WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2008
The FIDE Presidential Board has approved the list of qualifiers and the schedule of the World Women's Championship 2008, to be held in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), from 28 August to 18 September with a prize fund of 450,000 USD.
All qualifiers are requested to download, sign and send their Undertaking to the FIDE Secretariat in Athens, via fax: (+30) 2109212859 or email by the deadline of 17 June 2008.
Pairings of Round 1:
| Bd No |
SNo |
NAME |
NAME |
| 1 |
1-64 |
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) |
Solomons, Anzel (RSA) |
| 2 |
2-63 |
Koneru, Humpy (IND) |
Alaa El Din, Yorsa (EGY) |
| 3 |
3-62 |
Hou, Yifan (CHN) |
Khaled, Mona (EGY) |
| 4 |
4-61 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) |
Zapata, Karen (PER) |
| 5 |
5-60 |
Cramling, Pia (SWE) |
Sanchez Castillo, Sarai (VEN) |
| 6 |
6-59 |
Sebag, Marie (FRA) |
Gasik, Anna (POL) |
| 7 |
7-58 |
Zhao, Xue (CHN) |
Zuriel, Marisa (ARG) |
| 8 |
8-57 |
Kosintseva, Tatjana (RUS) |
Muminova, Nafisa (UZB) |
| 9 |
9-56 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) |
Pourkashiyan, Atousa (IRI) |
| 10 |
10-55 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) |
Golubenko, Valentina (CRO) |
| 11 |
11-54 |
Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) |
Velcheva, Maria (BUL) |
| 12 |
12-53 |
Ruan, Lufei (CHN) |
Zakurdjaeva, Irina (RUS) |
| 13 |
13-52 |
Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) |
Rohonyan, Katherine (USA) |
| 14 |
14-51 |
Chiburdanidze, Maya (GEO) |
Nguyen, Thi Thanh An (VIE) |
| 15 |
15-50 |
Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) |
Arribas Robaina, Maritza (CUB) |
| 16 |
16-49 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth (GER) |
Kadimova, Ilaha (AZE) |
| 17 |
17-48 |
Ushenina, Anna (UKR) |
Le Thanh Tu (VIE) |
| 18 |
18-47 |
Socko, Monika (POL) |
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca (ROM) |
| 19 |
19-46 |
Krush, Irina (USA) |
Sedina, Elena (ITA) |
| 20 |
20-45 |
Gaponenko, Inna (UKR) |
Zhang Jilin (CHN) |
| 21 |
21-44 |
Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) |
Amura, Claudia (ARG) |
| 22 |
22-43 |
Harika, Dronavalli (IND) |
Nebolsina, Vera (RUS) |
| 23 |
23-42 |
Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS) |
Mohota, Nisha (IND) |
| 24 |
24-41 |
Korbut, Ekaterina (RUS) |
Gvetadze, Sopio (GEO) |
| 25 |
25-40 |
Zatonskih, Anna (USA) |
Bosboom Lanchava, Tea (NED) |
| 26 |
26-39 |
Shen, Yang (CHN) |
Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino (GER) |
| 27 |
27-38 |
Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) |
Moser, Eva (AUT) |
| 28 |
28-37 |
Tania, Sachdev (IND) |
Tan Zongyi (CHN) |
| 29 |
29-36 |
Bojkovic, Natasa (SRB) |
Ju, Wenjun (CHN) |
| 30 |
30-35 |
Rajlich, Iweta (POL) |
Mongontuul, Bathuyang (MGL) |
| 31 |
31-34 |
Lomineishvili, Maia (GEO) |
Khukhashvili, Sopiko (GEO) |
| 32 |
32-33 |
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) |
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) |
Please download Pairing of Round 1 in PDF format.
PLease download Participants by Rating in PDF format.
Please download Pairing Tree of WWCC 2008 in XLS format.
The complete schedule of the games:
| 28 August 2008 |
Opening Ceremony/Player's Meeting |
| 29 August 2008 |
Round 1, game 1 |
| 30 August 2008 |
Round 1, game 2 |
| 31 August 2008 |
Tiebreaks |
| 1 September 2008 |
Round 2, game 1 |
| 2 September 2008 |
Round 2, game 2 |
| 3 September 2008 |
Tiebreaks |
| 4 September 2008 |
Round 3, game 1 |
| 5 September 2008 |
Round 3, game 2 |
| 6 September 2008 |
Tiebreaks |
| 7 September 2008 |
Round 4, game 1 |
| 8 September 2008 |
Round 4, game 2 |
| 9 September 2008 |
Tiebreaks |
| 10 September 2008 |
Round 5, game 1 |
| 11 September 2008 |
Round 5, game 2 |
| 12 September 2008 |
Tiebreaks |
| 13 September 2008 |
Free Day |
| 14 September 2008 |
Round 6, game 1 |
| 15 September 2008 |
Round 6, game 2 |
| 16 September 2008 |
Round 6, game 3 |
| 17 September 2008 |
Round 6, game 4 |
| 18 September 2008 |
Tiebreaks/Closing Ceremony |
Please download the List of players to the World Women's Championship 2008.
Please download the Player's Undertaking (for participants).
View the complete regulations of the World Women's Championship.
View map and photos of Nalchik (situated 1,431 km south of Moscow).
Please view the information on the Hotel.
Please view the timetable of airplanes and trains to Nalchik.
Please view the information about the health centre "Chaika".
Hotel prices of the official Intour Hotel "Sindica":
Category
|
Floor
|
Number of beds
|
Price per room (in rubles)
|
Number of sub-rooms in each room
|
Standard
|
5th floor
|
2 beds
|
2000
|
1
|
Standard
|
6th floor
|
2 beds
|
2000
|
1
|
| Semi luxe |
5th and 6th floor |
2 beds |
3000 |
2 |
De Luxe
|
7th floor
|
2 beds
|
3500
|
1
|
Semi Luxe
|
7th floor
|
2 beds
|
4500
|
1
|
Luxe
|
7th floor
|
2 beds
|
5000
|
1
|
| Semi luxe |
8th floor
|
1 bed
|
4500 |
2
|
De luxe
|
8th floor
|
1 bed
|
3000
|
1
|
| De luxe |
8th floor
|
2 beds
|
3000
|
1
|
| Luxe |
8th floor
|
1 bed
|
7700
|
2
|
Suite with an office
|
8th floor |
1 bed |
7700 |
3 |
Each price is per hotel room, which is paid without prejudice to the number of pax (not more than 2 persons in a room). This applies to all hotel rooms.
Breakfast is not included into the room price and has to be paid separately (300 rubles). Approximate prices for meals in the restaurant of the Syndica Intour-Hotel: lunch from 400 rubles; dinner from 450 rubles.
All payments must be made in local currency (foreign exchange is available in banks near the hotel). Credit cards are NOT accepted. Currency exchange rates as of 6/6/2008: 1 EUR = 36.61 RUB and 1 USD = 23.75 RUB.
The contact person in respect of the room reservation and accommodation of participants of the Women's World Chess Championship - Ms Amina Lyueva.
Contact tel. number of Intour-Hotel "Sindica": +7 8662 492677,
Fax:+7 8662 720045,
Mobile: +7 960 429 54 15
The web-site of the hotel: www.kbinturist.ru
Email:
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The local Organising Committe can be contacted via the office of the Chairman of Kabardino-Balkaria State Committee on Physical Culture and Sport, Mr. Aslan Afaunov - email
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and tel. numbers (+7 8662) 402325 or 403912.
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