The representative of the Russian National Team Anastasia Bodnaruk clinched victory in the 2016 Moscow Open Women’s Cup of Russia stage, confirming the status of the ranking favorite of the competition. In 9 games the player from St. Petersburg managed to score 7,5 points and outran two chess players with the same result according to the additional index. Swaminathan Soumya from India won a silver medal. We should also mark the success of the 14-year-old Alexandra Obolentseva from Moscow, who won the bronze medal.
Baira Kovanova (Saratov), Stavroula Tsovlakidou (Greece) and Irina Utiatskaja (Moscow) remained one step behind the medal winners.
142 chess players were competing for the victory.