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These photos were taken in Dresden (Germany) during the period March 19 - April 4, 2004. Alexandra got 9.5 out of 12 during the tournament, then beat Peng in the tie-break for the title of European Champion. Alexandra did a 2625 perfomance and earned the GM (men) title.
| The logo of the European Championships is colorful and well done | Alexandra and her trainer GM Alexei Korotylev are at the opening ceremony | The great organiser of the tournament |
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| The organisers show the three ceramic prizes that the winners will get | The winner's trophies | Good internet and TV support |
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| The tournament room is large and comfortable | Good access for the spectators and the press | Alexandra played most rounds in the first boards |
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| Alexandra is at board 1 during the last critical round | Alexandra on board 1, Peng on board 2 for the last round | |
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| Game 1 (Heather Richards: won: 1/1) | Game 2 (Evgenia Ovod: won: 2/2) | |
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| Game 3 (Elena Sedina: lost: 2/3) | Game 4 (Zeinab Mamediarova: won: 3/4) | Game 5 (Natasa Bojkovic: draw: 3.5/5) |
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| Game 6 (Marie Sebag: won: 4.5/6) | Game 7 (Lilit Mkrtchian: won: 5.5/7) | Game 8 (Corina Peptan: draw: 6/8) |
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| Game 9 (Elina Danielian: won: 7/9) | Game 10 (Antuaneta Stefanova: won: 8/10) | Game 11 (Zhaoqin Peng: draw: 8.5/11) |
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| Game 12 (Tatiana Kosintseva: won: 9.5/11) | Alexandra is the first to show up for the tie-breaks on April 3 | Alexandra looks relaxed before the beginning of her tie-break games |
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| Alexandra had all the assets to play well against Peng and to make her fans-spectators happy | ||
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| Before the start of the second game Alexandra is even more relaxed, she won the first with black, should be easy to draw with white | ||
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| Alexandra is awarded the gold prize, she is EUROPEAN CHAMPION! | Peng = silver, Alexandra = gold | Peng = silver, Alexandra = gold, Stefanova = bronze |
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| Alexandra holding the beautiful winner's cup, in real handmade Dresden porcelain | Alexandra is handed her Certificate of GM Title Achievement | Alexandra is very happy for her success in this European Championship |
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| Alexandra Kosteniuk holds her winner's cup and the GM Certificate | Tatiana Kosintseva | Nadezhda Kosintseva |
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| Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | Elina Danielian | Lilit Mkrtchian |
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| Zhaoqui Peng | Natalia Zhukova | Marie Sebag |
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| Natalia Pogonina | Pia Cramling | Inna Gaponenko |
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| Elena Zaits | Irina Slavina | Nino Khurtsidze |
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| Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant | Nana Dzhagnidze | Olga Zimina |
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