7/27/2008 – A low drawing ratio, fighting chess, grandmasters, girls with curls – this is what makes women's chess so attractive. The North Urals Cup 2008 begins today, with GM Koneru Humpy, GM Antoaneta Stefanova, GM Pia Cramling, IM Marie Sebag, IM Anna Muzychuk, GM Xu Yuhua (world champions), IM Anna Ushenina and WGM Natalija Pogonina. Pictorial, interview with Xu Yuhua.