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Russian claims European chess crown
Published: 20 March, 2009, 19:21
Russian Tatiana Kosintseva has taken the women's European chess championship, which ended in St Petersburg on Friday.
Kosintseva defeated Armenia’s Lilit Mkrtchyan in the final to become European Champion for the second time in her career.
She first triumphed in the competition back in 2007.
In addition to a gold medal and the cup, Kosintseva gets a cash prize of 10,000 euros.
On March 18, Russian grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky won the men’s European championship in Montenegro.
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Overall, russians are the best chess players in the World. Being also good in sports and culture, it prove that russian society is well balanced. There is an exception to this statement: When russian politicians meet american politician-poker-players, they end up losing the match. We had a perfect example when Obama made his stop in Moscow. Let us just hope that I am mistaken (I play a correct game of chess but I am not a master). Best Regards... Jean-Claude Meslin