Grandmaster B.Munguntuul who was recently rated Mongolia”s top sportswoman of 2009 by Burte Chono-2009 won the Women”s Blitz Chess Championship of Russia just before the New Year. She scored nine points out of a maximum 11 points possible. The competition was run in the Swiss system.

She was followed by the Russians Alina Kashlinskaya and Nadejda Harmunova. Altogether 49 players took part.