Grandmaster Anastasia Bodnaruk achieved a victory in the 2018 Moscow Open Women’s Cup of Russia tournament. After a loss in the first round the titled chess player from St. Petersburg managed to win eight games in a row that allowed her to be one point ahead of her opponents.
Alina Kashlinskaya and Polina Shuvalova (both from Moscow), Marina Nechaeva (Moscow region) and Iulija Osmak (Ukraine) scored 7 points. Kashlinskaya wins a silver medal, and a bronze medal goes to Nechaeva due to tie-breaks.
Daria Charochkina, Daria Voit (both from Moscow), Aydan Hojjatova (Azerbaijan), Swaminathan Soumya (India) and Baira Kovanova (Saratov) scored 6,5 points.
It should be added that 120 female chess players from 12 countries were struggling for the victory.