World Cities Team Chess Qualifiers Announced by Fide
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Hi everyone,
Hi everyone,
FIDE has announced the qualifiers for the World Cities Team Championship for the Sheikh Zayed Cup scheduled 21-29 December 2012 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Olympiad champion Armenia will lead 32 city teams in the $150,000 knock-out format championship. Host United Arab Emirates joins qualifiers from the World Team Championship, Continental teams and 25 top zonal teams from the Istanbul Olympiad.
The tournament is organized by the Al Ain Chess Club, headed by Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan, on behalf of FIDE, Asian Chess Federation and UAE Chess Federation. You can find the regulations and invite at the Fide site. Teams will be grouped by rating into 8 groups of 4 teams each who will play a single round robin. The top two qualify into the knockout Round of 16 followed by exciting Quarterfinal and Semifinal matches, and the final showdown.
The qualified federations are:
1- Olympiad Champion Armenia
2- World Team Champion Hungary - 5th (after Armenia, China, Ukraine, Russia)
3- European Champion Germany
4- American Champion Brazil
5- Asian Cities Champion Kazakhstan - 2nd (after China)
6- African Champion Egypt
7- Host Country UAE
8- Zone 1.1 Netherlands - 6th
9- Zone 1.2 Slovenia - 25th
10- Zone 1.3 Sweden - 16th
11- Zone 1.4 Romania - 8th
12- Zone 1.5 Serbia - 14th
13- Zone 1.6 Russia
14- Zone 1.7 Latvia - 28th
15- Zone 1.8 Azerbaijan - 10th
16- Zone 1.9 Ukraine
17- Zone 2.1 United States Of America
18- Zone 2.2 Canada
19- Zone 2.3 Cuba - 11th
20- Zone 2.4 Peru - 55th
21- Zone 2.5 Argentina - 22nd
22- Zone 3.1 Iran - 61st
23- Zone 3.2 Bangladesh - 33rd
24- Zone 3.3 Vietnam - 7th
25- Zone 3.4 Uzbekistan - 24th
26- Zone 3.5 China
27- Zone 3.6 Australia - 32nd
28- Zone 3.7 India
29- Zone 4.1 Tunisia - 75th
30- Zone 4.2 Uganda - 90th (after Egypt)
31- Zone 4.3 South Africa - 62nd
32- New Zone 4.4 Nigeria - 96th
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The tournament is organized by the Al Ain Chess Club, headed by Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan, on behalf of FIDE, Asian Chess Federation and UAE Chess Federation. You can find the regulations and invite at the Fide site. Teams will be grouped by rating into 8 groups of 4 teams each who will play a single round robin. The top two qualify into the knockout Round of 16 followed by exciting Quarterfinal and Semifinal matches, and the final showdown.
The qualified federations are:
1- Olympiad Champion Armenia
2- World Team Champion Hungary - 5th (after Armenia, China, Ukraine, Russia)
3- European Champion Germany
4- American Champion Brazil
5- Asian Cities Champion Kazakhstan - 2nd (after China)
6- African Champion Egypt
7- Host Country UAE
8- Zone 1.1 Netherlands - 6th
9- Zone 1.2 Slovenia - 25th
10- Zone 1.3 Sweden - 16th
11- Zone 1.4 Romania - 8th
12- Zone 1.5 Serbia - 14th
13- Zone 1.6 Russia
14- Zone 1.7 Latvia - 28th
15- Zone 1.8 Azerbaijan - 10th
16- Zone 1.9 Ukraine
17- Zone 2.1 United States Of America
18- Zone 2.2 Canada
19- Zone 2.3 Cuba - 11th
20- Zone 2.4 Peru - 55th
21- Zone 2.5 Argentina - 22nd
22- Zone 3.1 Iran - 61st
23- Zone 3.2 Bangladesh - 33rd
24- Zone 3.3 Vietnam - 7th
25- Zone 3.4 Uzbekistan - 24th
26- Zone 3.5 China
27- Zone 3.6 Australia - 32nd
28- Zone 3.7 India
29- Zone 4.1 Tunisia - 75th
30- Zone 4.2 Uganda - 90th (after Egypt)
31- Zone 4.3 South Africa - 62nd
32- New Zone 4.4 Nigeria - 96th
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss
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