European Individual Women Chess Championship 2011
7th to 18th May in Tbilisi, Georgia
The European Individual Women Chess Championship 2011 will be played from 7th to 18th May in Tbilisi, Georgia. So far 133 players (among them 11 GM, 25 WGM, 26 IM, 25 WIM, 17 WFM) from 26 federations have registered to take part in the tournament. Players list is bellow.
The European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship will take place immediately after the main event, on 19-22nd May in Kutaisi. The playing venue will be “Maia Chiburdanidze’s chess school” and the organizers are providing a prize fund of 10400 EUR. The tournament format is 11-round Swiss with the rate of play 15 minutes for a game for a player, with an increment of 10 seconds per move.
European Individual Women Chess Championship top seeds:
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2567
2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2567
3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2559
4 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2531
5 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2528
6 GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2526
7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2523
Where’s Chiburdanidze?
Kosteniuk will win this one!
Susan polgar chess daily news and information is all regarding the European Individual Women Chess Championship 2011. The European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship will take place immediately after the main event, on 19-22nd May in Kutaisi.