Valentina Gunina became the European Champion!

Round eleven was as thrilling as it was expected. All the attention turned to the top-boards which would identify the medallists of the EIWCC and also decide the participants of the World Cup. Anna Muzychuk, who was leading one point ahead of the nearest pursuers, lost against Russian player Valentina Gunina. Another important for the final standings game was played between Tatiana Kosintseva and Nana Dzagnidze. 

The Russian player also needed to win in order to share the first place. Playing with black pieces she started to push h-pawn, destroyed the coordination of white pieces and converted her advantage into full point. As a result Valentina Gunina, Anna Muzychuk and Tatiana Kosintseva share the first place but better performance made Valentina Gunina the European Champion. Tatiana Kosintseva placed second and Anna Muzychuk is on the third place. 14 players qualifed for the World Cup.

Final Standings

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	ratP	BH.-1	BH.	vict
1	8	IM	GUNINA Valentina	2511	RUS	8½	2660	70	74½	6
2	6	GM	KOSINTSEVA Tatiana	2513	RUS	8½	2649	68½	73	7
3	1	GM	MUZYCHUK Anna	2583	SLO	8½	2631	70	75	7
4	9	GM	CMILYTE Viktorija	2497	LTU	8	2592	67½	73	8
5	7	GM	SEBAG Marie	2512	FRA	7½	2570	71½	77	6
6	5	GM	STEFANOVA Antoaneta	2531	BUL	7½	2544	68½	73½	6
7	3	GM	LAHNO Kateryna	2546	UKR	7½	2524	67½	72½	4
8	12	GM	DANIELIAN Elina	2478	ARM	7½	2515	60½	64	5
9	10	IM	KHOTENASHVILI Bela	2490	GEO	7½	2503	61	64½	6
10	17	WGM	POGONINA Natalija	2449	RUS	7½	2501	61½	66½	5

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Valentina Gunina won against Thanh Trang Hoang

After the free day the players showed the tense struggle in their games. On the first board playing white Valentina Gunina won against Thanh Trang Hoang and replaced her opponent on the first place. Cristina-Adela Foisor defeated Viktorija Cmilyte and became the second leader in the EIWCC.

A handshake between Valentina Gunina and Thanh Trang Hoang

On the third board Marie Sebag could have received good winning chances in the game against Anna Muzychuk but played not aggressively enough. Later on Slovenian player got a comfortable position, increased her edge and lead the game to the victory. As a result rating favorite Anna Muzychuk improved her tournament situation and shares the third place together with Thanh Trang Hoang.

Standings after Round 7

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	ratP	BH.-1	BH.	vict
1	8	IM	GUNINA Valentina	2511	RUS	6	2723	26	29½	5
2	31	IM	FOISOR Cristina-Adela	2398	ROU	6	2711	27½	28	5
3	1	IM	MUZYCHUK Anna	2583	SLO	5½	2627	27½	30	4
4	21	GM	HOANG Thanh Trang	2438	HUN	5½	2582	25	27½	5
5	7	GM	SEBAG Marie	2512	FRA	5	2595	31	34½	4
6	6	GM	KOSINTSEVA Tatiana	2513	RUS	5	2552	29½	33	4
7	9	GM	CMILYTE Viktorija	2497	LTU	5	2545	28	31½	5
8	20	IM	KHURTSIDZE Nino	2447	GEO	5	2528	25½	28½	4
9	3	GM	LAHNO Kateryna	2546	UKR	5	2497	22	24½	3
10	15	IM	MKRTCHIAN Lilit	2458	ARM	5	2491	23	26	4

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