (2)
2010	Pia Cramling (SWE) (2)
2011	Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU)
2012	Valentina Gunina (RUS)
2013	Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN)
2014	Valentina Gunina (RUS)
2015	Natalia Zhukova (UKR) (2)
2016	Anna Ushenina (UKR)
2017	Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)
2018	Valentina Gunina (RUS) (3)
2019	Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS)
2021	Elina Danielian (ARM)
2022	Monika Soćko (POL)
2023	Meri Arabidze (GEO)
2024	Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE)
2025	Teodora Injac (SRB)

XXIV Russian Chess Championship among women’s teams – Round 1 results

Kamen — Mon, 01 May 2023 21:05:54 +0000

The XXIV Russian Chess Championship among women’s teams will take place from 01-10 May 2023 in Sochi, Russia. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament system will be 9-Round robin for teams. The top ten rated players are Valentina Gunina, Natalia Pogonina, Alina Bivol, Marina Guseva, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Daria Voight, Tatiana Vasilevich, Alexandra Obolentseva, Eugene Gadfly and Baira Kovanova.
You can also see The XXX Russian Chess Championship among men’s teams “Premier League”

Round 1 on 2023/05/01 at 15:00
Bo.	7	SSHOR in chess and checkers – 2 (St. Pet	Rtg	–	1	Chess Association Moskvy (Moscow)	Rtg	1 : 3
1.1	IM	Ovod Evgenia	2315	–	GM	Gunina Valentina	2469	½ – ½
1.2	WIM	Styazkina Anna	2165	–	WGM	Voight Daria	2349	½ – ½
1.3	WFM	Marina Kuznetsova	2104	–	WGM	Obolentseva Alexandra	2323	0 – 1
1.4	WFM	Reger Valeria	1934	–	FM	Ekaterina Borisova	2238	0 – 1
Bo.	2	Moscow region – 1 (Moscow region	Rtg	–	8	Cimmeria (Republic of Crimea)	Rtg	2 : 2
2.1	WGM	Pogonina Natalya	2432	–	WIM	Potapova Margarita	2104	½ – ½
2.2	FM	Ekaterina Goltseva	2283	–	WFM	Gritsaeva Oksana	2172	½ – ½
2.3	WGM	Kovanova Baira	2304	–	WIM	Golubova Anna	2156	½ – ½
2.4	IM	Guseva Marina	2368	–	IM	Vasilevich Tatiana	2326	½ – ½
Bo.	10	Belarus (Republic of Belarus)	Rtg	–	3	Moscow Region (Moscow Region)	Rtg	2 : 2
3.1	WFM	Polyakova Varvara	2010	–	WIM	Lysenko Margarita	2244	½ – ½
3.2	WFM	Yana Ilyuchik	2170	–	WGM	Paramzina Anastasia	2227	0 – 1
3.3	WFM	Zelentsova Ksenia	1993	–	WGM	Sudakova Irina	2298	1 – 0
3.4	WFM	Tarasenko Alexandra	2015	–	WIM	Ekaterina Smirnova	2204	½ – ½
Bo.	4	SSHOR in chess and checkers – 1 (St. Pet	Rtg	–	11	Krasnodar Territory (Krasnodar Territory)	Rtg	3½: ½
4.1	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2350	–		Angry Olesya	1925	1 – 0
4.2	WFM	Nazarova Anastasia	2239	–		Porozhnak Maya	1873	1 – 0
4.3	WFM	Garmash Alyona	2039	–	WCM	Makhno Maria	1809	1 – 0
4.4	WFM	Yurasova Daria	2095	–		Maria Afanasyeva	1848	½ – ½
Bo.	12	“Kaissa” KGBU KShK (Altai Region)	Rtg	–	5	Sbornaya Novosibirsk Region (Novosibir	Rtg	½ :3½
5.1	WFM	Victoria Loskutova	2153	–	FM	Yana Zhapova	2182	½ – ½
5.2		Hegai Daria	1683	–	WFM	Valeria Kleimenova	2171	0 – 1
5.3		Borisova Polina	1645	–	WIM	Maletina Tatiana	2188	0 – 1
5.4	WFM	Tsepennikova Tatiana	1889	–	WIM	Harashuta Ekaterina	2295	0 – 1
Bo.	6	Veterans of Russia (Сборная России)	Rtg	–	13	ANOO “Regional High School named after E.M. Primak	Rtg	2 : 2
6.1	WGM	Strutinskaya Galina	2120	–		Goryachkina Oksana	1894	½ – ½
6.2	WGM	Bogumil Tatiana	2142	–		Sannikova Anna	1834	0 – 1
6.3	WIM	Orphan Nina	2197	–		Lutzinger Irene	1825	½ – ½
6.4		Ivanova Tatiana	2139	–		Eva Tereshchenko	1460	1 – 0
Bo.	14	Chess Federation of the Republic of Belarus (youth) (Repub	Rtg	–	9	JK Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan)	Rtg	½ :3½
7.1		Tabermakova Leila	1784	–	WFM	Yakimova Maria	2212	½ – ½
7.2		Yusupova Adele	1486	–	WFM	Zarina Shafigullina	2186	0 – 1
7.3		Moskvina Arina	1679	–	WIM	Nur-Muhametova Alisa	2108	0 – 1
7.4		Tazetdinova Adelya	1393	–	WFM	Markel Love	2128	0 – 1

