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The North Urals Cup 2004 is the second international super-tournament – for female chess players! it is being held in Krasnoturinsk. Pictures...
The city is located in the north of Sverdlovsk area in 426 kms from the regional center Ekaterinburg (Yekaterinburg). It is the cultural center of Northern Ural and the home of a number of outstanding Russian scientists. More...
The tournament is a nine round round robin with ten very strong female chess players, amongst them the current women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova (2527, BUL), five times world champion Maia Chiburdanidze (2498, GEO) Russian women's champion Alisa Galliamova (2490, RUS), two-times women's champion of the USSR Svetlana Matveeva (2482, RUS), European women's champion 2000 Natalia Zhukova (2475, UKR), US women's champion 1998 Irina Krush (2459, USA) and 2001 European women's champion Almira Skripchenko (2453, FRA). Data of all participants...
After five rounds we have Ekaterina Kovalevskaya and Almira Skripchenko in the lead with 3.5 points, followed by Maia Chiburdanidze and Irina Krush.
The beautiful lakeside hotel where the players are staying
The Palace of Culture where the tournament is being held
All the ladies together at the openings ceremony
A pop group in an astonishing array of costumes
Acrobatic performances for the participants and visitors
Alisa Galliamova, Almira Skripchenko and the guest of honour Boris Spassky
Boris said that his passion for chess was born when at nine he had seen a sign saying "Chess Club" in a magnificent summer garden. He joined and started to play. Boris spoke about the first game, the first defeat, the first tears in his life and the decision never to lose. The 67-year-old veteran cannot imagine life without chess. He keeps up with all chess events and is interested in women chess. The 10th world champion thinks that the present champions neglect work with sparring partners and are too dependent on computers. Boris Spassky considers training with the computer rather superficial. He spoke about his own concept of training, which is centered around ideas – idea of game, idea of move. If Boris Spassky teaches, he teaches ideas. However he admits that he is not a good trainer.
Chess legend Boris Spassky talks about his life at the press conference.
The playing area in the Palace of Culture
Top seed and women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova
Natalie Zhukova (and Alisa Galliamova in the background)
Almira Skripchenko vs 18-year-old Maria Kursova in round one
Svetlana Matveeva
Ekaterina Polovnikova
Five-time world champion Maia Chiburdanidze
Former US Champion Irina Krush
Maria Kursova
Boris Spassky analyses with players and visitors
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