Update on participants of the European Women's Chess Championship 2012 from March 1

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Hi everyone,

Here is the list of the participants for the exciting European Women’s Chess Championships 2012 coming up in March. The Government of Turkey, the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) and Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality are holding the event for players from all ECU member Chess Federations to participate in the European Individual, Rapid and Blitz Women’s Chess Championship 2012 which will take place in Gaziantep, Turkey, from 1st March (Arrival) to 19th March (Departure) 2012.

There are 104 chess players registered so far (unofficial list 16th February 2012). See the list below.

Gaziantep, previously and still informally called Antep, is located in the southeast Turkey and counts amongst the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. The city is located 185 km (115 miles) northeast of Adana and 127 km by road north of Aleppo, Syria.


The metropolitan area in the entire Gaziantep Province had a population of 1.3 million as of 2010, making it the sixth most populous city in Turkey. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil.

More information about the city

Official Tournament Page

* Unofficial List 15.02.2012 (via www.chessdom.com)

1 ALL BUL STEFANOVA ANTOANETA Player GM 2523 2902257
2 ALL BUL VIDENOVA IVA Player WGM 2360 2907763
3 ALL FRA ALMIRA SKRIPCHENKO Player IM 2468 13900145
4 ALL GEO ARABIDZE MERI Player WIM 2358 13604040
5 ALL GEO BATSIASHVILI NINO Player WGM 2426 13602993
6 ALL GEO DZAGNIDZE NANA Player GM 2535 13603620
7 ALL GEO GURAMISHVILI SOPIKO Player WGM 2384 13602888
8 ALL GEO GVETADZE SOFIO Player WIM 2334 13601440
9 ALL GEO JAVAKHISHVILI LELA Player WGM 2454 13602640
10 ALL GEO KHOTENASHVILI BELA Player WGM 2490 13601458
11 ALL GEO KHURTSIDZE NINO Player WGM 2444 13600320
12 ALL GEO MELIA SALOME Player WGM 2398 13602446
13 ALL GEO MIKADZE MIRANDA Player WIM 2329 13603108
14 ALL GEO PAIKIDZE NAZI Player WGM 2411 13603620
15 ALL GER PAEHTZ ELISABETH Player IM 2454 4641833
16 ALL HUN HOANG THANH TRANG Player GM 2435 12400149
17 ALL RUS BEZGODOVA MARIA Player WIM 2226 24111260
18 ALL RUS BEZGODOVA SVETLANA Player WIM 2100 4110650
19 ALL RUS BODNARUK ANASTASIA Player IM 2419 4181751
20 ALL RUS BRONNIKOVA ELIZAVETA Player WIM 2252 4157087
21 ALL RUS CHAROCHKINA DARIA Player WGM 2358 4180917
22 ALL RUS GIRYA OLGA Player WGM 2399 4195752
23 ALL RUS GORYACHKINA ALEKSANDRA Player WIM 2333 4147103
24 ALL RUS GUNINA VALENTINA Player IM 2510 4167570
25 ALL RUS KASHLINSKAYA ALINA Player WGM 2389 4198026
26 ALL RUS KHARMUNOVA NADEJDA Player WIM 2215 4195876
27 ALL RUS KOSTENIUK ALEKSANDRA Player GM 2448 4128125
28 ALL RUS KOVANOVA BAIRA Player WGM 2383 4164083
29 ALL RUS MOLCHANOVA TATJANA Player WGM 2346 4132203
30 ALL RUS POGONINA NATALIA Player WGM 2449 4147855
31 ALL RUS SAVINA ANASTASIA Player IM 2337 4196872
32 ALL SCO ARAKHAMIA-GRANT KETEVAN Player GM 2434 13600168
33 ALL SLO MUZYCHUK ANNA Player GM 2580 14111330
34 ALL TUR OZTURK KUBRA Player WGM 2309 6302599
35 ALL TUR YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE Player WIM 2340 6302920
36 ALL UKR DOLZHYKOVA KATERYNA Player WIM 2334 14113414
37 ALL UKR LAHNO KATERYNA Player GM 2557 14109336
38 ALL UKR MUZYCHUK MARIYA Player IM 2483 14114550
39 ALL UKR USHENINA ANNA Player IM 2458 14110911
40 ALL UKR ZHUKOVA NATALIA Player GM 2426 14101513
41 Individual ARM DANIELIAN ELINA Player GM 2490 13300210
42 Individual ARM GALOJAN LILIT Player IM 2366 13301314
