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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.
| 30 May | Arrival, Opening Ceremony, Technical meeting |
| 31 May | Rapid (rounds 1-3) 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 |
| 1 June | Rapid (rounds 4-6) 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 |
| 2 June | Rapid (rounds 7-9) 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 |
| 3 June | Rapid (rounds 10-11) 15:00, 17:00 |
| 4 June | Blitz (rounds 1-8) 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, etc... |
| 5 June | Blitz (rounds 9-15), 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, etc... Closing Ceremony. |
| 6 June | Departure |
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
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| 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2589 | 5.0 |
17.0 |
24.5 |
2708 |
| 2 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2518 | 5.0 |
14.5 |
21.5 |
2720 |
| 3 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2457 | 4.5 |
15.5 |
23.0 |
2714 |
| 4 | WGM | Huang Qian | CHN | 2417 | 4.5 |
15.0 |
22.5 |
2716 |
| 5 | Wang Jue | CHN | 2364 | 4.5 |
12.5 |
20.0 |
2706 |
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| 6 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | UKR | 2546 | 4.5 |
12.5 |
18.5 |
2623 |
| 7 | GM | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2549 | 4.0 |
16.0 |
24.0 |
2596 |
| 8 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2478 | 4.0 |
15.5 |
21.5 |
2588 |
| 9 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2598 | 4.0 |
13.0 |
19.0 |
2510 |
| 10 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2491 | 4.0 |
12.5 |
17.5 |
2545 |
| 11 | WGM | Guo Qi | CHN | 2360 | 4.0 |
12.0 |
18.5 |
2635 |
| 12 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | GEO | 2456 | 4.0 |
11.5 |
18.0 |
2604 |
| 13 | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2456 | 4.0 |
11.0 |
16.5 |
2565 |
| 14 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2430 | 4.0 |
11.0 |
16.0 |
2585 |
| 15 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2508 | 4.0 |
9.5 |
15.0 |
2523 |
| 16 | IM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2530 | 3.5 |
15.0 |
22.0 |
2484 |
| 17 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | GEO | 2500 | 3.5 |
14.0 |
21.0 |
2468 |
| 18 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 2449 | 3.5 |
13.0 |
20.0 |
2474 |
| 19 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2484 | 3.5 |
10.5 |
17.0 |
2450 |
| 20 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2449 | 3.0 |
14.0 |
21.0 |
2477 |
| 21 | GM | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2491 | 3.0 |
14.0 |
20.5 |
2408 |
| 22 | IM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2454 | 3.0 |
13.5 |
20.0 |
2456 |
| 23 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2547 | 3.0 |
13.0 |
20.0 |
2425 |
| 24 | IM | Gvetadze Sofio | GEO | 2338 | 3.0 |
12.0 |
18.5 |
2477 |
| 25 | GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | SCO | 2426 | 3.0 |
11.0 |
16.5 |
2444 |
| 26 | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | GEO | 2366 | 3.0 |
11.0 |
15.5 |
2399 |
| 27 | WGM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2436 | 3.0 |
10.5 |
17.5 |
2399 |
| 28 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | RUS | 2447 | 3.0 |
10.0 |
14.5 |
2332 |
| 29 | WGM | Ding Yixin | CHN | 2353 | 3.0 |
9.0 |
14.0 |
2412 |
| 30 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | RUS | 2417 | 2.5 |
14.0 |
21.0 |
2457 |
| 31 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2442 | 2.5 |
13.0 |
18.5 |
2387 |
| 32 | IM | Klinova Masha | ISR | 2318 | 2.5 |
12.0 |
18.5 |
2352 |
| 33 | IM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2500 | 2.5 |
12.0 |
17.5 |
2324 |
| 34 | WGM | Mammadova Gulnar | AZE | 2345 | 2.5 |
11.5 |
17.5 |
2383 |
| 35 | GM | Danielian Elina | ARM | 2484 | 2.5 |
11.5 |
17.0 |
2304 |
| 36 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 2532 | 2.5 |
11.5 |
16.5 |
2260 |
| 37 | IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2410 | 2.5 |
10.5 |
16.5 |
2373 |
| 38 | WIM | Arabidze Meri | GEO | 2351 | 2.5 |
9.5 |
14.5 |
2338 |
| 39 | IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | GEO | 2414 | 2.5 |
9.0 |
13.0 |
2314 |
| 40 | WGM | Charkhalashvili Inga | GEO | 2334 | 2.0 |
11.5 |
16.5 |
2321 |
| 41 | IM | Purtseladze Maka | GEO | 2348 | 2.0 |
10.5 |
16.5 |
2308 |
| 42 | IM | Matnadze Ana | ESP | 2446 | 2.0 |
10.5 |
15.0 |
2222 |
| 43 | WIM | Janjghava Natia | GEO | 2306 | 2.0 |
9.5 |
14.0 |
2244 |
| 44 | WIM | Mikadze Miranda | GEO | 2323 | 2.0 |
9.0 |
12.5 |
2243 |
| 45 | WIM | Bezgodova Svetlana | RUS | 2120 | 1.5 |
12.0 |
18.0 |
2272 |
| 46 | WGM | Cori T Deysi | PER | 2386 | 1.5 |
12.0 |
18.0 |
2261 |
| 47 | IM | Krush Irina | USA | 2457 | 1.5 |
9.5 |
14.0 |
2170 |
| 48 | GM | Gaprindashvili Nona | GEO | 2356 | 1.0 |
12.5 |
18.5 |
2157 |
| 49 | IM | Gurieli Nino | GEO | 2329 | 1.0 |
12.0 |
18.0 |
2134 |
| 50 | WIM | Umudova Nargiz | AZE | 2231 | 0.5 |
10.0 |
14.5 |
2022 |
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.
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