Here are the top 30 women at the Women’s World Knockout Championship in Ekaterinburg, Russia:
1 Stefanova, Antoaneta GM BUL 2499
2 Koneru, Humpy GM IND 2537
3 Cramling, Pia GM SWE 2515
4 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM RUS 2514
5 Chiburdanidze, Maia GM GEO 2511
6 Xu, Yuhua WGM CHN 2502
7 Lahno, Kateryna IM UKR 2500
8 Zhu, Chen GM CHN 2482
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda IM RUS 2480
10 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IM IND 2479
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana IM RUS 2479
12 Socko, Monika IM POL 2475
13 Cmilyte, Viktorija IM LTU 2475
14 Zhao, Xue WGM CHN 2473
15 Qin, Kanying WGM CHN 2469
16 Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS 2467
17 Dembo, Yelena IM GRE 2461
18 Skripchenko, Almira IM FRA 2461
19 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina IM RUS 2458
20 Mkrtchian, Lilit IM ARM 2453
21 Dzagnidze, Nana IM GEO 2452
22 Krush, Irina IM USA 2447
23 Javakhishvili, Lela IM GEO 2444
24 Zhukova, Natalia WGM UKR 2432
25 Khurtsidze, Nino IM GEO 2430
26 Matveeva, Svetlana IM RUS 2428
27 Korbut, Ekaterina WGM RUS 2427
28 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan IM GEO 2426
29 Danielian, Elina IM ARM 2423
30 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2422
Opening Ceremony/Players’ meeting: 10 March
Round 1: 2 days play + tiebreaks 11-12 March
Round 2: 2 days play + tiebreaks 13-14 March
Round 3: 2 days play + tiebreaks 15-16 March
Free Day 1 day free 17 March
Round 4: 2 days play + tiebreaks 18-19 March
Round 5: 2 days play + tiebreaks 20-21 March
Free Day 1 day free 22 March
Round 6: 4 days play 23-26 March
Tie-breaks/Closing Ceremony: 27 March
Who are your 2 picks to make it to the final and who will win the tournament?
Humpy!