43 Individual ARM HAIRAPETIAN ANNA Player WIM 2198 13303554
44 Individual ARM KURSOVA MARIA Player WGM 2306 4129709
45 Individual ARM MKRTCHIAN LILIT Player IM 2458 13300601
46 Individual AZE ABDULLA KHAYALA Player WIM 2227 13401807
47 Individual AZE ASGAROVA TURAN Player 1932 13403451
48 Individual AZE FATALIYEVA ULVIYYA Player WFM 2141 13403052
49 Individual AZE HAMIDOVA SAMAYA Player 1669 13408399
50 Individual AZE IBRAHIMOVA SABINA Player 2070 13403893
51 Individual AZE ISGANDAROVA KHAYALA Player WIM 2178 13401823
52 Individual AZE KAZIMOVA NARMIN Player WIM 2252 13402951
53 Individual AZE MAMMADOVA GULNAR Player WIM 2294 13403508
54 Individual AZE MAMEDJAROVA ZEINAB Player WGM 2318 13401521
55 Individual AZE MAMEDJAROVA TURKAN Player WGM 2262 13402005
56 Individual AZE MAMMADZADA GUNAY Player 1879 13403729
57 Individual AZE SOYUNLU NARMIN Player 1816 13400843
58 Individual AZE UMUDOVA NARGIZ Player WIM 2202 13402137
59 Individual BLR ZIAZIULKINA NASTASSIA Player WIM 2290 13505221
60 Individual CZE MARECKOVA MARTINA Player WFM 2114 327930
61 Individual CZE OLSAROVA KAROLINA Player WIM 2150 320242
62 Individual EST TSIGANOVA MONIKA Player WIM 2185 4500199
63 Individual FRA MARIE SEBAG Player GM 2512 617822
64 Individual GER MICHNA MARTA Player WGM 2383 1106686
65 Individual GER SCHLEINING ZOYA Player WGM 2326 4671660
66 Individual GRE MAKROPOULOU MARINA Player WGM 2224 4200187
67 Individual Italy MESSINA ROBERTA Player 1957 819018
68 Individual LTU VIKTORIJA CMILYTE Player GM 2503 12801259
69 Individual MNE VOJINOVIC JOVANA Player WGM 2359 937266
70 Individual POL SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA KARINA Player WGM 2377 1122681
71 Individual POL ZAWADZKA JOLANTA Player WGM 2358 1122320
72 Individual POR COIMBRA MARGARIDA Player WFM 2156 1901192
73 Individual ROU BULMAGA IRINA Player WIM 2360 13903063
74 Individual ROU FOISOR CRISTINA-ADELA Player IM 2395 1200486
75 Individual ROU FOISOR MIHAELA-VERONICA Player WFM 2215 2270757
76 Individual ROU SANDU MIHAELA Player WGM 2248 1204327
77 Individual ROU UTA ADELINE-RAMONA Player WFM 2087 1214861
78 Individual RUS ALEXANIAN NELLI Player WIM 2114 4170539
79 Individual RUS IVAKHINOVA INNA Player WIM 2291 4185641
80 Individual RUS KINEVA EKATERINA Player WFM 2096 4152662
81 Individual RUS ROMANKO MARINA Player IM 2389 4149351
82 Individual RUS SHAYDULLINA SANDUGACH Player WGM 2215 4140389
83 Individual SRB BOJKOVIC NATASA Player IM 2395 908550
84 Individual SRB CHELUSHKINA IRINA Player WGM 2280 928615
85 Individual SRB DRLJEVIC LJILJA Player WIM 2265 928879
86 Individual SRB MANAKOVA MARIA Player WGM 2319 927007
87 Individual SRB RAKIC MARIJA Player WIM 2295 936286
88 Individual SUI DE SEROUX CAMILLE Player 2076 1305620
89 Individual SUI MONIKA SEPS Player WIM 2182 1308521
90 Individual SVK MOTYCAKOVA MONIKA Player WFM 2087 14909626
91 Individual SVK REPKOVA EVA Player IM 2416 14900440
92 Individual TUR ARIG BUSRA Player 1820 6309356
93 Individual TUR CEMHAN KARDELEN Player WCM 1952 6325670
94 Individual TUR DAI IRMAK Player 1592 6336426
95 Individual TUR KAYA EMEL Player WCM 2005 6306411
96 Individual TUR MENZI NEZIHE EZGI Player 1887 6310060
97 Individual TUR OZTURK HILAL Player 1773 6315330
98 Individual TUR PATEL YESIM Player 1824 6300200
99 Individual UKR GAPONENKO INNA player IM 2416 14101181
100 Individual UKR MARTYNKOVA OLENA Player 1628 14134039
101 Individual&Rapid ITA SEDINA ELENA Player WGM 2352 812153
102 Individual&Rapid SVK BOROSOVA ZUZANA Player WGM 2284 14905779
103 Individual&Rapid UKR CHEREDNICHENKO ELENA Player WFM 2113 14105560
104 Rapid&Blitz RUS CHETINA ELIZAVETA Player 1798 4100131