World Championship |
Dates: |
28th August - 18th September 2008 |
City: |
Nalchik (Russia) |
Venue: |
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Organizers: |
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Chief Arbiter: |
IA Zsuzsanna Veroci (HUN) |
Arbiters: |
IA Mikko Markkula (FIN) |
Players participating: |
64 (incl. 7 GMs, 21 IMs, 22 WGMs, 9 WIMs, 1 WFM) |
Eligible: |
Placed 1-4 in 2006 World Championship (4): Xu Yuhua, Galliamova (did not arrive), Čmilytė, Matveeva 2006 World U20 Champion: Shen Yang 2007 World U20 Champion: Nebolsina By Elo rating (6): Humpy, Hou Yufan, Stefanova, Cramling, Kosteniuk, Chiburdanidze 2006 European Championship (12): Sebag, Muzičuk, Zhukova, Pähtz, Ushenina, Gaponenko, Mkrtchian, Bosboom-Lanchava, Gvetadze, Sedina, Kadimova, Velcheva 2007 European Championship (16): T.Kosintseva, Hoang Thank Trang, Soćko, Javakhishvili, N.Kosintseva, Korbut, Bojković, Rajlich, Lomineishvili, Khurtsidze, Khukhashvili, Moser, Kachiani-Gersinska, Foisor, Zakurdyaeva, Golubenko 2007 American Championship (2): Zuriel, Sánchez Castillo 2007 Asian Championship (3): Tania, Ruan Lufei, Nguyễn Thị Thanh An 2007 African Championship (3): Khaled, Solomons, Alaa El-Din Zone 2.1 (3): Krush, Rohonyan, Zatonskih Zone 2.2 (1): Khoudgarian Zone 2.3 (1): Arribas Robaina Zone 2.4 (1): Zapata Campos Zone 2.5 (1): Amura Zone 3.1 (1): Pourkashiyan Zone 3.2 (1): Harika Zone 3.3 (1): Lê Thanh Tú Zone 3.4 (1): Muminova Zone 3.5 (4): Hou Yifan, Tan Zhongyi, Zhang Jilin, Ju Wenjun Zone 3.6 (1): Berezina-Feldman (did not arrive) Nominated by FIDE President (2): Batkhuyag, Gasik Replacements: Mohota (next best from Asian Ch.; replaced Berezina) |
Games played: |
158 (14 games were forfeited) |
Competition format: |
Knock-out |
Tie-breaks: |
none |
Time control: |
90m/40 + 30/all + 30s/incr. |
Website: |
https://nalchik2008.fide.com/ (cached) |
Other websites: |
http://rules.chessdom.com/world-women-chess-championship
https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/2982-players-undertaking-for-participation-in-the-2008-womens-world-chess-championship (cached)
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PGN game file: |
wwc2008-wch.pgn |