XXIV Russian Chess Championship among women’s teams -Participants

Kamen — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:52:53 +0000

Team-Composition with round-results
1. School of Chess and Drafts – 1 (St. Pete (RtgAvg:2215, Captain: Lukin Andrey Mikhailovich / TB1: 2 / TB2: 3.5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2350	2323	4181751	4076	МС	1		1	1	1925	0.08
2	WFM	Nazarova Anastasia	2239	2160	34101737	206826		1		1	1	1873	0.1
3	WFM	Hetman Tatiana	2231	2268	34166146	5230				0	0	0	0
4	WFM	Harmash Alena	2039	2068	34127620	855		1		1	1	1809	0.21
5	WFM	Yurasova Daria	2095	2115	34146919	2019		½		0.5	1	1848	-0.31
2. Team of the Novosibirsk region (Novosibirsk (RtgAvg:2209, Captain: Maletina Tatyana Aleksandrovna / TB1: 2 / TB2: 3.5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	FM	Yana Zhapova	2182	2240	24278670	38291	КМС	½		0.5	1	2153	-0.04
2	WFM	Kleimenova Valeria	2171	2167	34219366	47375	КМС	1		1	1	1683	0.08
3	WIM	Maletina Tatiana	2188	2222	24145084	3437	МС	1		1	1	1645	0.08
4	WIM	Harashuta Ekaterina	2295	2295	4193172	11639	МС	1		1	1	1889	0.08
3. JK Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan) (RtgAvg:2159, Captain: Ibragimov Ildar Rifkatovich / TB1: 2 / TB2: 3,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WFM	Yakimova Maria	2212	2237	34188859	12554		½		0.5	1	1784	-0.42
2	WFM	Zarina Shafigullina	2186	2197	24174220	659		1		1	1	1486	0.08
3	WIM	Alisa Nur-Mukhametova	2108	2150	54117739	10286		1		1	1	1679	0.08
4	WFM	Markelova Love	2128	2154	24131369	9733		1		1	1	1393	0.08
4. Chess team of Moscow (Moscow) (RtgAvg:2378, Captain: Zlochevsky Alexander Borisovich / TB1: 2 / TB2: 3)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	GM	Gunina Valentina	2469	2480	4167570	98	ГР	½		0.5	1	2315	-0.21
2	IM	Buffalo Alina	2371	2359	4100123	498	МС			0	0	0	0
3	WGM	Voight Daria	2349	2353	4182146	1002	МС	½		0.5	1	2165	-0.24
4	WGM	Obolentseva Alexandra	2323	2329	24153648	315	МС	1		1	1	2104	0.22
5	FM	Borisova Ekaterina	2238	2231	34124184	5905		1		1	1	1934	0.14
5. Moscow region – 1 (Moscow region (RtgAvg: 2347, Captain: Anikanov Oleg Yurievich / TB1: 1 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WGM	Pogonina Natalia	2432	2429	4147855	100	ГР	½		0.5	1	2104	-0.37
2	FM	Goltseva Ekaterina	2283	2313	24173770	2383	МС	½		0.5	1	2172	-0.15
3	WGM	Kovanova Baira	2304	2305	4164083	8923	МС	½		0.5	1	2156	-0.2
4	IM	Guseva Marina	2368	2374	4149351	5681	МС	½		0.5	1	2326	-0.06
6. Moscow region (Moscow region) (RtgAvg:2243, Captain: Igor Kovpak / TB1: 1 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WIM	Lysenko Margarita	2244	2257	34100200	569	МС	½		0.5	1	2010	-0.29
2	WGM	Paramzina Anastasia	2227	2173	4165012	151		1		1	1	2170	0.42
3	WGM	Sudakova Irina	2298	2298	4129903	6302	МС	0		0	1	1993	-0.86
4	WIM	Smirnova Ekaterina	2204	2190	4110943	12795		½		0.5	1	2015	-0.25
7. Veterans of Russia (Team of Russia) (RtgAvg:2179, Captain: Ivanova Tatyana Borisovna / TB1: 1 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WGM	Strutinskaya Galina	2120	2121	4108558	515	МС	½		0.5	1	1894	-0.29
2	WGM	Bogumil Tatiana	2142	2152	4110579	408		0		0	1	1834	-0.86
3	WIM	Sirotkina Nina	2197	2202	4107284	22294		½		0.5	1	1825	-0.4
4	WGM	Mikhailova Irina	2257	2256	4109040	124213				0	0	0	0
5		Ivanova Tatiana	2139	2113	4109724	19055		1		1	1	1460	0.08
8. Cimmeria (Republic of Crimea) (RtgAvg:2160, Captain: Lyubov Aleksandrovna Gordyk / TB1: 1 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WIM	Potapova Margarita	2104	2167	14126869	534	МС	½		0.5	1	2432	0.37
