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Start of the Women's Candidates Tournament

5/30/2019 – Today is the official start of the Women's Candidates Tournament in Kazan. A press conference will be held and in the evening the opening ceremony will take place. The first round will be played on May 31st, starting at 2:00 pm CEST. With 200,000 euros, this is the most highly endowed women's tournament in history. | Image: Official site: fwct2019.com

Women's World Championship: Candidates tournament announced

1/3/2019 – As announced following the 2018 Woman's World Championship knockout, FIDE has adopted a new format more closely aligned with the open World Championship. Earlier this week, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich added the date and city for the 2019 Candidates Tournament, to begin at the end of May in Kazan, Russia. Eight players have qualified for the fight for the right to challenge Ju Wenjun in a match. | Photos: ChessBase Playerbase

Closing Ceremony in Kazan

12/9/2014 – After nine tough rounds, Lysyj took the gold. He led the event most of the way, though he was far from the pre-tournament favorite. In the women's section one of the favorites, Gunina, started the tournament on the wrong foot, but she turned things around and won the tournament. Eteri Kublashvili brings us her impressions of the final round and the closing ceremony from Kazan.

Gunina, Lysyj, Russian Champions

12/8/2014 – They took very different routes to get there, but Gunina and Lysyj are the new Russian Champions! Gunina recovered from a bad start, played an incredibly topsy-turvy game in the final round against Galliamova, won and took the title. Meanwhile Lysyj led since the early stages of the tournament, played a solid game and became champion. Analysis of a hard-fought last round.

Rus SuperFinal 08: Exciting Penultimate Round

12/7/2014 – The Russian Super Final is nearing its end, and in the Open section Lysyj continues with a half point lead. All the games were drawn in that second today except for Khismatullin's win a gainst Vitiugov. If Lysyj wins against Grachev tomorrow he will be Russian Super Final Champion! The race in the Women's is between Galliamova and Gunina, both tied with 6.0/8..

RUS SuperFinal 06: Leaders cement positions

12/5/2014 – Not the pre-tournament favorites, but the leaders are playing powerful chess. Lysyj in the Open section is performing fantastically at 2924 and his latest victim was Khismatullin. With this win Lysyj leads by a full point. In the Women's, Goraychkina drew Pogonina, but Galliamova was able to turn a bad situation into a tie for the lead.

RUS SuperFinal 05: Big results!

12/2/2014 – How the standings have changed in both sections! Thanks to big upsets in the Open section (Khismatullin defeating Morozevich, Lysyj defeating Karjakin) there are new leaders. Lysyj sits alone with 3.5/5 followed by Jakovenko and Nepo with 3.0/5. In the Women's we had five decisive results again (!) but this time only one of the leaders won: Goryachkina leads with a half point lead.

RUS SuperFinal 04: Race tightens

12/2/2014 – The race in the open section of the Russian Super Final is increasingly tighter as the sole leader, Morozevich, lost his game against Lysyj. The executioner now tops the leaderboard next to Jakovenko, Nepomniachtchi and the vanquished Morozevich. In the Women's section every single game was decisive, and even more interestingly, all three of the leaders won their games!

Morozevich early leader in Kazan

12/1/2014 – What a month November has proven to be for chess! As if all the super-tournaments we have witnessed in Russia are not enough, the Russian Super Final has kicked off, along with the Women's section. In the Open tournament, which boasts six 2700s, Alexander Morozevich has taken an early 2.5/3 lead while in the Women's there is a three way tie. Early report of a promising event.

Kazan GP Rd.5: two decisive games, Muzychuk joins lead

6/16/2012 – The fifth round was quite peaceful – four draws, only two decisive games. Anna Muzychuk beat Betul Yildiz to join Elina Danielian in the lead with 3.5/5. Top seeds Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru escaped defeat in precarious positions. On the free day before the round many participants went on a guided tour of the Kazan Kremlin, which includes the dramatically leaning Soyembika tower.

Russian Women battle it out in Kazan

7/4/2004 – Tired of all those men playing chess in the desert? Well here for a change in pace is the Russian Women's Championship with top female players competing for the title and a $50,000 prize fund in Kazan (Tatarstan). We explain where exactly that is and how the ladies are doing in our extensive illustrated report.
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