Tbilisi Hosts ACP Women Cup
The ACP Women Chess Cup takes place from 17-22 February in Tbilisi, Georgia.
This rapid tournament is a 12-player round-robin competition with some very strong women players, 10 of whom have the full Grandmaster title, and 3 former world champions (Maia Chiburdanidze, Antoaneta Stefanova and Alexandra Kosteniuk).
There is a very respectable prize fund of USD40,000 of which the winner will receive USD10,000. The main sponsor is SOCAR Energy Georgia.
The official website is very slow and unlikely to win any design awards, but it does promise live games, a playing hall webcam feed, player interviews and photos.
The time control is 20 minutes with a 5 second increment per move.
After two rounds the standings look like this:
| Name | Title | Nat | Elo | Pts |
| Muzychuk, Anna | GM | SLO | 2580 | 2 |
| Lahno, Kateryna | GM | UKR | 2557 | 2 |
| Cramling, Pia | GM | SWE | 2491 | 2 |
| Chiburdanidze, Maia | GM | GEO | 2500 | 2 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | GM | RUS | 2448 | 1 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2523 | 1 |
| Zatonskih, Anna | IM | USA | 2506 | 1 |
| Kosintseva, Nadezhda | GM | RUS | 2537 | ½ |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | GM | GEO | 2535 | ½ |
| Mamedjarova, Zeinab | WGM | AZE | 2318 | 0 |
| Cmilyte, Viktorija | GM | LTU | 2503 | 0 |
| Kosintseva, Tatiana | GM | RUS | 2513 | 0 |
The opening ceremony and drawing of lots:
The full schedule (times are UTC+ 4 hours):
| Feb-18 | 15:00 | Round 1 |
| Feb-18 | 16:30 | Round 2 |
| Feb-19 | 15:00 | Round 3 |
| Feb-19 | 16:30 | Round 4 |
| Feb-19 | 18:00 | Round 5 |
| Feb-20 | 15:00 | Round 6 |
| Feb-20 | 16:30 | Round 7 |
| Feb-20 | 18:00 | Round 8 |
| Feb-21 | 14:00 | Round 9 |
| Feb-21 | 15:30 | Round 10 |
| Feb-21 | 17:00 | Round 11 |
| Feb-21 | 18:00 | Tie-breaks |
Maia Chiburdanidze, Women's World Champion 1978-91
Pictures and video from the official website.
