The European Women's Chess Championship is being held from March 21st till
April 3rd 2004. The rounds start at 13:00h and will be covered on the Playchess.com
server – with Radio ChessBase bringing periodic audio feed directly from
the tournament hall. The tournament will be over 12 rounds, with a rest day
on March 29th.
Did you know that the European Women's Championship is being covered in high-resolution
video on the Playchess.com server? The unique feature of this multimedia coverage
is that you can see the players, listen to what they say and watch them move
pieces on the graphic chessboard.
After the games the most successful players come into the ChessBase Multimedia
booth, where they are interviewed by Natalia Kiseleva (left in the picture
above). You can see Natalija Pogonina moving the pieces on the Playchess board.
You can view the broadcast live or go in later to view them at a time that
is suitable to you.
You will find the archive files of the video interviews in the Dresden Euro
2004 room
You can choose a video by double-clicking in the "Games" list
The first minutes are free, after that you will need to pay one ducat (about
12 cents) to watch the entire interview and game analysis. Full information
on the ducat payment system is given here:
This is Natalia and Tea Bosboom-Lanchava discussing the game Tea has just played
Natalia and WIM Eugenia Chasovnikova (Elo 2277) of Russia
The tournament leader with 5:0 points: WGM Peng Zhaoqin (2419, NED) showing
us her games
Picture Gallery
If you are interested in more – lots and lots of – pictures
of the ladies of Dresden, here are some secret links. The pictures are being
posted by our colleagues on the German ChessBase
site. The reports are in the language of Goethe and Schiller, but the pictures
and names can be viewed by anyone.
General links