2	WGM	Tomilova Elena	2209	2257	4162340	5698	МС			0	0	0	0
3	WFM	Gritsaeva Oksana	2172	2196	14104652	27839	МС	½		0.5	1	2283	0.15
4	WIM	Golubova Anna	2156	2196	24173606	484	МС	½		0.5	1	2304	0.2
5	IM	Vasilevich Tatiana	2326	2314	14101610	27917	ГР	½		0.5	1	2368	0.06
9. Belarus (Republic of Belarus) (RtgAvg:2047, Captain: Eroshenko Svetlana Nikolaevna / TB1: 1 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WFM	Polyakova Varvara	2010	0	13518313	0		½		0.5	1	2244	0.29
2	WFM	Yana Ilyuchyk	2170	0	13508407	0		0		0	1	2227	-0.42
3	WFM	Zelentsova Xenia	1993	0	13512617	0		1		1	1	2298	0.86
4	WFM	Tarasenko Alexandra	2015	0	13514288	0		½		0.5	1	2204	0.25
10. ANOO “Regional Gymnasium named after E.M. Primak” (RtgAvg:1753, Captain: Yagupov Igor Petrovich / TB1: 1 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1		Goryachkina Oksana	1894	1865	34203214	43028		½		0.5	1	2120	0.29
2		Sannikova Anna	1834	1928	34301690	28365		1		1	1	2142	0.86
3		Lutzinger Irene	1825	1942	34425969	114222	КМС	½		0.5	1	2197	0.4
4		Lutzinger Irene	1460	1701	34389903	68674		0		0	1	2139	-0.01
11. School of Chess and Drafts – 2 (St. Pete (RtgAvg:2161, Captain: Popov Valery Sergeevich / TB1: 0 / TB2: 1)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	IM	Gadfly Eugene	2315	2270	4131827	5877	ГР	½		0.5	1	2469	0.21
2	WIM	Styazhkina Anna	2165	2164	24119300	227		½		0.5	1	2349	0.24
3	WFM	Karmanova Olga	2058	2109	24215333	19068				0	0	0	0
4	WFM	Kuznetsova Marina	2104	2121	44173270	18916		0		0	1	2323	-0.22
5	WFM	Reger Valeria	1934	2009	34175528	5042		0		0	1	2238	-0.14
12. Krasnodar Territory (Krasnodar Territory) (RtgAvg:1864, Captain: Porozhnyak Maya Vladimirovna / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0.5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1		Angry Olesya	1925	1994	44153805	14511		0		0	1	2350	-0.07
2		Maya Porozhnyak	1873	1961	34115843	10696		0		0	1	2239	-0.1
3	WCM	Makhno Maria	1809	1835	24173479	589		0		0	1	2039	-0.21
4		Afanasyeva Maria	1848	1914	54141427	13515		½		0.5	1	2095	0.31
13. “Kaissa” KGBU KShK (Altai Territory) (RtgAvg:1843, Captain: Borisov Alexei Nikolaevich / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0.5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1	WFM	Loskutova Victoria	2153	2174	34166278	3601	КМС	½		0.5	1	2182	0.04
2		Khegai Daria	1683	1841	24246131	28588		0		0	1	2171	-0.04
3		Borisova Polina	1645	1804	54180996	28586	1	0		0	1	2188	-0.03
4	WFM	Tsepennikova Tatiana	1889	1935	4153901	2685	КМС	0		0	1	2295	-0.08
14. Chess Federation RB (youth) (Repub (RtgAvg:1586, Captain: Malin Denis Sergeevich / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0.5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FideID	ID	Gr	1	#	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	w-we
1		Leyla Tabermakova	1784	1900	54163625	16642	1	½		0.5	1	2212	0.42
2		Yusupova Adele	1486	1717	55604838	198853	2	0		0	1	2186	-0.01
3		Moskvina Arina	1679	1823	44142099	9991	2	0		0	1	2108	-0.07
4		Tazetdinova Adela	1393	1689	24283053	59131	1	0		0	1	2128	-0.01

Usbek Women’s Day Tournament 2023 – LIVE

Kamen — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:39:19 +0000

The Usbek Women’s Day Tournament 2023 is taking place from 6–11 March 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Valentina Gunina, Nino Batsiashvili, Nilufar Yakubbaeva, Gulnar Mammadova, Alua Nurmanova, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Elina Danielian, Polina Shuvalova, Maria Komiagina, Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul, etc.

