Russian Superfinals Women Round 4
Olga Giriya upset the more fancied Kovalevskaya with the black pieces while Tatiana Shadrina beat Valentina Gunina in the fourth round of the Russian Superfinals Chess in the Women's section. All the remaining games were drawn. All Round 4 Results: Russian Chess Championship Women Round 4 (December 22, 2007) Kosintseva, Tatiana - Korbut, Ekaterina ½-½ Sicilian Najdorf Variation Tairova, Elena - Matveeva, Svetlana ½-½ French Tarrasch Stepovaia, Tatiana - Pogonina, Natalija ½-½ Sicilian Rossolimo Shadrina, Tatiana - Gunina, Valentina 1-0 French Defence Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Ovod, Evgenija ½-½ Ruy Lopez Schliemann Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Girya, Olga 0-1 Sicilian Labourdonnais Standings after round 4: 1. Pogonina, Natalija (2462) 3½ 2. Kosintseva, Tatiana (2492) 3 3. Matveeva, Svetlana (2433) 2½ 4. Tairova, Elena (2391) 2½ 5. Ovod, Evgenija (2386) 2½ 6. Korbut, Ekaterina (2443) 2½ 7. Stepovaia, Tatiana 2375 2 8. Shadrina, Tatiana (2379) 2 9. Kosintseva, Nadezhda (2469) 1 10. Kov...