Viktorija Cmilyte, the 27 year old Lithuanian chess player, has won the gold medal in Europe‘s women championship in Tbilisi.
Playing white on her last match against Russian representative Svetlana Matvejeva, on May 18 Cmilyte became the champion of the tournament, which featured 130 of Europe's best players.
After scoring 9 points during 11 tours (8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss), Cmilyte surpassed Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova by 2 points.
For winning, Cmilyte received 20,000 euros in prize money. It is the first time she has taken the top place after coming runner up three times, in 2003, 2008 and 2010. The win will see her seeded for the world championship.
After the win, Cmilyte was congratulated by President Dalia Grybauskaite.
"Congratulations on winning the gold medal in chess championship of Europe. It’s a very important victory, which was influenced by your will, diligence and talent. You are the strongest in Europe and the whole country is proud of your achievement. Thank you for glorifying Lithuania’s name and I wish you strength and luck in the world championship,” Grybauskaite said.
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