Goryachkina 6th woman ever to cross 2600

Aleksandra Goryachkina has qualified to play in the “men’s” Russian Championship Superfinal after finishing 3rd in the Higher League with a brilliant 6.5/9. 22-year-old Aleksandra, the reigning Russian Women’s Champion, scored a perfect 5/5 with the white pieces as she climbed to 2610.5 on the live rating list, the 4th highest female rating of all time. Russian Women’s Championship runner-up Polina Shuvalova also starred as she finished 14th, picking up 18 rating points to storm into the 2500 club.

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