ACP Women's Chess Cup begins today

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Hi everyone,

Get set for the chess cheering mode. Your favourite Grandmaster Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is going to play in the ACP Women's Chess Tournament beginning today in Tbilisi, Georgia. There are 12 participants in the super tournament representing nine countries:
Russia (3),Georgia (2), Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovenia, Sweden,Ukraine,USA.
The tournament has three women world chess champions: 

• Maia Chiburdanidze - 5- time Champion (1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988;) 
• Antoaneta Stefanova - Women’s World Chess Champion (2004 – 2006)
• Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk - Women’s World Chess Champion (2008-2010) 

6 European Champions:

• Victoria Cmilyte - Actual Champion (Tbilisi 2011) 
• Pia Cramling - 2- time Champion ( 2003, 2010) 
• Kateryna Lahno - 2- time Champion ( 2005, 2008) 
• Tatiana Kosintseva - 2- time Champion ( 2007, 2009)
• Antoaneta Stefanova - ( 2002) 
• Alexandra Kosteniuk - (2004) 

6 World Chess Olympic Champions: 

• Maia Chiburdanidze (9-time: 1978,1980,1982,1984,1986,1992,1994,1996,2008) 
• Lahno Katerina (2006) 
• Nana Dzagnidze (2008) 
• Tatiana Kosintseva (2010) 
• Kosintseva Nadezhda (2010) 
• Alexandra Kosteniuk (2010) 

5 Players in Top 10

• 4.Muzychuk Anna (Slovenia) - 2580 
• 5.Lahno Katerina (Ukraine) - 2557 
• 8.Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia) - 2537 
• 9.Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) - 2535 
• 10.Stefanova Antoaneta(Bulgaria) - 2523 

The highest rated player - Muzychuk Anna (2580)
The lowest rated player - Zeinab Mamedyarova (2318)
The youngest player - Muzychuk Anna (21)
The eldest player - Chiburdanidze Maia (51)

Titles:
title rating date of birth
1.Muzychuk Anna (Slovenia) GM 2580 28.02.1990
2.Lahno Katerina (Ukraine) GM 2557 27.12.1989
3.Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia) GM 2537 14.01.1985
4.Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) GM 2535 01.01.1987
5.Stefanova Antoaneta(Bulgaria) GM 2523 19.04.1979
6.Kosintseva Tatiana (Russia) GM 2513 11.04.1986
7.Zatonskih Anna (USA) WGM;IM 2506 17.07.1978
8.Cmilyte Viktorija (Lithuania) GM 2503 06.08.1983
9.Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia) GM 2500 17.01.1961
10.Cramling Pia (Sweden) GM 2491 23.04.1963
11.Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) GM 2448 23.04.1984
12.Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan) WGM 2318 03.10.1983

10 participants of this Supertournament have full grandmaster title! 

Tournament Regulations The tournament will be held in 'Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel ' from 17 - 22 February 2012.

II Tournament System
ACP Women Cup will be a Round Robin tournament with the twelve participants we just introduced to you.

Games will be played with the following time control: 20 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1. Default time is not 0 minutes; zero tolerance rule will not be in place.

In case of tie for the first place, a tie-break will be played to determine a winner.

The total prize fund of the event amounts to USD 40,000.
Games will be played under the current FIDE Rules for rapid chess.
For tie-break, the FIDE Rules for blitz chess are applied.

You can keep track of the games live at the official website.

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