Daniil Dubov and Valentina Gunina are Russian Chess Champions 2022

nikita — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:17:52 +0000

The Superfinals of the 75th Russian Chess Championship and the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship simultaneously took place in Cheboksary from 10-23 September. The events are being held at the Chuvash State Art Museum, being held as part of the Chess in Museums program carried out by the Chess Federation of Russia and the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation.

Both events were played as 12-player round-robin tournaments with Daniil Dubov and Valentina Gunina clinching the title of Russian Chess Champions 2022.

Daniil Dubov won the 75th Russian Chess Championship Superfinals after defeating Sanan Sjugirov in the tiebreak match. Both players scored 7/11 points to tie for the first place and the playoffs determined the winner. Two rapid games of the playoffs finished in a draw, as well as the Armageddon game, but Dubov claimed the title of the National champion as he had black pieces in the game of death. See the final rankings below

Replay all games here

Valentina Gunina scored the important victory in the last round against Evgenija Ovod to emerge as the sole Winner of the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship Superfinals with a score of 8/11 points. Gunina clinched her fifth National Champion title. Marina Guseeva clinched silver with 7.5 points, and Olga Girya came third with 6.5 points. See the final rankings below

Replay all games here

75th Russian Chess Championship Superfinals – Final rankings:

Rk		Name	FED	Pts	Tb1	Tb2	Tb3
1	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	7	6	36.3	0
2	GM	Dubov Daniil	RUS	7	5	37	0
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	RUS	6	5	32.5	0
4	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	RUS	6	5	31.8	0
5	IM	Murzin Volodar	RUS	6	5	31.5	0
6	GM	Iljiushenok Ilia	RUS	5.5	6	29.3	0
7	GM	Najer Evgeniy	RUS	5	6	27.5	0
8	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	5	6	27	0
9	GM	Chigaev Maksim	FID	5	6	25.3	0
10	GM	Esipenko Andrey	FID	5	5	28	0
11	GM	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	RUS	5	5	27.8	0
12	GM	Nesterov Arseniy	FID	3.5	6	18.8	0

72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship Superfinals – Final rankings:

Rk		Name	FED	Pts	Tb1	Tb2	Tb3
1	GM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	8	5	39	0
2	IM	Guseva Marina	RUS	7.5	6	39.8	0
3	GM	Girya Olga	RUS	6.5	5	35	0
4	IM	Bivol Alina	RUS	5.5	6	30	0
5	IM	Galliamova Alisa	RUS	5.5	6	28.8	0
6	FM	Goltseva Ekaterina	RUS	5.5	5	28	0
7	IM	Ovod Evgenija	RUS	5	6	25.8	0
8	IM	Garifullina Leya	RUS	5	6	23.3	0
9	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	5	5	29	0
10	IM	Charochkina Daria	RUS	5	5	25.5	0
11	FM	Zhapova Yana	RUS	4.5	5	24	0
12	WFM	Yakimova Mariya	RUS	3	6	15.5	0

Photos by: Eteri Kublashvili

72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship Superfinal LIVE

nikita — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:02:07 +0000

The Superfinals of the 75th Russian Chess Championship and the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship are simultaneously taking place in Cheboksary from 10-23 September. The events are being held at the Chuvash State Art Museum, being held as part of the Chess in Museums program carried out by the Chess Federation of Russia and the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation.

The 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship Superfinal is played with 12 players in the field: Marina Guseva, Olga Girya, Valentina Gunina, Ekaterina Goltseva, Alisa Galliamova, Natalia Pogonina, Daria Charochkina, Leya Garifullina, Evgenija Ovod, Alina Bivol, Mariya Yakimova and Yana Zhapova, in 11 round-robin rounds.

72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship Superfinal LIVE games / 75th Russian Chess Championship Superfinals LIVE games

IM Marina Guseva in the sole lead of the Russian Women’s Superfinals

nikita — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:54:14 +0000

The Superfinals of the 75th Russian Chess Championship and the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship are simultaneously taking place in Cheboksary from 10-23 September. The events are being held at the Chuvash State Art Museum, being held as part of the Chess in Museums program carried out by the Chess Federation of Russia and the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation.

