For the Ladies

While I was scouting around for chess news, I came across an announcement at TWIC for the 2008 Gibtelecom Chess Festival. So far, several chess femmes have registered to participate in the "Masters" event, which promises them really tough competition. Entries are still be accepted, so additional chess femmes might be added to the line-up: GM Pia Cramling (SWE 2531) GM Zhu Chen (QAT 2531) WGM Zhao Xue (CHN 2530) IM Harika Dronavalli (IND 2480) IM Monika Socko (POL 2473) IM Victoria Cimilyte (LTH 2464) GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2463) IM Anna Zatonskih (USA 2458) IM Elizabeth Pahtz (GER 2452) WGM Natalia Zhukova (UKR 2452) WGM Sheng Yang (CHN 2450) WGM Nisha Mohota (IND 2416) WGM Tania Sachdev (IND 2413) IM Jovanka Houska (ENG 2404) WGM Sophie Milliet (FRA 2395) IM Cristina Foisor (ROU 2388) WGM Wang Yu A (CHN 2364) WGM Sabina Foisor (ROU 2359) IM Anna Zozulia (BEL 2343) WIM Kruttika Nadig (IND 2208) Mihaela Foisor (ROU 2029) Emilia Georgieva (BUL 1985) Ellisiv Reppen (NOR 1902) Lin Jin Jorgensen (NOR 1861) Maria Pitz Jacobsen (NOR 1803)