FIDE World Women’s Team Championship: lineups announced
At the end of the month, on September 26, the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship 2021 starts in Sitges, a coastal town in Spain’s Catalonia region famous for eight editions of a popular chess open, “Sunway Chess”. Now, the first time, Sitges is hosting an official FIDE event. The 8th edition of the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship will run from September 26 to October 3 in a new, more spectator-friendly format. Instead of the usual round-robin, the twelve teams will be divided into two pools of approximately equal strength. Four top teams from each pool (round-robin event of five rounds) qualify to the knockout playoff. In the knockout, each duel consists of two matches and the tie is broken by blitz matches, just like at the recent Online Olympiad. The time control will be shorter than usual, too,—45 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move starting from the first move. Team lineups: ARMENIA 1 Elina Danielian 2358 2 Anna Sargsyan 2283 3 Lilit Mkrtchian 2306 4 Susanna Gaboyan 2083 5 Siranush Ghukasyan 2168* CAP Zaven Andriasyan FRANCE 1 Marie Sebag 2401 2 Natacha Benmesbah 2193 3 Silvia Alexieva 2277 4 Andrea Navrotescu 2220 5 Christine Flear 2128 CAP Christine Flear INDIA 1 Harika Dronavalli 2515 2 Vaishali R 2393 3 Tania Sachdev 2392 4 Kulkarni Bhakti 2391 5 Mary Ann Gomes 2305 CAP Kunte Abhijit CFR TEAM 1 Aleksandra Goryachkina 2520 2 Kateryna Lagno 2521 3 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2517 4 Polina Shuvalova 2383 5 Alina Kashlinskaya 2367 CAP Sergei Rublevsky AZERBAIJAN 1 Gunay Mammadzada 2280 2 Gulnar Mammadova 2406 3 Turkan Mamedjarova 2243 4 Zeinab Mamedjarova 2198 5 Ulviyya Fataliyeva 2310 GEORGIA 1 Nana Dzagnidze 2455 2 Nino Batsiashvili 2371 3 Salome Melia 2271 4 Lela Javakhishvili 2364 5 Meri Arabidze 2434 CAP Davit Jojua KAZAKHSTAN 1 Zhansaya Abdumalik 2444 2 Dinara Saduakassova 2429 3 Bibisara Assaubayeva 2369 4 Gulmira Dauletova 2184 5 Meruert Kamalidenova 1984 CAP Pavel Kotsur SPAIN 1 Ana Matnadze 2349 2 Sabrina Vega Gutierrez 2214 3 Marta Garcia Martin 2097 4 Monica Calzetta Ruiz 2103 5 Maria Eizaguerri Floris 1811 CAP David Martinez Martin FIDE AMERICAS 1 Deysi Cori 2340 2 Carolina Luján 2375 3 Maritza Arribas 2261 4 Maili-Jade Ouellet 2113 5 Jeniffer Pérez 2150 CAP Claudia Amura GERMANY 1 Elisabeth Paehtz 2371 2 Josephine Heinemann 2177 3 Hanna Marie Klek 2331* 4 Jana Schneider 2138 5 Melanie Lubbe 2300* POLAND 1 Jolanta Zawadzka 2403 2 Karina Cyfka 2417 3 Monika Socko 2393 4 Klaudia Kulon 2363 5 Julia Antolak 2340 CAP Marcin Dziuba UKRAINE 1 Anna Muzychuk 2537 2 Mariya Muzychuk 2496 3 Anna Ushenina 2418 4 Nataliya Buksa 2184 5 Iulija Osmak 2302 CAP Michail Brodsky * – player doesn’t have a rapid rating, classical one used instead Official website: worldwomensteams.fide.com/