The Superfinals of the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship is played with 12 players in the field: Marina Guseva, Olga Girya, Valentina Gunina, Ekaterina Goltseva, Alisa Galliamova, Natalia Pogonina, Daria Charochkina, Leya Garifullina, Evgenija Ovod, Alina Bivol, Mariya Yakimova and Yana Zhapova, in 11 round-robin rounds.

After five played rounds, Marina Guseva emerged as the sole leader of the event scoring 3.5 points. She is followed by Olga Girya, Valentina Gunina and Ekaterina Goltseva who tie for the second place with 3 points, each. Scroll down for rankings after 5 rounds

75th Russian Chess Championship Superfinals LIVE games / 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship Superfinal LIVE games

IM Marina Guseva; Photo by Eteri Kublashvili

Rankings after 5 played rounds – Superfinals of the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship:

Rk		Name	FED	Pts	Tb1	Tb2	Tb3
1	IM	Guseva Marina	RUS	3.5	3	9.5	0
2	GM	Girya Olga	RUS	3	2	7.25	0
3	GM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	3	2	7	1
4	FM	Goltseva Ekaterina	RUS	3	2	7	0
5	IM	Galliamova Alisa	RUS	2.5	3	5.75	0
6	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2.5	2	7	0
7	IM	Charochkina Daria	RUS	2.5	2	5.25	0
8	IM	Garifullina Leya	RUS	2	3	4.75	0
9	IM	Ovod Evgenija	RUS	2	3	4.75	0
10	IM	Bivol Alina	RUS	2	3	4.5	0
11	WFM	Yakimova Mariya	RUS	2	3	4.25	0
12	FM	Zhapova Yana	RUS	2	2	5	0

Carlsen heads all rating lists in January 2016

news — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:30:24 +0000

After the official classical January rating list and the official Rapid January rating list, now the FIDE January 2016 rankings for Blitz are available. Magnus Carlsen, with a result of 2890 points, is the world’s top blitz player, thus heading the three rating lists. He increased his score by 12 points since last month, despite playing in only 2 blitz games this month. Second place is taken by Hikaru Nakamura from the USA, who has 2884 points, only 6 points away from the top. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is in third place, with 2871 points. There are currently only 11 players with Blitz ratings of 2800 and above.

In the women section, Valentina Gunina from Russia takes the top spot with 2598 points. She is closely trailed by Kateryna Lagno, who is just 4 points behind. Third place is for Dronavalli Harika, with 2554. As of January, there are only 8 women with blitz scores above the 2500 mark.

Daniil Dubov from Russia is in first place in the January Blitz Juniors rankings with 2713 points. Almost tied with him is Vladislav Artemiev, also from Russia, who is just one point behind at 2712. The only other junior player in the 2700 range is Olexandr Bortnyk with a rating of 2704.

Mo Zhai from China is first among the girls in the January Blitz ratings with a score of 2398. Closest behind her is Tingjie Lei, with 2378 points. Aleksandra Goryachkina is in third place with 2377. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh with 2320 points is in fourth place and is the only other player in the girls division that has broken into the 2300 plus club.

Blitz Top 100 January Ratings

Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2890
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2884
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2871
4	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2851
5	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2817
6	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2814
7	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2813
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2811
9	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2810
10	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2801
11	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2800
12	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2799
13	Giri, Anish	NED	2793
14	Shkuro, Iuri	UKR	2792
15	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2780
16	Adams, Michael	ENG	2768
17	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2767
18	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2764
19	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2759
20	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2754
21	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2748
22	Wang, Hao	CHN	2744
23	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2743
24	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2743
25	Navara, David	CZE	2739
26	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2736
27	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2736
28	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	2735
29	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2733
30	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2731
31	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2730
32	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2729
33	Onischuk, Vladimir	UKR	2728
34	Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2727
35	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	UKR	2727
36	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2727
37	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2727
38	Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2725
39	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2721
40	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2713
41	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2713
42	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2712
43	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2712
44	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	2712
45	Kravtsiv, Martyn	UKR	2708
46	Socko, Bartosz	POL	2707
47	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2706
48	Kononenko, Dmitry	UKR	2706
49	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	2704
50	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2702
51	Vovk, Yuri	UKR	2702
52	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	2701
53	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	2701
54	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	VEN	2698
55	Leko, Peter	HUN	2697
56	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2697
57	Kokarev, Dmitry	RUS	2694
58	Kovalenko, Igor	LAT	2693
59	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2692
60	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2691
61	Zubov, Alexander	UKR	2690
62	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2688
63	Bocharov, Dmitry	RUS	2688
64	Balog, Imre	HUN	2686
65	Nyzhnyk, Illya	UKR	2685
66	Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	2684
67	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2683
68	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2679
69	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2678
70	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2677
71	Ponkratov, Pavel	RUS	2674
72	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2674
73	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2672
74	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2670
75	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	2669
76	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2669
77	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	2668
78	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2666
79	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2665
80	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2665
81	Stevic, Hrvoje	CRO	2665
82	Ragger, Markus	AUT	2664
83	Lenderman, Aleksandr	USA	2664
84	Meier, Georg	GER	2664
85	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	2663
86	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2662
87	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	KAZ	2662
88	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2662
89	Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2661
90	Edouard, Romain	FRA	2661
91	Harikrishna, P.	IND	2661
92	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2661
93	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2660
94	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2659
95	Belous, Vladimir	RUS	2658
96	Gajewski, Grzegorz	POL	2658
97	Kalezic, Blazo	MNE	2658
98	Ramirez, Alejandro	USA	2657
99	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2656
100	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2655

