Tuesday, February 14, 2012

News - Welcome to the official website of Natalia Pogonina!

News - Welcome to the official website of Natalia Pogonina!

New Grandmaster Titles



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FIDE has awarded the following grandmaster titles during the 1st President Board in 2012:

GM
Gozzoli, Yannick FRA
Huschenbeth, Niclas GER
Lalith, Babu M.R. IND
Neiksans, Arturs LAT
Tomczak, Jacek POL
Domogaev, Sergey RUS
Muzychuk, Anna SLO
Sebenik, Matej SLO
Onischuk, Vladimir UKR

Conditional on rating:
Pruijssers, Roeland NED


WGM
Ohme, Melanie GER
Severiukhina, Zoja RUS
Yildiz, Betul Cemre TUR
Chulivska, Vita UKR

Conditional on rating:
Toma, Katarzyna POL

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The games between Anna and Natalia are usually exciting, although all 4 of them ended in a draw!

Anny Muzychuk, the 5th highest-rated female chess player ever, deserves special praise. She became the 27th woman in the history of the game to earn the GM title.

Other titles can be viewed here.

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