14.03.2006	Maria Kursova has come into the 1/16 final
The first days of the championship ,as it was expected,were very surprising. One of the most important events for chess enthusiasts from Yekaterinburg was the victory of Maria Kursova, a young but very talented player who beat one of the best women chess players in the world, the representative of China Zhao Xue Read more...
14.03.2006	FAVOURITES FAILURE.
One of the most sensational rounds of the Women’s World Chess Championship has finished. It turned out tragic for Championship’s favorites. The World Women’s Champion Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), rating–favorite Humpy Koneru (India), the 3rd number of starting list Pia Cramling(Sweden) lost to Iweta Radziewicz(Poland), Marie Sebag (France), Peng Zhaoquin from Netherlands accordingly. But if Antoaneta and Humpy are left after tie-breaks, an experienced Pia – after the normal games. Read more...
13.03.2006	Photo reports of the 1st round
Round 1 Game 1 Photo report Round 1 Game 2 Photo report Read more...
13.03.2006	Alexandra Kosteniuk: the beginning worthy of the champion
At the end of the first round there was a press-conference of one of the rating – favorites of the Championship – GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. The fact that before the tournament Sasha was quite reserved regarding mass media, explaining it by her desire to concentrate on the forthcoming event, caused a lot of questions. Read more...
12.03.2006	World Championship: the first press-conference
On March, 11 the first press-conference dedicated to the beginning of the Women’s World Chess Championship 2006 took place. Its participants were FIDE president Kirsan Ilumzhinov and the governor of Sverdlovsk region Eduard Rossel. The honorary right to the welcoming speech was given to the dearest guest of the Ural land. Kirsan Nickolayevich expressed his gratitude to the government of the region, first of all, for the enthusiasm to hold the championship in Yekaterinburg and afterwards for helping in its organization. FIDE president also thanked the governor Eduard Rossel for his personal patronage of the championship in Yekaterinburg and gave the example of successful joint experience in organizing the super tournament “The Northern Urals Cup” during the last three years. Read more...
10.03.2006	Live transmission of the Opening Ceremony
Watch Live transmission of the Opening Ceremony on www.vidicor.ru site (in Russian) 5:00PM local time Read more...
09.03.2006	Greeting words of Kirsan ILYUMZHINOV
Dear Chess friends! On behalf of the World Chess Federation and FIDE Presidential Board, I am happy to most cordially welcome the participants, guests and the Organisers of the Women's World Chess Championship! It is very pleasant for us to recognize the fact that the chess players representing 29 countries from all the Continents will be fighting for the chess crown in the land of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, full of the Urals emeralds and semi-precious stones, which has absorbed the spirit from the tales of Pavel Bazhov and Nikolay Leskov. Read more...
09.03.2006	Greeting words of Alexander ZHUKOV
Dear participants, guests and organizers of The Women's World Chess Championship 2006! Congratulate you on the beginning of the Women's World Chess Championship in the capital of hospitable Ural Land! It is the third time when Russia becomes the home of Women's World Championships. This fact shows the high level of the women's chess development in our country. It's very pleasant to realize that the interest in this Royal Game in Russia is really great. That is why I am especially happy that the representatives of the best part of the mankind, without exaggeration, the queens of the chess will give us the unique chance to watch their brilliant duels. Read more...
09.03.2006	Greeting words of Vyacheslav FETISOV
Dear Participants! On behalf of the Federal Agency on Physical Culture and Sport I congratulate you on the beginning of the Women's World Chess Championship! For the first time in the history of Women's Chess it will take place on the Ural Land. Ekaterinburg is the capital of the Ural region and now it has become the capital of the world's chess. It is the great honor for Ekaterinburg to accept so many eminent guests. And it is not an incident. This is the evidence of our growing prestige on the international scene. This is the public recognition of the Ural Grand Master's school which is rightly considered to be one of the best in Russia. Read more...
09.03.2006	Greeting words of Eduard ROSSEL
Dear Friends! Sverdlovsk Region is famous for not only its economic power but also for its achievements in sport. More than 7 thousand of different tournaments on more than 100 kinds of sport are held annually in our region. And even in this impressive list the Women's World Chess Championship is really an outstanding event. 64 top chess players arrived in Ekaterinburg to compare their strength in open and fair rivalry. 64 black and white squares of chess board will turn the capital of the Urals into the capital of world chess. Owing to this tournament, Ural citizens will get the chance to meet legendary chess players among which there will be current women's world chess champion Stefanova Antoaneta, five times women's world chess champion Chiburdanidze Maya, world vice-champions Kovalevskaya Ekaterina and Galliamova Alisa, girls world, Europe and Russia chess champions. Read more...
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