Blitz Top 100 January Women Ratings

Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Gunina, Valentina	RUS	2598
2	Lagno, Kateryna	RUS	2594
3	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	2554
4	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2552
5	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2524
6	Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	2506
7	Wang, Jue	CHN	2505
8	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2502
9	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2485
10	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2472
11	Huang, Qian	CHN	2455
12	Matnadze, Ana	ESP	2452
13	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2444
14	Khotenashvili, Bela	GEO	2430
15	Melia, Salome	GEO	2428
16	Pustovoitova, Daria	RUS	2423
17	Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	2416
18	Turova, Irina	RUS	2416
19	Ding, Yixin	CHN	2408
20	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	RUS	2407
21	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	INA	2406
22	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2405
23	Krush, Irina	USA	2400
24	Rogule, Laura	LAT	2399
25	Zhai, Mo	CHN	2398
26	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	ROU	2397
27	Li, Ruofan	SIN	2394
28	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	POL	2392
29	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2391
30	Lomineishvili, Maia	GEO	2388
31	Nemcova, Katerina	USA	2384
32	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	GEO	2384
33	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2378
34	Girya, Olga	RUS	2377
35	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	RUS	2377
36	Socko, Monika	POL	2375
37	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2374
38	Guramishvili, Sopiko	GEO	2368
39	Zimina, Olga	ITA	2368
40	Michna, Marta	GER	2367
41	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2364
42	Ryjanova, Julia	RUS	2360
43	Padmini, Rout	IND	2359
44	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2358
45	Linares Napoles, Oleiny	CUB	2357
46	Kochetkova, Julia	SVK	2354
47	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2351
48	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2349
49	Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia	HUN	2348
50	Vasilevich, Tatjana	UKR	2345
51	Rakic, Marija	SRB	2344
52	Tania, Sachdev	IND	2344
53	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2342
54	Gara, Ticia	HUN	2339
55	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2339
56	Charochkina, Daria	RUS	2339
57	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2339
58	Shen, Yang	CHN	2337
59	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2336
60	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2336
61	Worek, Joanna	POL	2334
62	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	ROU	2333
63	Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	2333
64	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	IRI	2328
65	Zozulia, Anna	BEL	2327
66	Kalinina, Olga	UKR	2327
67	Kovanova, Baira	RUS	2325
68	Ubiennykh, Ekaterina	RUS	2323
69	Guseva, Marina	RUS	2323
70	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2321
71	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	USA	2320
72	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	IRI	2320
73	Shumilina, Alexandra	RUS	2316
74	Pina Vega, Sulennis	CUB	2315
75	Franciskovic, Borka	CRO	2314
76	Marrero Lopez, Yaniet	CUB	2314
77	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	IND	2313
78	Dolzhykova, Kateryna	UKR	2312
79	Ambartsumova, Karina	RUS	2311
80	Khurtsidze, Nino	GEO	2311
81	Purtseladze, Maka	GEO	2309
82	Mikadze, Miranda	GEO	2304
83	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2296
84	Reizniece-Ozola, Dana	LAT	2296
85	Fischdick, Gisela	GER	2295
86	Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs	MGL	2295
87	Vozovic, Oksana	UKR	2295
88	Zhang, Xiaowen	CHN	2294
89	Smirnova, Elena I.	RUS	2291
90	Varga, Klara	HUN	2290
91	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	KAZ	2287
92	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	UKR	2284
93	Gritsayeva, Oksana	RUS	2284
94	Saduakassova, Dinara	KAZ	2283
95	Nguyen, Thi Thanh An	VIE	2281
96	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	2277
97	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	RUS	2273
98	Stojanovic, Andjelija	SRB	2270
99	Karavade, Eesha	IND	2268
100	Kharmunova, Nadezhda	RUS	2268

