Hou Yifan Won't Play at the WWCC. Georgian Team Becomes Top-Seed
Today FIDE has published the full list of participating teams which made it clear Hou Yifan won't play at the championship. Let us remind you, Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva refused playing for the Russian team. Thus, Georgian team becomes top-seed, Russia is second, Ukraine - 3rd, while China is fourth with Ju Wenjun on Board 1.
The Women's World Chess Championship will start on March 2nd in Astana, Kazakhstan.
WWTC Is Opened in Astana. Ukraine Became the Top-Seed
The opening ceremony of the Women's World Team Championship was held in Astana, Kazakhstan today. It was visited by FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who gave a welcoming speech. Our website plans to cover the event in detail.
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Kazakhstan confirmed It will Hold the Women's World Team Championship in March
The Kazakhstan Chess Federation confirmed it will hold the Women's World Team Championship from March 2nd to 13th, 2013. This was announced at the FIDE Presidential Board held in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. As you remember earlier the venue of the championship wasn't mentioned anywhere, although it should take place almost in a month.
WTCC: Without Kosintseva Sisters, But with Georgian Women's Team
According to the information Chess-News has got, Georgian women's team is allowed to participate in the World Championship which is scheduled to take place in Astana. It's still unknown why and which team Georgia is replacing. We only know that Turkish team chosen by the FIDE president will play at the championship despite the Regulations.
Ilyumzhinov Chose Turkish Women's Team to Participate in WWTC
The FIDE Women's World Team Championship is scheduled to be held from March 2-13 in Astana, Kazakhstan. At the moment the tournament has not got an official website; the participants haven't been officially announced, however, as Chess-News has found out the FIDE President nominee team has been determined, that is Turkish national women's team.
The Captain of the Vietnamese Women's Team Mikhail Vasilyev: "A Year Long Preparation was Done in Vain"
As it turned out the Vietnamese women's team is not going to play at the Women's World Team Chess Championship scheduled to take place in Astana, Kazakhstan. Practically the Vietnamese team is the one instead of which Georgian team has been allowed to participate in the championship.
Turkey to play at the WTCC. But When and Where?
The information we've reported earlier has been officially confirmed: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov chose Turkey to participate at the Women's Team Championship. The participants' list is published on FIDE website (pdf) in the agenda of the Presidential Board which will take place from January 18th to 21st in Tsakhadzor, Armenia.
Israel To Replace Azerbaijan in The World Team Championship
The Azerbaijani team will miss the World Team Championship that will take place in the Armenian town of Tsakhkadzor from April 18th to April 29th, 2015, as our website has already reported. The 2013 European Champions, who have refused to come, will be replaced by the Israeli national team.
Women's World Team Championship 2013 Will Be held in Kazakhstan
Recently the official website of FIDE has published the information on the Women's World Team Championship 2013 which will take place from February 15th to 28th. Earlier the tournament was scheduled to be held in December 2013 in Turkey.
Evgeny Sveshnikov Revealed He Was Helping the US Team Member Viktorija Ni at the WWTC
As Chess-News has found out Evgeny Sveshnikov was helping Viktorija Ni (the member of the US team) at the recent Women's World Team Championship which took place in Astana, Kazakhstan. Let us remind you exactly Ni has defeated Olga Girya in the match against Russia, therefore, bringing overall victory to the US team.
"I have contributed to that," GM Sveshnikov said at the European Senior Championship which is currently underway in Plovdiv.
Alisa Galliamova Has Been Invited to the Russian National Team
We have met Alisa Galliamova at the opening ceremony of the Aeroflot Open and got to know she has been invited to the training session of the Russian national team. As you remember Kosintseva sisters have recently refused playing for the team until it's headed by Sergei Rublevsky.
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