FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship 2013

Hola darlings!  Here are the final standings. 

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	MP	Pts.	Res.	SB.
1	UKRAINE	*	3	2	3	3	2½	2½	2	4	2½	16	24½	0	136,25
2	CHINA	1	*	2	3	2½	3½	3	3	3½	4	15	25½	0	118,00
3	RUSSIA	2	2	*	2	2½	1½	3	3½	3½	4	13	24	0	104,75
4	GEORGIA	1	1	2	*	2	3½	2½	3	3½	3	12	21½	0	87,50
5	INDIA	1	1½	1½	2	*	2	3	2	2½	2½	9	18	0	62,25
6	USA	1½	½	2½	½	2	*	2	2	2	2½	8	15½	0	63,00
7	KAZAKHSTAN	1½	1	1	1½	1	2	*	2	2½	3	6	15½	0	36,00
8	ROMANIA	2	1	½	1	2	2	2	*	2	2	6	14½	0	47,25
9	FRANCE	0	½	½	½	1½	2	1½	2	*	3½	4	12	0	24,00
10	TURKEY	1½	0	0	1	1½	1½	1	2	½	*	1	9	0	7,25

Team USA, well, what can I say? Are there any bright new rising US chess femmes on the horizon who can compete with the Chinese, Russians and Ukranians?  Not any that want to play chess as adults, unfortunately.  They're going off to be doctors, researchers, lawyers, future CEOs, etc, etc.  That's where the SURE money is, and putting up with misogyny and MCPs (an old term from the 1970's, darlings, for those of you who weren't around back then, it's short for Male Chauvenist Pigs) and crushing the occasional male neck along the way is par for the course for the course in reaching BIG MONEY.  It's not available for women who play chess for a living and, we (females), being rational creatures generally, go into professions where we know we'll be able to support ourselves.  Playing chess ain't it, except for a very few chess femmes.

I am very happy, though, that someone other than China finished in first place, YAY! 

Sorry to be late with them.

2013 FIDE Women's World Team Chess Championship

Hola darlings!

It's raining here today, but since we have a foot or more of snow on the ground, and the earth is still frozen, we are having flooding. Sigh.  Another typical March in southeastern Wisconsin.  My house is higher up, and my entire city block of homes is built on the crest of a hill that peaks here, so we are safe from flooding.  OHMYGODDESS!  It is raining very hard outside right now.

The FIDE Women's World Team Chess Championship is being held in Astana, Kazakhstan, between March 2 - 13, 2013. Here are the standings after Round 7:

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	MP	Pts.	Res.	SB.
1	UKRAINE	*	3		3	3		2	2½	4	2½	13	20	0	82,75
2	CHINA	1	*	2		3	3½	3	3	3½		11	19	0	67,75
3	RUSSIA		2	*		2	1½	3½	3	3½	4	10	19½	0	56,00
4	INDIA	1			*	2	2	2	3	2½	2½	9	15	0	46,75
5	GEORGIA	1	1	2	2	*	3½			3½	3	8	16	0	44,75
6	USA		½	2½	2	½	*		2	2	2½	7	12	0	44,75
7	ROMANIA	2	1	½	2			*	2	2	2	5	11½	0	31,00
8	KAZAKHSTAN	1½	1	1	1		2	2	*		3	4	11½	0	20,25
9	FRANCE	0	½	½	1½	½	2	2		*		2	7	0	11,75
10	TURKEY	1½		0	1½	1	1½	2	1		*	1	8½	0	5,75

Team Composition.