Pia Cramling Wins in Montreal |
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By Jennifer Shahade
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July 30, 2007 |
![Image Image](https://www.uschess.org/images/stories/beta/_Pia.JPG) Photo courtesy Monroi.com
by Jennifer Shahade
Pia Cramling of Sweden won the Monroi International Women's Grand Prix (Montreal, Canada July 19-29) with a last round win over Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant of Georgia and a total of 5/7. IM Irina Krush had a disappointing result, finishing with minus one, and in joint sixth with Cristina Foisor.
Monroi International Women's Grand-Prix Finale Final Standings
1. GM Pia Cramling (2533) of Sweden- 5 2-3. WGM Lela Javakhishvili (2460) of Georgia and WGM Jovanka Houska (2401) of England-4.5 4-5. WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (2418) of Georgia and WGM Iweta Rajlich (2406) of Poland- 4 6-7. WGM Irina Krush (2479)-of USA and WGM Cristina Adela Foisor (2372)-of Romania- 3 8. Myriam Roy (1975) of Canada-0
Here is the last round battle for first place between Cramling and Arakhamia-Grant:
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Irina Krush lost to Lela Javakhisvili when she miscalculated 22...Bxe4, which loses because of 24.Rxd6!
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![](/images/stories/beta/G1.JPG) From left to right: Pia Cramling, Myriam Roy, Joanna Houvska, Iveta Rajlich, Irina Krush and Lela Javakhishvili
![](/images/stories/beta/F4.JPG) Joanna Houvska and Pia Cramling enjoy the Montreal International Fireworks Competition. Photos courtesy monroi.com.
Look for an exciting, in-depth interview this week by Betsy Dynako, with our new U.S. Women's Champion, Irina Krush.
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