Women's World Team Championships
The Women's World Chess Team Championship 2013 is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan. The competition features 10 national teams, with 4 players plus a reserve for each team.
The format is a 9-round single round-robin event from 2-12 March at a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment from the start of the game. Games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6) and live coverage is available at the official website.
Previous winners China are without their top players Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue, while Russia don't have thew services of the Kosintseva sisters, Nadezhda and Tatiana, following a dispute with team coach Sergey Rublevsky.
As a result of these enforced changes, Russia and China are only seeded* 3rd and 4th respectively, leaving Ukraine as top seeds and Georgia 2nd.
Women's World Champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine with FIDE President Kirsan Illyumzhinov
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The team line-ups
| UKRAINE Av Rtg:2494 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Ushenina Anna | 2477 |
| 2 | Lagno Kateryna | 2547 |
| 3 | Muzychuk Mariya | 2479 |
| 4 | Gaponenko Inna | 2421 |
| Zhukova Natalia | 2471 | |
| GEORGIA Av Rtg:2489 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Dzagnidze Nana | 2554 |
| 2 | Khotenashvili Bela | 2499 |
| 3 | Javakhishvili Lela | 2464 |
| 4 | Khurtsidze Nino | 2437 |
| Melia Salome | 2419 | |
| RUSSIA Av Rtg:2484 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2495 |
| 2 | Gunina Valentina | 2505 |
| 3 | Pogonina Natalija | 2475 |
| 4 | Galliamova Alisa | 2459 |
| Girya Olga | 2440 | |
| CHINA Av Rtg:2472 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Ju Wenjun | 2505 |
| 2 | Huang Qian | 2476 |
| 3 | Guo Qi | 2435 |
| 4 | Shen Yang | 2415 |
| Tan Zhongyi | 2471 | |
| USA Av Rtg:2386 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Zatonskih Anna | 2474 |
| 2 | Krush Irina | 2448 |
| 3 | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2300 |
| 4 | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2323 |
| Ni Viktorija | 2263 | |
| INDIA Av Rtg:2354 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Gomes Mary Ann | 2387 |
| 2 | Karavade Eesha | 2387 |
| 3 | Mohota Nisha | 2325 |
| 4 | Padmini Rout | 2316 |
| Soumya Swaminathan | 2283 | |
| ROMANIA Av Rtg:2361 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Foisor Cristina-Adela | 2401 |
| 2 | Cosma Elena-Luminita | 2336 |
| 3 | Bulmaga Irina | 2354 |
| 4 | L'ami Alina | 2353 |
| Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen | 2281 | |
| FRANCE Av Rtg:2335 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Milliet Sophie | 2401 |
| 2 | Maisuradze Nino | 2330 |
| 3 | Collas Silvia | 2282 |
| 4 | Safranska Anda | 2328 |
| Benmesbah Natacha | 2266 | |
| KAZAKHSTAN Av Rtg:2309 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | 2344 |
| 2 | Saduakassova Dinara | 2353 |
| 3 | Davletbayeva Madina | 2272 |
| 4 | Dauletova Gulmira | 2265 |
| Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2187 | |
| TURKEY Av Rtg:2162 | ||
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
| 2 | Ozturk Kubra | 2252 |
| 3 | Cemhan Kardelen | 2025 |
| 4 | Sop Selen | 2028 |
| Kaya Emel | 1995 |
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Despite their weakened status, China and Russia are the only teams with 100% match records after the opening two rounds.
Round 1 Results
| UKRAINE | 3-1 | INDIA |
| ROMANIA | ½-3½ | RUSSIA |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 2-2 | USA |
| TURKEY | 1-3 | GEORGIA |
| CHINA | 3½-½ | FRANCE |
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Round 2 Results
| INDIA | 2½-1½ | FRANCE |
| GEORGIA | 1-3 | CHINA |
| USA | 2½-1½ | TURKEY |
| RUSSIA | 3-1 | KAZAKHSTAN |
| UKRAINE | 2-2 | ROMANIA |
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The standings after two rounds
| # | Team | MP | BP |
| 1 | CHINA | 4 | 6½ |
| 2 | RUSSIA | 4 | 6½ |
| 3 | UKRAINE | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | USA | 3 | 4½ |
| 5 | GEORGIA | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | INDIA | 2 | 3½ |
| 7 | KAZAKHSTAN | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | ROMANIA | 1 | 2½ |
| 9 | TURKEY | 0 | 2½ |
| 10 | FRANCE | 0 | 2 |
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*Seeds are calculated by the average rating of the top 4 boards, reserve not included.