Blitz Top 100 January Juniors Ratings

Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2713
2	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2712
3	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	2704
4	Nyzhnyk, Illya	UKR	2685
5	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2678
6	Wei, Yi	CHN	2615
7	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2612
8	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2600
9	Alekseenko, Kirill	RUS	2596
10	Shtembuliak, Evgeny	UKR	2580
11	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	RUS	2575
12	Oparin, Grigoriy	RUS	2572
13	Eliseev, Urii	RUS	2566
14	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2559
15	Vavulin, Maksim	RUS	2551
16	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2541
17	Ladva, Ottomar	EST	2532
18	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2531
19	Pichot, Alan	ARG	2529
20	Lugovskoy, Maxim	RUS	2528
21	Golubov, Saveliy	RUS	2525
22	Drozdowski, Kacper	POL	2525
23	Chigaev, Maksim	RUS	2522
24	Zakhartsov, Vladimir	RUS	2519
25	Troff, Kayden W	USA	2512
26	Vaibhav, Suri	IND	2506
27	Wagner, Dennis	GER	2500
28	Harutyunian, Tigran K.	ARM	2499
29	Paravyan, David	RUS	2497
30	Gordievsky, Dmitry	RUS	2488
31	Sychev, Klementy	RUS	2485
32	Khegay, Dmitriy	RUS	2479
33	Tari, Aryan	NOR	2476
34	Tran, Tuan Minh	VIE	2474
35	Bogdanov, Egor	UKR	2471
36	Korpa, Bence	HUN	2471
37	Usmanov, Vasily	RUS	2470
38	Mindlin, Alon	ISR	2468
39	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2467
40	Stremavicius, Titas	LTU	2466
41	Bilguun, Sumiya	MGL	2465
42	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2464
43	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2464
44	Garriga Cazorla, Pere	ESP	2460
45	Sorokin, Aleksey	RUS	2458
46	Laurusas, Tomas	LTU	2458
47	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2457
48	Sadovsky, Artem	RUS	2456
49	Georgiadis, Nico	SUI	2456
50	Anikonov, Dmitry	RUS	2455
51	Suarez Garcia, Carlos	ESP	2455
52	Carow, Johannes	GER	2455
53	Yang, Darwin	USA	2454
54	Wang, Yiye	CHN	2448
55	Boruchovsky, Avital	ISR	2445
56	Tan, Justin	AUS	2441
57	Esipenko, Andrey	RUS	2441
58	Pulpan, Jakub	CZE	2438
59	Yuffa, Daniil	RUS	2438
60	Cheng, Bobby	AUS	2434
61	Alexiadis, Hristos	GRE	2433
62	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2430
63	Preotu, Razvan	CAN	2430
64	Sarana, Alexey	RUS	2429
65	Gazik, Viktor	SVK	2428
66	Beerdsen, Thomas	NED	2426
67	Repka, Christopher	SVK	2426
68	Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan	IND	2426
69	Xu, Yinglun	CHN	2425
70	Afanasiev, Nikita	RUS	2424
71	Huber, Martin Christian	AUT	2421
72	Kantor, Gergely	HUN	2420
73	Smirnov, Anton	AUS	2416
74	Cabarkapa, Novak	SRB	2416
75	Chandra, Akshat	USA	2415
76	Zenzera, Alexey	RUS	2413
77	Girones Barrios, Yans Richard	CUB	2413
78	Holm, Kristian Stuvik	NOR	2413
79	Triapishko, Olexandr	RUS	2409
80	Yankelevich, Lev	GER	2406
81	Radovanovic, Nikola	SRB	2402
82	Gorozhanin, Mikhail	RUS	2402
83	Kozionov, Kirill	RUS	2402
84	Makhnyov, Denis	KAZ	2402
85	Mihajlov, Sebastian	NOR	2402
86	Lai, Hing Ting	NED	2400
87	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2399
88	Zhai, Mo	CHN	2398
89	Petrov, Nikita	RUS	2396
90	Mirzoev, Emil	UKR	2393
91	Shevchenko, Kirill	UKR	2393
92	Korchmar, Vasiliy	RUS	2392
93	Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A	USA	2391
94	Ratkovic, Miloje	SRB	2390
95	Plenca, Jadranko	CRO	2390
96	Tabatabaei, M.amin	IRI	2390
97	Santos Ruiz, Miguel	ESP	2390
98	Lesovoi, Evgenij	RUS	2386
99	Ali Marandi, Cemil Can	TUR	2385
100	Timerkhanov, Alexander	RUS	2384

