The city of Chengdu in China is hosting the Women's World Chess Team Championship from April 18th to 28. The organizers are Chinese Chess Association, FIDE World Chess Federation, with the support of Board and Card Administrative Center of General Administration of Sport of China and Chengdu Municipal Government.

The best teams of the world will participate in the coming championship, among which the previous event's Women’s World Team Champion, the three highest-placed teams in the FIDE Olympiad prior to the event, the four Continental Champions, a team from the organizing federation, a team to be nominated by FIDE President. The ten countries are: China, Russia, Ukraine, USA, India, Poland, Armenia, Georgia, Egypt and Kazakhstan. Every team consists of five players and the team-winner will be determined in a round-robin event after 9 rounds. Time control is 90 minutes per 40 moves and thirty minutes until the end of the game plus 30 seconds increment per move.

This year's participants are Kazakhstan, India, China, USA, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Poland and Egypt.

Closing Ceremony

The closing gala started with a dinner, very much in Chinese style

Something for everyone!

Eteri Kublashvili, Press Secretary of the Russian Chess Federation

The coveted medals

Friends one the tournament finishes: Valentina Gunina on Koneru Humpy

Lilit Mrktchian and Harika Dronavalli

Russian team captain Sergei Rublevsky and one of the stars: Olga Girya (gold medal for her board)

Tian Hongwei (right, also known as Abigail) is a driving force behind chess in China

The table of, of course, FIDE representatives

The FIDE President came back for the closing

Zhansaya Abdumalik and Padmini Rout are two of the youngest participants of the event

Bronze medalist for their boards

China with their bronze medals (and trophy!)

A good performance by Russia...

But of course nothing compares to the brilliance of Georgia's team in Chengdu

Cheers! (but water for Goryachkina)

Last remarks by Kirsan Ilyumzhiinov

Team America posing one last time before scattering around the World

Performances by Chinese dancers

A balancing act

And a taste of Bian Lian - a Chinese dramatic art known as "face-changing" for the rapid changes of masks that the actors perform in order to switch characters or express different moods. It is an integral part of Sichuan Opera.

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And a more traditional performance to finish the night

Besides the team standings, the opening ceremony also prized the top performers per board:

Board One

Board Two

Board Three

Board Four

Board Five

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Final Standings

Matches won give two points, draws one point and losses zero points.

Schedule

Round 1 - April 19, 15:00 Beijing

Round 2 - April 20, 15:00 Beijing

Round 3 - April 21, 15:00 Beijing

Round 4 - April 22, 15:00 Beijing

Round 5 - April 23, 15:00 Beijing

Round 6 - April 25, 15:00 Beijing

Round 7 - April 26, 15:00 Beijing

Round 8 - April 27, 15:00 Beijing

Round 9 - April 28, 11:00 Beijing

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