6/3/2012 – The top-ranked players were all battling for the medals, but it was the luckiest (by her own admission) who took Gold in the end. Antoneta Stefanova could hardly complain – two of her highest-ranked opponents blundered winning positions to mate in two or mate in one. The Blitz Championship starts on Monday. From the final rounds of the Rapid we are treated to Europe Echecs video reports.
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The Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2012 is taking place from May
30 to June 6 in Batumi, Georgia. The event is organized and conducted by the
ACP and the Georgian Chess Federation, and is approved by FIDE. Format: eleven
round rapid Swiss at 25 min + 10 seconds, 11 rounds; 15 round blitz at 4 min
+ 2 seconds. FIDE rules without the unpopular zero tolerance rule – the
game is lost by the player who arrives at the chessboard after her flag has
fallen.
GM
Robert Fontaine and his video producer Gérard Demuydt have castled from
the World Championship in Moscow to the Women's Rapid and Blitz in Batumi. They
are producing video reports and interviews after each round for the French chess
magazine Europe Echecs. We are grateful
to receive these reports and that they include interviews with players and personalities.
Interview with legendary trainer Mark Dvoretsky
Interviews with Qian Huang and Melia Salome
Stefanova Women's World Rapid Champion
In this video Anotaneta Stefanova says: "It was a very difficult tournament.
The result may look easy, but okay, I was quite lucky, first against Zhao Xue
– I had a very bad position and she blundered...
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