Blitz Top 100 January Girls Ratings

Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Zhai, Mo	CHN	2398
2	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2378
3	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	RUS	2377
4	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	IRI	2320
5	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	KAZ	2287
6	Saduakassova, Dinara	KAZ	2283
7	Buksa, Nataliya	UKR	2261
8	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2248
9	Nur Abidah, Shanti	INA	2230
10	Bivol, Alina	RUS	2222
11	Aulia, Medina Warda	INA	2222
12	Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea	COL	2211
13	Roca Rojas, Ana Flavia	CUB	2194
14	Nicolas Zapata, Irene	ESP	2192
15	Pratyusha, Bodda	IND	2189
16	Styazhkina, Anna	RUS	2188
17	Velikic, Adela	SRB	2184
18	Khomeriki, Nino	GEO	2181
19	Avramidou, Anastasia	GRE	2179
20	Dordzhieva, Dinara	RUS	2169
21	Osmak, Iulija	UKR	2168
22	Bykova, Anastasia	RUS	2156
23	Kisteneva, Liza	RUS	2146
24	Rodionova, Daria	RUS	2146
25	Diakonova, Ekaterina	RUS	2142
26	Khazieva, Elza	RUS	2138
27	Narva, Mai	EST	2137
28	Rodionova, Polina	RUS	2136
29	Ivana Maria, Furtado	IND	2135
30	Haussernot, Cecile	FRA	2133
31	Martynyuk, Elizaveta	RUS	2132
32	Buiza Prieto, Eihartze	ESP	2128
33	Imnadze, Nato	GEO	2126
34	Gaboyan, Susanna	ARM	2124
35	Goltseva, Ekaterina	RUS	2119
36	Shamatava, Ana	GEO	2119
37	Smirnova, Ekaterina	RUS	2118
38	Milutinovic, Stefana	SRB	2117
39	Pychova, Nela	CZE	2115
40	Bezkorovaina, Mariia	UKR	2112
41	Gajcin, Marina	SRB	2112
42	Kim, Yana	RUS	2112
43	Derakhshani, Dorsa	IRI	2111
44	Pavlenko, Ksenia	RUS	2110
45	Makarenko, Alexandra	RUS	2109
46	Ivanova, Karina	RUS	2107
47	Shuvalova, Polina	RUS	2104
48	Dominguez, Laura Lucia	COL	2103
49	Tereshechkina, Maya	RUS	2102
50	Gu, Tianlu	CHN	2101
51	Khusnutdinova, Alsu	RUS	2095
52	Marikova, Jana	CZE	2093
53	Akopova, Anna	RUS	2092
54	Khokhlova, Daria	RUS	2091
55	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2087
56	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2083
57	Alekseeva, Irina	RUS	2081
58	Hakimifard, Raana	IRI	2080
59	Badelka, Olga	BLR	2078
60	Lysenko, Margarita	RUS	2076
61	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	UZB	2074
62	Gal, Hanna Krisztina	HUN	2072
63	Salcedo, Jackeline	COL	2071
64	Belova, Olga	RUS	2066
65	Resmyatova, Antonina	RUS	2064
66	Chernyak, Viktoria	RUS	2061
67	Sanchez Ones, Yeny	CUB	2061
68	Liu, Manli	CHN	2061
69	Terbe, Zsuzsanna	HUN	2061
70	Paramzina, Anastasya	RUS	2058
71	Barchuk, Irina	UKR	2057
72	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	RUS	2057
73	Pachon, Adriana	COL	2054
74	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2054
75	Soyunlu, Narmin	AZE	2054
76	Anufrienko, Daria	RUS	2053
77	Kostitsina, Liubov	RUS	2053
78	Hong, Xing	CHN	2048
79	Korchagina, Alena	RUS	2048
80	Dobrynina, Aleksandra	RUS	2043
81	Frayna, Janelle Mae	PHI	2042
82	Mahalakshmi, M	IND	2041
83	Legowo Parahita Millyena	INA	2035
84	Alboredo, Julia	BRA	2034
85	Tran, Le Dan Thuy	VIE	2034
86	Chu, Ruotong	CHN	2026
87	Drogovoz, Irina	RUS	2022
88	Vasenina, Anna	RUS	2022
89	Pavlova, Kseniia	RUS	2021
90	Visanescu, Daria-Ioana	ROU	2021
91	Dziodzio, Angelika	POL	2020
92	Solozhenkina, Elizaveta	RUS	2019
93	Wafa, Shrook	EGY	2019
94	Rakic, Teodora	SRB	2018
95	Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila	MAS	2017
96	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2016
97	Baryshnikova, Natalija	RUS	2015
98	Protopopova, Anastasiya	RUS	2014
99	Biryukova, Irina	RUS	2013
100	Kobozeva, Viktoria	RUS	2010