The European Women's Chess Championship is being held from March 21st till April 3rd 2004. The rounds start at 13:00h and will be covered on the Playchess.com server – with Radio ChessBase bringing periodic audio feed directly from the tournament hall. The tournament will be over 12 rounds, with a rest day on March 29th.
After two rounds there were already a number of upsets. Top seed Natalia Zhukova of Ukraine was defeated by her very talented 14-year-old compatriot Anna Muzychuk. Sixth seed Ekateryna Kowalevskaya lost to Dutch player Tea Bosboom-Lanchava. Number one Pia Cramling did not get more than a draw against number 30 Tatiana Stepovaia. In the German duel between Elisabeth Pähtz and Jessica Nill the former needed a lot of time to get out of a worse position and win the game. The top six games are being commented live on Radio ChessBase by GM Klaus Bischoff and Natalia Kiseleva. You can find all the information, games and results in the links below.
| Here is the official web site with live coverage, information, games, scores and standings. Naturally we will also be covering the event on ChessBase.com and Playchess.com. |
Here's a list of all the players. You can click on each name to get a picture, short biographical information and the results so far. |
Interview with GM Uwe Bönsch, who is in charge of the German Women's team. |
The following pictures, taken during rounds one and two, were sent to us by Ben Bartels and André Schulz.
The "Zwinger", Dresden's world-famous art gallery. Garry Kasparov
was there in 2002 (warning: the last picture in that
report appears to be manipulated?!)
Asil Bayrak, 18-year-old player from Turkey, Elo 1898
Yildiz Cavusoglu, 28, Elo 2013, Turkey
Aleksandra Dimovski, 19, Yugoslavia, Elo 2111
WGM Elisabeth Pähtz, 19, Elo 2399, Germany
WIM Jessica Nill, 24, Elo 2246, Germany
WIM Tina Mietzner, 20, Elo 2201, Germany
WGM Tatiana Stepovaia, Elo 2374, Russia
WGM Nataliya Zhukova, 24, Elo 2462, Ukraine
WIM Anna Muzychuk, 14, Elo 2367, Ukraine
WIM Eugenia Chasovnikova, 22, Elo 2277, Russia
Top seed GM Pia Cramling, Elo 2488, Sweden
Third seed WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk, 19, Elo 2469
WIM Jana Krivec, 23, Elo 2301
WGM Maia Lomineishvili, 26, 2397, Georgia
Bulgarian WGM Genrieta Lagvilava, Elo 2302
Karolina Smokina, Elo 2278, Moldavia
Monika Tsiganova, Elo 2269, Estonia
Russian sisters Tatiana (17, 2447) and Nadezhda (19, 2451) Kosintseva
Press officer Natalia Kiseleva with WGM Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (Elo 2323)
Live audio coverage on Radio ChessBase by André Schulz (ChessBase) and
GM Klaus Bishoff
