Top Chess Stars in Women's World Team Event March 2 in Astana: Alexandra Kosteniuk to Lead Russian Challenge

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The Women’s World Chess Team Championship will take place from 2nd-12th March at the Duma Hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan. The best teams of the world will participate in the Championship.

Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk - the 12th Women's World Chess Champion - will lead the Russian challenge. The Russian team also includes Valentina Gunina, Natalija Pogonina, Alisa Galliamova, Olga Girya with Sergey Rublevsky as the captain.

Astana can easily boast of gathering at least 50 of the best women chess players from 10 countries (China, Russia, Ukraine, USA, India, France, Turkey, Georgia, Romania and Kazakhstan): Among them are the three teams that were ranked as the best at the World Chess Olympiad, five continental champions, the country-organizer and one team elected by the FIDE President.

Every team consists of five players and the team-winner will be determined in a round-robin event after 9 games. Time control is 90 minutes per 40 moves and thirty minutes until the end of the game plus 30 seconds increment per move.

 

The Chinese team has won all the championships in the past. Reigning women's world chess champion Anna Ushenina will also be playing for play for Ukraine and it will be her first official event since she won the world title.

The top-seed of the tournament will be the Georgian team.

Teams:
1. Georgia FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 13601903 Dzagnidze, Nana 2555
2 13602640 Khotenashvili, Bela 2499
3 13601458 Javakhishvili, Lela 2461
4 13600320 Khurtsidze, Nino 2437 2488.0
5 13602446 Melia, Salome 2403
6 Captain Gurieli, Nino

2. Russia FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 4128125 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
2 4167570 Gunina Valentina 2490
3 4147855 Pogonina Natalija 2475
4 4129752 Galliamova Alisa 2459 2479.8
5 4195752 Girya Olga 2441
6 Captain Rublevsky Sergey

3. Ukraine FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 1411091 Ushenina, Anna 2477
2 14109336 Lahno, Kateryna 2547
3 14114550 Muzychuk, Mariya 2471
4 14101181 Yanovska (Gaponenko), Inna 2405 2475.0
5 14101513 Zhukova, Natalia 2471
6 Captain Brodsky, Michail

4. China FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 8603006 Ju Wenjun 2505
2 8602689 Huang Qian 2478
3 8603642 Tan Zhongyi 2466
4 8604002 Guo Qi 2431 2470.0
5 8603162 Shen Yang 2415
6 Captain Ye Jiangchuan

5. USA FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 14101572 Anna Zatonskykh 2491
2 2012782 Irina Krush 2460
3 13301918 Tatev Abrahamyan 2300
4 1212915 Sabina Foisor 2313 2391.0
5 11602252 Viktorija Ni 2263
6 Captain Michael Khodarkovsky

6. Romania FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 1200496 Foisor Cristina Adela 2389
2 1201590 Cosma Elena Luminita 2332
3 13903063 Bulmaga Irina 2355
4 1210246 Lami Alina 2362 2359.5
5 1206729 Voicu Jagodzinsky 2281
6 Captain Szabo Gergely Andras Gyula

7. India FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 5013623 Gomes Mary Ann 2394
2 5012600 Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2391
3 5004330 Mohota Nisha/H 2327
4 5029295 Rout Padmini/H 2307 2354.8
5 5016193 Swaminathan Soumya 2291
6 Captain Sahu Sekhar Chandra

8. France FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 623725 Sophie Milliet 2408
2 13601717 Nino Maisurasze 2331
3 2902265 Silvia Collas 2286
4 11600209 Anda Safranska 2322 2336.8
5 642002 Natacha Benmesbah 2266
6 Captain Pavel Tregubov

9. Kazakhstan FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 13704788 Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2353
2 13700090 Saduakassova Dinara 2301
3 13703595 Davletbayeva Madina 2272
4 13702971 Dauletova Gulmira 2265 2297.8
5 13703544 Abdumalik Zhansaya 2184
6 Captain Kotsur Pavel

10. Turkey FIDE ID Full name Rating Avg
1 6302920 Yildiz, Betul Cemre 2368
2 6302599 Ozturk, Kubra 2281
3 6325670 Cemhan, Kardelen 2025
4 6300278 Sop, Selen 2028 2175.5
5 6306411 Kaya, Emel 1995
6 Captain Mihalcisin, Adrian

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