European Women's Chess Championship 2011(06-05-2011/19-05-2011)

Round 8, I won with a very nice Knight manouevre!

Today, in the 8th round I won with Black against GM Hoang Thanh Trang from Hungary (2456) and I moved up to the shared 3rd place.

I had two very strong Knights and one of them make an exceptionally nice manouevre in between move 21 and 29! I played 22...Qc7, with the idea of this manouevre and after she played 23.Ba1?, I got the oppurtunity to play it (Nd7-c5-d3-f2-h1-g3-h5). Of course it is also so very nice, because it was winning.

In round 9, I have to play against 2nd seed Tatiana Kosintseva (2559) from Russia and I will have white. The last 3 rounds are coming and the tension and nervousness are increasing, so that will play a big role.

The full pairings of round 9 you can see here and the standings after round 8 you can find here.

Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary, 2456) - Elina Danielian (Armenia, 2506)
European Women's Chess Championship 2011, 8th round; Tbilisi, Georgia 15.05.2011

The rounds will start everyday at 15:00h (+2 CET) , the 11th and last round is at 18 May. We have a free day at Saturday 14 May.

You can check the official site for all information. Here, here and here, you can find the many Live games.