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The World Women Rapid and Blitz Championship took place 31st May to 6th June 2012. Antoaneta Stefanova took clear first in the rapid event with 8.5/11. The blitz tournament took place 4th-5th June 2012. Valentina Gunina won. I have collected some games from the blitz live coverage which I can try and rescue but so far there is no official file to match the excellent rapid one.

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World Women Rapid Batumi GEO Thu 31st May 2012 - Wed 6th Jun 2012 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2518	8.5	61.5	74.5	2700
2	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2457	8.0	61.5	74.5	2672
3	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2589	8.0	60.5	74.5	2630
4	Lahno Kateryna	GM	UKR	2546	8.0	57.5	70.5	2639
5	Muzychuk Anna	GM	SLO	2598	7.5	59.5	70.5	2554
6	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2508	7.5	53.0	64.0	2563
7	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2547	7.0	53.0	65.5	2562
8	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2478	6.5	57.5	68.0	2545
9	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2549	6.5	56.0	69.5	2535
10	Guo Qi	WGM	CHN	2360	6.5	56.0	69.0	2562
11	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2491	6.5	54.5	64.5	2491
12	Tan Zhongyi	WGM	CHN	2430	6.5	54.0	65.5	2528
13	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2449	6.5	52.0	63.5	2514
14	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2442	6.5	52.0	63.0	2527
15	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2491	6.5	52.0	63.0	2485
16	Kosintseva Tatiana	GM	RUS	2532	6.5	48.0	57.0	2424
17	Huang Qian	WGM	CHN	2417	6.0	62.5	75.5	2542
18	Khurtsidze Nino	IM	GEO	2456	6.0	58.5	71.5	2530
19	Wang Jue		CHN	2364	6.0	55.5	67.0	2540
20	Gunina Valentina	IM	RUS	2530	6.0	54.5	67.5	2481
21	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2449	6.0	51.0	63.0	2460
22	Ushenina Anna	IM	UKR	2454	5.5	52.0	63.5	2445
23	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	GM	SCO	2426	5.5	51.0	63.0	2459
24	Batsiashvili Nino	WGM	GEO	2436	5.5	50.0	62.5	2442
25	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2410	5.5	46.0	58.0	2443
26	Pogonina Natalija	WGM	RUS	2447	5.5	46.0	55.0	2370
27	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2484	5.5	45.0	55.0	2370
28	Khukhashvili Sopiko	IM	GEO	2414	5.5	43.0	52.5	2390
29	Gvetadze Sofio	IM	GEO	2338	5.0	53.0	66.5	2426
30	Muzychuk Mariya	IM	UKR	2456	5.0	51.0	61.0	2407
31	Chiburdanidze Maia	GM	GEO	2500	5.0	49.5	60.5	2386
32	Cori T Deysi	WGM	PER	2386	5.0	47.5	58.0	2365
33	Ding Yixin	WGM	CHN	2353	5.0	45.0	55.0	2381
34	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2348	5.0	44.0	54.0	2380
35	Krush Irina	IM	USA	2457	5.0	43.0	51.0	2340
36	Lomineishvili Maia	IM	GEO	2366	5.0	41.5	51.0	2362
37	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	IM	RUS	2417	4.5	48.5	60.0	2396
38	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2484	4.5	48.0	58.5	2347
39	Mammadova Gulnar	WGM	AZE	2345	4.5	47.5	59.0	2381
40	Matnadze Ana	IM	ESP	2446	4.5	44.0	53.0	2304
41	Mikadze Miranda	WIM	GEO	2323	4.5	41.5	49.0	2315
42	Arabidze Meri	WIM	GEO	2351	4.5	41.0	50.0	2330
43	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2334	4.5	41.0	49.5	2323
44	Janjghava Natia	WIM	GEO	2306	4.0	42.0	51.5	2261
45	Klinova Masha	IM	ISR	2318	3.5	46.0	54.5	2246
46	Khotenashvili Bela	IM	GEO	2500	3.5	44.5	53.0	2258
47	Gurieli Nino	IM	GEO	2329	3.5	40.5	49.0	2218
48	Umudova Nargiz	WIM	AZE	2231	3.0	39.5	48.0	2188
49	Bezgodova Svetlana	WIM	RUS	2120	2.5	44.5	54.0	2192
50	Gaprindashvili Nona	GM	GEO	2356	2.0	39.0	48.0	2105
50 players

