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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Cheer for Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk at European Women's Individual Chess Championship 2011 in Georgia from May 7

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everybody, 

The European Individual Women Chess Championship 2011 will be played from 7th to 18th May in Tbilisi, Georgia. There are 132 players (among them 11 GM, 25 WGM, 26 IM, 25 WIM, 17 WFM) from 26 federations have registered to take part in the tournament. Players' list is below.

Of course, we've also got none other than Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk going straight for the title at the championship. You can track her at www.kosteniuk.com, www.chessqueen.com and at twitter via @chessqueen and @kosteniuk - apart from right here at www.chessblog.com and @chessblogcom.

The European Women's Rapid Chess Championship will take place immediately after the main event, on May 19-22 in Kutaisi. The playing venue will be 'Maia Chiburdanidze's chess school' and the organisers are providing a prize fund of 10,400 EUR. The tournament format is 11-round Swiss with the rate of play 15 minutes for a game for a player, with an increment of 10 seconds per move.




You can access the full list of players here.




From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
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9 comments:

  1. alexis cochran, new zealandMay 5, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    All the best my dearest Chess Queen.

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  2. Amrit Puri, Knights Chess Club, New DelhiMay 5, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Go go girl, youre the best chess queen. show them now. we will cheer for you every single day so you win every single day. Watch out Europe here comes Alexandra to conquer.

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  3. Srinath, ColomboMay 5, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Best of Luck. I am sure you will win the title with your dynamite chess.

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  4. Nabin Pokharel and friends, NepalMay 5, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Roses are red violets are blue, we love you so true. We wish to see you the Champion of Europe soon. Best of luck.

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  5. SupermanMay 5, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Just win.

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  6. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    GO SHOW THEM CHESS QUEEN YOU ROCK I SEND YOU EXTRA POWER.

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  7. Sebastian Wolff, MarylandMay 5, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    YOU ARE THE QUEEN. Win the championship dearest Alexandra. We wish you all the best.

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  8. JanMay 6, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Best wishes and good luck to you, Alexandra!

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  9. YoungbloedMay 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    Hup Alexandra !!!!
    I hope you win :-)

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