ORDIX Open

Get ready to rumble! July 27- Aug 2nd, 2009 Rheingoldhalle, Mainz Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (CCM9) 16. ORDIX Open World's biggest Rapid Chess Tournament This thing is HUGE! 638 players. Mig pointed out at his Daily Dirt blog that the top 10 players would be a Category XIX. Besides our current U.S. Champ Nakamura, Gata Kamsky is also playing - he's #17 on the list of entrants. The organizers made it very easy for me to pick out the chess femmes, as all players were designed either M or W. Here are the ladies - 41 out of 638: LfdNr Teilnehmer Titel TWZ Land 50. Sebag,Marie Rachel WGM 2531 FRA 60. Cmilyte,Viktorija WIM 2470 LTU 62. Lahno,Kateryna GM 2481 UKR 67. Gaponenko,Inna WIM 2444 UKR 70. Zhukova,Natalia WGM 2465 UKR 89. Gara,Anita WIM 2381 HUN 98. Medvegy,Nora IM 2344 HUN 101. Zakurdjaeva,Irina WGM 2333 RUS 106. Melnikova,Yana WGM 2325 RUS 121. Berend-Sakhatova,Elvira WGM 2339 122. Azarova,Nadezhda WIM 2296 BLR 155. Vaganjan,Irina WIM 2269 ARM 199. Pertlova,Sona WIM 2227 CZE 203. Fischdick,Gisela WGM 2238 212. Lauterbach,Ingrid WIM 2173 244. Endress,Anna 2109 249. Caoili,Arianne WIM 2199 252. Van Münster,Kirsten WFM 2186 305. Medvegy,Judit 2033 HUN 309. Stangl,Anita,Dr. WFM 2146 330. Janotta,Steffi 2058 332. Leveikina,Jevgenija 2042 387. Großmann,Susan 2015 422. Katte,Isabel 1952 436. Preiß,Veronika 1994 439. Renner,Gabriele 2023 464. Voigt,Ingrid WFM 2104 474. Kind,Veronika 1969 493. Carow,Annelen 1789 509. Froehlich-Dill ,Astrid 1922 510. Roos,Karin 1861 512. Zemke,Christine 1760 519. Lerch,Cornelia 1908 537. Becher,Anne 1698 565. Biebinger,Eva 1590 566. Riesch,Jennifer 1906 587. Perovic-Ottstadt,Sanja,Dr. 1443 594. Krings,Elisabeth 1398 604. Hock,Anna-Maria 1241 613. Peschk,Kathrin 848 637. Vasquez Rodriguez,Ma Elena ESP Sebag and Cmilyte recently played in the Politiken Cup, where Sebag finished in 32nd place with 6.5 and Cmilyte finished in 13th place with 7.0 (winner on tie-breaks was Parmerian Negi with 8.5/10).