These tournaments concluded the series of official FIDE events that were organized in the Ugra capital this spring.
Anna Muzychuk claimed the title of the Women's World Blitz Champion after the strong run on the final day of the competition.
The Georgian player Nana Dzagnidze visited the press-center after the end of the second day of the World Blitz Championship.
The FIDE Women World Blitz Championship 2014 continued today with rounds 6-10 being played at the Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk.
- Women Grand Prix tournament has been finished just three days ago, now you playing Rapid and Blitz almost without a break. How do you feel?
The Russian Marina Guseva won her 6th round game against Maria Fominykh, and shared her impressions about the tournament.
Rapid chess is so unpredictable! We are trying to catch some interesting moments for you and will upload the diagrams during whole day.
Anastasia Sorokina (born 26 January 1980 in Minsk, Belarus) is an Australian chess Woman International Master (WIM), International Arbiter and FIDE Trainer.
The former World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk visited the press-center of the World Rapid Championship on the first day.
Pia Cramling, Swedish chess grandmaster, who has been one of the strongest female players in the world since the early 1980s.
The Russian grandmaster Tatiana Kosintseva seized the lead after the first day of the World Rapid Championship. We asked her a few questions.
The FIDE Women World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014 started today at the Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, with former Olympic Champion in biathlon Evgeniy Redkin making the first honorary move in the game Gunina – Khotenashvili.
Elisabeth Paehtz is Germany’s strongest female player.
Maria Muzychuk: The tournament just started. In the first round I played with Masha Fominykh.