Astana World Team: 1. Ukraine 2. China 3. Russia
The 2013 Astana World Team Championships ended with the victory of the Ukrainian team with their top formation (Lahno, Ushenina, M. Muzychuk, Zhukova and Gaponenko), congratulations to a great team! The silver and bronze was taken by two teams that were not able to align their best formations, first China playing without Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue, and second Russia (Gunina, Kosteniuk, Pogonina, Galliamova, and Girya) playing without the Kosintseva sisters. My (Russian) team did well, with 4 players out of 5 receiving individual board medals (super performance by Olga Girya with 6.5/8 on the last board). I started on a roll with 4.5/5 and even though I lost the last 2 games, still ended up with a performance of 2502 and just about 1 Elo point gained. More info and photos about the event can be found on my blog.
12th Women's World Chess Champion, Grandmaster, educator, Champion for Peace, marathon runner and a mom.
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Международный гроссмейстер, 12-ая чемпионка мира по шахматам, автор книг – «Как стать гроссмейстером в 14 лет», «Дневники шахматной королевы», «Играй, как я!», «Как научить шахматам. Дошкольный шахматный учебник», а также учебно-методического комплекса «Шахматные прописи для самых умных ребят».
