New Chess Event in India for Women: Elisabeth Paehtz Top Seed at AICF-KIIT Round-Robin

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Top seed Elizabeth Paehtz of Germany. Find lots of great photos of the world's best chess players at www.chesspics.com.

Former World Junior Girls’ champion Elisabeth Paehtz of Germany is the top seed at the round-robin women's chess tournament that begins in the South Indian city of Bhubaneshwar on March 17. The AICF-KIIT Chess Cup is India's strongest-ever women's closed chess tournament with a prize fund of about $15,000. Elina Danilian and Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia, Olga Girya of Russia, Cristina Foisor of France and reigning world junior girls’ champion Guo Qi of China are the other non-Indian players in the event. The Indian players include national women’s champion Mary Ann Gomes, Padmini Rout, Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Nisha Mohota, Eesha Karavade and Swati Ghate.

The tournament will be played on a round-robin basis and the drawing of lots will be done during the opening ceremony. There will be eleven rounds in all under FIDE’s standard time control between twelve players. The AICF-KIIT cup is aimed at providing top level opposition for Indian women chess players. 

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Aronian Advises Lilit, Danielian: Stay Cool During Women's World Chess Championship!

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Chess is big time in Armenia what with the Armenians winning the gold at the Istanbul Chess Olympiad recently. Now, here comes chess advice for the Armenia women's chess team from World No. 2. The Armenia Press has reported that Aronian advises: The attitude of the Armenian women chess players to each game in the Women's World Chess Championship must be cool. 

Aronian said: "Usually we get ready for such championships with all due seriousness. Each game in the tournament resembles to the final match. I would suggest our girls to be cool during the games."

Elina Danielian and Lilit Mkrtchian will represent Armenia in the Women's World Chess Championship, which will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk city of the Russian Federation from November 10 to December 2. 64 chess players from 33 different countries will participate in the championship. The Championship has a total prize fund of USD 450,000.

The world chess champions, the leaders of the FIDE ranking, the candidates from the chess federations and the winners of the continental and regional tournaments will struggle for the champion's title.

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