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Natalia Zhukova became the winner of the women Supertournament The North Ural Cup , which took place in Krasnoturinsk , Russia. The players included: Antoaneta Stefanova 2503 BUL, Almira Skripchenko 2489 FRA, Svetlana Matveeva 2478 RUS, Tatiana Kosintseva 2450 RUS, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 2443 RUS, Natalia Zhukova 2439 UKR, Nadezhda Kosintseva 2427 RUS and Maria Kursova 2264 RUS.

Final standings:
1 Natalia Zhukova - 4.5
2 Svetlana Matveeva - 4.5
3 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya - 4.0
4 Tatiana Kosintseva - 3.5
5 Nadezhda Kosintseva - 3.5
6 Antoaneta Stefanova - 3.0
7 Maria Kursova - 2.5
8 Almira Skripchenko - 2.5
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Results

1st Round 09 August Skripchenko - Stefanova ½ Kursova - Zhukova ½ Kovalevskaya - Kosintseva,N ½ Kosintseva,T - Matveeva 1-0		2nd Round 10 August Skripchenko - Kursova ½ Zhukova - Kovalevskaya ½ Kosintseva,N - Kosintseva,T ½ Stefanova - Matveeva 0-1		3rd Round 11 August Kovalevskaya - Skripchenko ½ Kursova - Stefanova 0-1 Kosintseva,T - Zhukova ½ Matveeva - Kosintseva,N 1-0
4th round 12 August Skripchenko - Kosintseva T. 0-1 Kursova - Kovalevakaya ½ Zhukova - Matveeva 1-0 Stefanova - Kosintseva N. ½		5th round 13 August Matveeva - Skripchenko 1-0 Kosintseva T.- Kursova ½ Kovalevakaya - Stefanova 1-0 Kosintseva N. - Zhukova 1-0		6th round 14 August Skripchenko - Kosintseva N. 1-0 Kursova - Matveeva ½ Kovalevakaya - Kosintseva T. 1-0 Stefanova - Zhukova 0-1
7th round 15 August Zhukova - Skripchenko 1-0 Kosintseva N. - Kursova 1-0 Matveeva - Kovalevakaya 1-0 Kosintseva T. - Stefanova 0-1

Official site: www.northuralscup.ru provided the online transmission of games in the playing hall and on the official site via Internet.
Online video: http://chess.krasnoturinsk.ru
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