First Women ACP Rapid Cup
The First Women ACP rapid cup was held at Rixos Hotel, Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009. Twelve top women players participated, with Tatiana Kosintseva as top-seeded. Alexandra Kosteniuk arrived from the World Chess Cup and the World Blitz, while Viktoria Cmylite and Monika Socko come directly from BNbank blitz. The rest of the field was composed of Nadezhda Kosintseva, Pia Cramling, Natalya Zhukova, Lela Javakhishvili, Masha Klinova (ACP nominee), and the Turkish Chess Federation nominees Kubra Ozturk, Nezihe Ezgi Menzi, and Betul Cemre Yildiz.
Women World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk convincingly outplayed the opposition and took the first place with 10 points from eleven rounds, two points clear ahead of the second placed Viktoria Cmylite. Tatiana Kosintseva was third with 7.5 points.
More information: official website
Final standings:
1. GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2517 RUS – 10.0
2. IM Cmilyte Viktoria 2480 LTU – 8.0
3. GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2522 RUS – 7.5
4. GM Cramling Pia 2525 SWE - 7.0
5. GM Socko Monika 2457 POL - 7.0
6. IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2518 RUS - 6.5
7. WGM Zhukova Natalia 2465 UKR - 5.5
8. WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2213 TUR - 4.0
9. IM Klinova Masha 2305 ISR - 4.0
10. IM Javakhishvili Lela 2482 GEO - 3.5
11. WIM Ozturk Kubra 2177 TUR - 3.0
12. Menzi Nezihe Ezgi 1847 TUR – 0
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