Women's World Championship Begins
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SonofPearl on Thu, 08/28/2008 at 12:24pm.
Despite some much publicised off-the-board battles, and the consequent absence of some strong Georgian players from the event, the Women's World Chess Championship kicks off tomorrow (29 August) in sunny Nalchik, Russia.
A total of 53 entrants are taking part, including reigning champion Xu Yuhua of China, and former champ (and winner of the recent North Urals Cup super-tournament) Anoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria.
Aside from the title and a cool $60,000 the winner will receive a crown decorated with 46 diamonds and 3 large sapphires.
The tournament will follow a knock-out format, with paired players playing 2-game matches with each other (and rapid tie-breaks if needed) until there are just two players left to challenge each other in a 4-game final.
The entrants include:
UPDATE: The highlighted players below are NOT taking part in the event.
| Xu Yuhua (CHN) |
2483 |
| Humpy Koneru (IND) |
2622 |
| Hou Yifan (CHN) |
2557 |
| Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) |
2550 |
Pia Cramling (SWE)
|
2544 |
Marie Sebag (FRA)
|
2529
|
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
|
2510 |
Viktoria Climyte (LTU)
|
2508
|
Irina Krush (USA)
|
2470
|
Anna Zatonskih (USA)
|
2446
|
|
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