The traditional 5th blitz match between “Blondes” and “Brunettes” is scheduled to take place on 3rd March at the telecenter “Ostankino” in Moscow.

In the earlier encounters Blondes won two matches, Brunettes were better in one, while one match was tied.

The playing format will be Scheveningen with eight players in each team.


Group photo

Blondes:
GM Valentina Gunina 2528
WGM Olga Girya 2459
IM Irina Vasilevich 2320
WGM Tatiana Grabuzova 2323
WGM Irina Zakurdjaeva 2250
WIM Maria Fominykh 2296
WIM Alina Bivol 2355
WFM Julia Dogodkina 2169

Brunettes:
IM Alina Kashlinskaya 2444
IM Svetlana Matveeva 2380
WGM Elmira Mirzoeva 2220
WGM Daria Charochkina 2383
FM Daria Pustovoytova 2334
WIM Svetlana Bezgodova 2074
WFM Anna Gvanceladze 2186
WFM Tatiana Bogumil 2148

The match is organized by ChessEvents.ru

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar