The defending champion takes sole lead
In the women section, defending champion Poland takes over the sole
lead after soundly beating France 3-1. Executors were IM Monika Socko
and WIM Marta Przezdziecka. Russia was held to 2-2 tie (four draws) by
the marvelous Hungary. Tomorrow we’ll see the derby Poland-Russia.
Russia and Hungary played an egalitarian match with all four games
finishinga draw, thus leaving the pole position to Poland
France could not resist to Polands’ powerful attack, IM Skripchenko
lost to IM Socko, WGM Leconte lost to the lower-rated WIM Przezdziecka and the other two
games finished a draw. Poland:France – 1:3
Georgia brought out their best play and crushed Serbia with three wins
and a draw. Serbia owes the 0.5 point to WGM Bojkovic on board one
Georgia is coming back on track, beating solid
Serbia by 3.5-0.5, while Ukraine was stopped by motivated Netherlands
where all four games were drawn. Slovenia’s lower boards brought the
tight 2.5-1.5 win against Romania and drew them Hungary for the 5th
round.
The match between Ukrain and the Netherlands mimics Russia vs. Hungary
- all draws, scoring 2:2
Slovenia accomplished a 2.5:1.5 victory over Romania.
Without GM Stefanova, Bulgaria could not overcome the challenge ot the
strong team of Greece 1. WIM Fakhiridou rather quickly won on board three against WIM
Chilingirova, the rest finished equal but this is enough for Greece 1:Bulgaria 2.5:1.5
Lithuania and Spain tried to outplay each other with IM Cmilyte and
WIM Daulyte bringing points for Lithuania on boards one and two and WIM Hernandez and WIM
Trujillo Delgado did the same for Spain on board three and four
Germany secured a win against the Czech Republic with the strong game
of IM Paehtz on board one, Czech Republic:Germany – 1.5:2.5
Armenia and Montenegro also did not give us a winner, with a variated
game, one loss, one win and two draws each, they produce and equal 2:2 score
With strong play of WIM Lauterbach on board three for England and
three draws the final score became Israel:England – 1.5:2.5
Azerbaidjan came back with a distinguished win against Turkey – two
wins by WGM Mamedjarova and WGM Kadimova and two draws bringing us a final
Turkey:Azerbaidjan 1:3
Croatia did not hesitate much and swept Greece 2 with 4:0
Estonia and Switzerland also made a draw exchanging a win and a loss and drawing two games
The Scandinavian derby was one of the longest matches of round 4 and victory came to Finland with WGM Sammalvuo and WIM Rantanen winning on board one and two
Women section 4th round results:
Russia-Hungary 2-2
Poland-France 3-1
Serbia-Georgia 0.5-3.5
Ukraine-Netherlands 2-2
Slovenia-Romania 2.5-1.5
Greece 1-Bulgaria 2.5-1.5
Lithuania-Spain 2-2
Czech-Germany 1.5-2.5