World Women Blitz Batumi GEO Mon 4th Jun 2012 - Tue 5th Jun 2012 Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Gunina Valentina	IM	RUS	2530	13.0	116.0	133.0	2804
2	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2442	10.5	113.0	129.5	2629
3	Muzychuk Anna	GM	SLO	2598	10.5	110.5	129.5	2612
4	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2457	10.0	113.0	131.5	2583
5	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2518	9.5	114.5	134.5	2559
6	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2547	9.5	112.5	132.0	2543
7	Ding Yixin	WGM	CHN	2353	9.5	93.0	105.0	2544
8	Lahno Kateryna	GM	UKR	2546	9.0	109.5	128.5	2530
9	Chiburdanidze Maia	GM	GEO	2500	9.0	108.0	127.0	2512
10	Tan Zhongyi	WGM	CHN	2430	9.0	102.5	119.0	2541
11	Lomineishvili Maia	IM	GEO	2366	9.0	100.0	116.0	2541
12	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2410	9.0	100.0	115.5	2544
13	Ushenina Anna	IM	UKR	2454	9.0	99.5	116.0	2525
14	Batsiashvili Nino	WGM	GEO	2436	8.5	112.0	130.5	2530
15	Matnadze Ana	IM	ESP	2446	8.5	101.5	118.0	2507
16	Khotenashvili Bela	IM	GEO	2500	8.5	95.0	111.5	2455
17	Muzychuk Mariya	IM	UKR	2456	8.0	117.0	133.5	2471
18	Cori T Deysi	WGM	PER	2386	8.0	112.5	131.5	2507
19	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2549	8.0	109.0	125.5	2431
20	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2589	8.0	98.0	112.5	2407
21	Mammadova Gulnar	WIM	AZE	2345	8.0	97.5	111.0	2472
22	Pogonina Natalija	WGM	RUS	2447	8.0	92.0	105.0	2449
23	Arabidze Meri	WIM	GEO	2351	8.0	79.5	90.5	2417
24	Huang Qian	WGM	CHN	2417	7.5	106.5	122.5	2471
25	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2491	7.5	99.5	113.5	2422
26	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2478	7.5	92.5	107.0	2387
27	Krush Irina	IM	USA	2457	7.5	89.0	101.5	2374
28	Guo Qi	WGM	CHN	2360	7.5	86.5	101.0	2413
29	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	GM	SCO	2426	7.0	101.0	114.0	2410
30	Khurtsidze Nino	IM	GEO	2456	7.0	97.5	112.5	2387
31	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2348	7.0	96.0	109.0	2408
32	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2508	7.0	95.5	108.0	2383
33	Gvetadze Sofio	IM	GEO	2338	7.0	93.0	106.0	2427
34	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2449	7.0	91.0	104.0	2387
35	Mikadze Miranda	WIM	GEO	2323	7.0	85.5	98.0	2384
36	Kosintseva Tatiana	GM	RUS	2532	6.5	107.0	124.5	2372
37	Wang Jue		CHN	2364	6.5	106.0	122.0	2408
38	Khukhashvili Sopiko	IM	GEO	2414	6.5	90.5	107.0	2380
39	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2484	6.0	99.0	114.5	2328
40	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2484	6.0	96.5	111.0	2334
41	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	IM	RUS	2417	6.0	95.0	108.0	2374
42	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2334	6.0	85.5	99.5	2334
43	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2491	6.0	84.0	98.0	2315
44	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2449	6.0	83.0	97.0	2325
45	Janjghava Natia	WIM	GEO	2306	5.5	80.5	94.0	2278
46	Klinova Masha	IM	ISR	2318	5.0	80.5	92.0	2255
47	Umudova Nargiz	WIM	AZE	2231	4.0	78.0	89.5	2185
48	Gurieli Nino	IM	GEO	2329	3.5	82.0	96.0	2149
49	Bezgodova Svetlana	WIM	RUS	2120	3.5	82.0	95.0	2183
50	Gaprindashvili Nona	GM	GEO	2356	3.5	81.0	93.5	2153
50 players

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