Hoang Trang full point ahead before the last round
The leader Hoang Trang defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk with black in the 10th round of European Individual Women's Chess Championship. It seems Kosteniuk had a bad day, and practically beat herself. She chose a strange sequence of moves, which Hoang punished right away and now she has a full point advantage over the following players, since the other important matches were drawn.
Salome Melia drew with Viktorija Cmilyte, and the same happened in the games Pogonina vs Socko, Anna Muzychuk vs Mkrtchian and Girya vs Khotenashvili.
Serbian representative Irina Chelushkina lost to Marina Romanko, in a game full of turnovers. At some point she had quite an advantage, but in the time trouble didn't manage to use it well. Unfortunately, afterwards she spoiled the equal position and eventually lost in the rook endgame.
Important victories achieved Valentina Gunina against Lisa Schut, Ekatarina Kovalevskaya against Nana Dzagnidze, and Sopiko Guramishvili against Elena Cosma.
In the last 11th round Hoang Trang will face Viktorija Cmilyte and Socko will play against Melia, and these two pairs will decide the champion.
