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• Герои Рейкьявика: Бологан – гроза фаворитов, Горячкина штурмует 2500, Мария Музычук теперь третья в мире (Reykjavík’s heroes: Bologan – just like a hurricane, Goryachkina storms into 2500, Mariya Muzychuk is now world’s number three), Chess-News.ru, November 23, 2015

The undisputed heroine of women’s section was Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk, who scored 7 out of 8 on first board with performance of 2772. In the women’s live chess ratings the current World Champion is now ranked number three in the world with a rating of 2561. [Read more].

Mariya Muzychuk (second from left) was awarded for winning the first board prize. Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova.