October 5, 2009 - 11:22 AMT
Mika suffers crushing defeat at European Club Cup for Women
RA Women's Chess Champion Mika got off to an unsuccessful start at European Club Cup 2009, having been beaten 0:4 by Russia's Spartak.

After the 1st tour, the team came at the bottom of European Club Cup tournament table.

In the second tour, Mika will rival Romania's Politehnica, composed of Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Yelena Dembo, Corina-Isabela Peptan and Alina Motoc.
Armenian team is represented by Elina Danielian, Lilit Galoyan, Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia), Harika Dronavalli (India).

Individual results after the 1st tour:

Tatiana Kosintseva - Elina Danielian - 0:1
Antoaneta Stefanova - Harika Dronavalli - 0:1
Nadezhda Kosintseva - Nino Khurtsidze - 0:1
Kateryna Lahno - Lilit Galoyan - 0:1