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Sunday, August 19, 2007

12th Asian Women's Chess Championship



(Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifah Al-Nehyan, President of A.C.F. - could he possibly be related to former World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman??? - well, just wondering, take off the headdress and dye his hair and beard blonde...)

Iran Chess Federation will organize 12th Asian Women Championship in Tehran, Iran from 2 -12 September 2007. Total prize of tournament will be 10000$ for 6 top players and 3 players will qualify for world women championship. Tournament will organize in 9 round Swiss System tournament and time control is 90 Min for 40 Move and 30 Min. for finish the game with 30 sec. increment for every move in the second time control.
Download the Regulation, Invitation and Registration form.
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Ten countries have so far announced readiness to take part in Asian Women Chess Championships, due to be held in Tehran from September 2-11.

Head of the Chess Federation's Competitions Committee Hamid-Reza Pour-Shahmari told IRNA on Saturday that China, Bangladesh, Vietnam and India are among the participating contenders and that the number of participants including some from Asia, are to increase.

Pour-Shahmari said 40 chess players are to take part in the Swiss-method contests. ********************************************************************************************
Hmmmm, 10 countries to participate (so far), but only four were listed - five - if Iran is included in the list.
Will the foreign female players have to wear head scarves, even if this insults their religious beliefs or personal political beliefs?
Interesting that the prize fund is in the Great Satan's U.S. dollars...guess there's still some things we're good for, heh?

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