2008 Women’s World Championship

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WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

FIDE has just released the pairings for round 1 of the Women’s World Championship Knockout in Nalchik, Russia.

The FIDE Presidential Board has approved the list of qualifiers and the schedule of the World Women’s Championship 2008, to be held in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), from 28 August to 18 September with a prize fund of 450,000 USD.

1 1-64 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) – Solomons, Anzel (RSA)
2 2-63 Koneru, Humpy (IND) – Alaa El Din, Yorsa (EGY)
3 3-62 Hou, Yifan (CHN) – Khaled, Mona (EGY)
4 4-61 Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) – Zapata, Karen (PER)
5 5-60 Cramling, Pia (SWE) – Sanchez Castillo, Sarai (VEN)
6 6-59 Sebag, Marie (FRA) – Gasik, Anna (POL)
7 7-58 Zhao, Xue (CHN) – Zuriel, Marisa (ARG)
8 8-57 Kosintseva, Tatjana (RUS) – Muminova, Nafisa (UZB)
9 9-56 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) – Pourkashiyan, Atousa (IRI)
10 10-55 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) – Golubenko, Valentina (CRO)
11 11-54 Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) – Velcheva, Maria (BUL)
12 12-53 Ruan, Lufei (CHN) – Zakurdjaeva, Irina (RUS)
13 13-52 Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) – Rohonyan, Katherine (USA)
14 14-51 Chiburdanidze, Maya (GEO) – Nguyen, Thi Thanh An (VIE)
15 15-50 – Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) – Arribas Robaina, Maritza (CUB)
16 16-49 Paehtz, Elisabeth (GER) – Kadimova, Ilaha (AZE)
17 17-48 Ushenina, Anna (UKR) – Le Thanh Tu (VIE)
18 18-47 Socko, Monika (POL) – Foisor, Sabina-Francesca (ROM)
19 19-46 Krush, Irina (USA) – Sedina, Elena (ITA)
20 20-45 Gaponenko, Inna (UKR) – Zhang Jilin (CHN)
21 21-44 Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) – Amura, Claudia (ARG)
22 22-43 Harika, Dronavalli (IND) – Nebolsina, Vera (RUS)
23 23-42 Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS) – Mohota, Nisha (IND)
24 24-41 Korbut, Ekaterina (RUS) – Gvetadze, Sopio (GEO)
25 25-40 Zatonskih, Anna (USA) – Bosboom Lanchava, Tea (NED)
26 26-39 Shen, Yang (CHN) – Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino (GER)
27 27-38 Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) – Moser, Eva (AUT)
28 28-37 Tania, Sachdev (IND) – Tan Zongyi (CHN)
29 29-36 Bojkovic, Natasa (SRB) – Ju, Wenjun (CHN)
30 30-35 Rajlich, Iweta (POL) – Mongontuul, Bathuyang (MGL)
31 31-34 Lomineishvili, Maia (GEO) – Khukhashvili, Sopiko (GEO)
32 32-33 Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) – Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS)

Source: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/2982-players-undertaking-for-participation-in-the-2008-womens-world-chess-championship