6/2/2012 – The Women's World Rapid and Blitz championships have started in Batumi, Georgia. It brings together many of the top female players around the world, including Anna Muzychuk (2598) and Koneru Humpy (2589), though not Hou Yifan, who is currently playing in Danzhou. Both events are well-funded with $12000 to the rapid winner and $10000 to the blitz winner. Illustrated report with videos.
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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.
Picture from the opening ceremony
Every female player with the Elo of 2500+ in the official FIDE rating lists
as well as well as all former World Champions and Olympic Champions had the
right to participate in these Championships. In addition every national federation
could nominate one player and up to five more from the same federation, provided
they had an Elo of
2300+ in the official FIDE rating lists in 2012. The Georgian Chess Federation
gpot three additional wildcards as a host of the event.
The total prize fund for the Championships is US $100,000, with the winner
of the Rapid getting $12,000 and the winner of the Blitz $10,000. All the players
who have an official right of participation are provided with full board and
accommodation in the Sheraton Hotel, Batumi. All other participants were free
to choose from the variety of the hotels in Batumi. The organizers will offer
a special price for the official hotels.
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.
Opening ceremony
Round one report
Interviews with the sponsor and with top seed GM Anna Muzychuk
Interviews with the ACP President
Day two, interviews with GMs Pia Cramling and Harika Dronavalli
Opening videos: Sipke Ernst brings the Ulvestad Variation up to date + Part II of ‘Mikhalchishin's Miniatures’. Special: Jan Werle shows highlights from the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in the video. ‘Lucky bag’ with 40 analyses by Ganguly, Illingworth et al.
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