Alisa Galliamova retains Russian chess title

Alisa Galliamova retains Russian chess title
November 28th, 2010 by Shani

MOSCOW: Alisa Galliamova successfully defended her domestic title for the first time on Saturday as she won the Russian Women’s National Chess Championship for the second time on trot.

The Grandmaster Alisa retained her title by defeating Natalija Pogonina in the speed chess tie-break in the Russian capital here.
Playing in White, Galliamova won the first blitz game and then extended her influence with Black which saw her claiming the title all the way to the seventh rank.

The championship proved to be a success as the excitement stayed till the penultimate round where Tatiana Kosintseva and Nazi Paikidze drew level with the defending champion to score 6.5 points each.

Tatiana got the better of Olga and Paikidze’s tie against Nadezhda ended in a draw, while Galliamova lost her match against Gunina in the ninth round of the championship.

After the exciting ninth round, stage was all set for a final showdown where three players finished on the same points. Paikidze and Shadrina lost their last matches while Galliamova and Tatiana drew their last encounter.

In a bid to decide the triplet tie, a blitz tie-breaker was played between Galliamova and Pogonina which the former won to retain her Russian chess title.

Tatiana Kosintseva managed to grab the third place and Paikidze finished fourth.

1. Galliamova, A. 7
2. Pogonina, N. 7
3. Kosintseva, T. 7
4. Paikidze, N. 6.5

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Pogonina, Galliamova, and T Kosintseva tie for 1st

Galliamova and T. Kosintseva took a quick draw to guarantee a tie for first while Paikidze self destruct and lost in 24 moves with White. This gave Pogonina a path to catch up with the leaders. She took full advantage of it and defeated Shadrina with Black.

Congratulations to Pogonina, Galliamova, and T. Kosintseva!

Update: Galliamova defeated Pogonina in a rapid playoff to win first. Pogonina finished second while T. Kosintseva finished third.

Final standings

1.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2472	*	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	7	2558
2.	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2487	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7	2557
3.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2581	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2548
4.	Paikidze, Nazi	wg	GEO	2401	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	6½	2528
5.	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2507	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	5½	2453
6.	Gunina, Valentina	wg	RUS	2479	1	1	½	0	0	*	0	0	0	1	½	1	5	2420
7.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2576	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	1	1	0	½	0	5	2411
8.	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2384	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	*	0	1	1	½	5	2428
9.	Nebolsina, Vera	wg	RUS	2377	0	0	0	1	½	1	0	1	*	0	½	1	5	2429
10.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2407	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	1	1	5	2426
11.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2435	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	4½	2395
12.	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2389	½	0	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	0	0	*	3½	2331

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3-way tie for the lead in Moscow with 1 to go

Tatiana Kosintseva and Nazi Paikidze have caught veteran Alisa Galliamova with 1 round to go in the Russian Women's Championship. In this round, T. Kosintseva defeated Girya, Paikidze drew N. Kosintseva, while Galliamova lost to Gunina.

Round 10 results

Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Girya, Olga	1-0
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Paikidze, Nazi	½
Pogonina, Natalija	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	½
Gunina, Valentina	- Galliamova, Alisa	1-0
Nebolsina, Vera	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	0-1
Matveeva, Svetlana	- Shadrina, Tatiana	½

Standings after 10 rounds

1-3.	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2487	6½
1-3.	Paikidze, Nazi	wg	GEO	2401	6½
1-3.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2581	6½
4.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2472	6
5-7.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2576	5
5-7.	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2384	5
5-7.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2407	5
8.	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2507	4½
9-10.	Gunina, Valentina	wg	RUS	2479	4
9-10.	Nebolsina, Vera	wg	RUS	2377	4
11-12.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2435	3½
11-12.	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2389	3½

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