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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Hot Chess Girls in Belgrade: Identify Them

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Hi everyone, 

Can any chess weekend be complete without strong and sexy chess girls for company? So, name these ladies who just attended the European Women's Chess Championship 2013 in Belgrade and shot the mercury up with their stats - chess and otherwise. The photos were taken by Evgeny Surov for www.chess-news.ru.
 

   


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Monday, July 22, 2013

European Women's Chess Championship 2013 Begins in Belgrade

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Hi everyone, 
 

The European Women's Chess Championship 2013 is running in Belgrade, Serbia from July 22-August 4 with Valentina Gunina of Russia as the defending champion. 

The European Individual Women’s Championship was held for the first time in 2000, in Batumi, Georgia, city famous for many important chess events, as a 32-player knockout event. That year Natalia Zhukova defeated Ekatarina Kovalevskaya in the final with the result 2.5-1.5. Since 2001 the Tournament has had a Swiss system format, and apart from a short switch to a 12-round schedule in 2004-2005, was played with 11-round schedule. Three players won 2 crowns: Pia Cramling (2003 and 2010), Katerina Lahno (2005 and 2008) and Tatiana Kosintseva (2007 and 2009), and all three confirmed arrival in Belgrade.

The list of European Women’s Chess Champions is as follows:

2000: Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine)
2001: Almira Skirpchenko (Moldova)
2002: Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
2003: Pia Cramling (Sweden)
2004: Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)
2005: Katheryna Lahno (Ukraine)
2006: Ekatarina Atalik (Turkey)
2007: Tatiana Kositnseva (Russia)
2008: Katheryna Lahno (Ukraine)
2009: Tatiana Kositnseva (Russia)
2010: Pia Cramling (Sweden)
2011: Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania)
2012: Valentina Gunina (Russia)

Stay tuned for updates via the official website.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2013 in Belgrade

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The European Chess Union has awarded the organisation of the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2013 to Serbian Chess Federation. The Championship will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from July 22 to August 4, 2013 with a prize fund of 75 000 Eur (60 000 Eur for players, 15 000 Eur for the ECU). The Ministry of Youth and Sport, headed by the famous chess player WGM Alisa Maric, and City of Belgrade are providing financial and logistic support, according to the latest update by Chessdom.

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