Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

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Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:03 pm

Congratulations to Jovanka Houska for qualifying for the Women's World Championship which is being held in Hatay Turkey from 2-25 December 2010. The event is a 64 player knock-out.

http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/ ... ew=article

As International Director I would ask that anyone who is able to offer any financial support to help Jovanka play in the tournament to contact myself in confidence at: [email protected]

QUALIFIERS for the WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

a) From World Women’s Championship 2008:
01. Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)
02. Hou, Yifan (CHN)
03. Koneru, Humpy (IND)
04. Cramling, Pia (SWE)


b) World Girl Junior Champions 2008-2009:
05. Harika, Dronavalli (IND) 2008
06. Soumya, Swaminathan (IND) 2009


c) Rating List 7/2008 & 1/2009:
07. Polgar, Judit (HUN) 2702,00
08. Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 2553,50
09. Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2529,00
10. Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) 2522,00
11. Zhao, Xue (CHN) 2515,00


d) 28 players from European Women’s Championships 2008 & 2009
12. Lahno Kateryna (UKR) 2008
13. Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU) 2008
14. Ushenina Anna (UKR) 2008
15. Zhukova Natalia (UKR) 2008
16. Mkrtchian Lilit (ARM) 2008
17. Skripchenko Almira (FRA) 2008
18. Dembo Elena (GRE) 2008
19. Pogonina Natalija (RUS) 2008
20. Dzagnidze Nana (GEO) 2008
21. Danielian Elina (ARM) 2008
22. Lomineishvili Maia (GEO) 2008
23. Demina Julia (RUS) 2008
24. Socko Monika (POL) 2008
25. Houska Jovanka (ENG) 2008
26. Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS) 2009
27. Shadrina Tatiana (RUS) 2009
28. Kovalevskaya Ekaterina (RUS) 2009
29. Rajlich Iweta (POL) 2009
30. Ovod Evgenija (RUS) 2009
31. Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) 2009
32. Romanko Marina (RUS) 2009
33. Kovanova Baira (RUS) 2009
34. Turova Irina (RUS) 2009
35. Paehtz Elisabeth (GER) 2009
36. Zawadzka Jolanta (POL) 2009
37. Khukhashvili Sopiko (GEO) 2009
38. Muzychuk Mariya (UKR) 2009
39. Vasilevich Irina (RUS) 2009


e) 8 players from Americas

40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.


f) 12 players from Asia/Oceania

48. Zhang, Xiaowen (CHN)
49. Huang, Qian (CHN)
50. Ding, Yixin (CHN)
51. Zhu, Chen (QAT)
52. Nadig, Kruttika (IND)
53. Munguntuul, Batkhuyag (MGL)
54. Muminova, Nafisa (UZB)
55. Ruan, Lufei (CHN)
56. Shen, Yang (CHN)
57. Huang, Qian (CHN)
58. Ju, Wenjun (CHN)
59. Caoili, Arianne (AUS)


g) 3 players from Africa

60. Greeff, Melissa (RSA)
61. Mezioud, Amina (ALG)
62. Mona, Khaled (EGY)


h) 2 nominees of the FIDE President

63.
64.


TOTAL: 64 players

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... nship.html

http://www.fide.com/images/stories/news ... cc2010.pdf
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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by benedgell » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:48 pm

I noticed a few things in the contract the players have to sign http://www.fide.com/images/stories/news ... cc2010.pdf

4.3: "For the two years following the Championship, the Women’s World Champion shall agree to promote chess around the World and be ready to attend promotional events at no fee but with her expenses paid by FIDE provided the prescribed date(s) for the promotion are not in conflict with any established tournaments in the calendar. This period of promotion shall not exceed fourteen days in total (excluding days of travel)."

Can you imagine any other profession that says "You have to work abroad for 2 weeks. We'll cover your expenses, but not pay you for working"?

4.4: "Players will be required to wear clothes or apparel with special branding from sponsors when specifically approved by the FIDE President."

I originally noticed this on Natalia Pogonina (the Russian WGM)'s Facebook page. There's a fair few comments there http://www.facebook.com/#!/permalink.ph ... 1014767260

Two points here:

1. Telling people which sponsors they must have on their clothing is surely a restriction of trade, as it prevents people securing individual sponsorship that way.

2. It isn't clear if it is it the case that participants can wear their own clothing, but with the branding of a sponsor of the Fide President's choosing, or the sponsor (with FIDE President's approval) can potentially choose what items of clothing the participants wear?!


4.5: "Qualified players in the final round shall be required to appear punctually for the commencement of play in each game of the round. Any unjustified violation of this rule may attract a fine of up to USD 1,000. Such a fine is decided by the Chief Arbiter and shall be deducted from the prize money."

Have FIDE given up on the zero time-limit default rule in favour of just giving out fines now?

Also, just out of interest:

Why are the European qualifiers decided from the '08 and '09 European Championships, and not the '10 one?

Is the closing ceremony taking place on Christmas Day?

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Gareth Harley-Yeo » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:53 pm

benedgell wrote:I noticed a few things in the contract the players have to sign http://www.fide.com/images/stories/news ... cc2010.pdf

4.3: "For the two years following the Championship, the Women’s World Champion shall agree to promote chess around the World and be ready to attend promotional events at no fee but with her expenses paid by FIDE provided the prescribed date(s) for the promotion are not in conflict with any established tournaments in the calendar. This period of promotion shall not exceed fourteen days in total (excluding days of travel)."

Can you imagine any other profession that says "You have to work abroad for 2 weeks. We'll cover your expenses, but not pay you for working"?

4.4: "Players will be required to wear clothes or apparel with special branding from sponsors when specifically approved by the FIDE President."

I originally noticed this on Natalia Pogonina (the Russian WGM)'s Facebook page. There's a fair few comments there http://www.facebook.com/#!/permalink.ph ... 1014767260

Two points here:

1. Telling people which sponsors they must have on their clothing is surely a restriction of trade, as it prevents people securing individual sponsorship that way.

2. It isn't clear if it is it the case that participants can wear their own clothing, but with the branding of a sponsor of the Fide President's choosing, or the sponsor (with FIDE President's approval) can potentially choose what items of clothing the participants wear?!


4.5: "Qualified players in the final round shall be required to appear punctually for the commencement of play in each game of the round. Any unjustified violation of this rule may attract a fine of up to USD 1,000. Such a fine is decided by the Chief Arbiter and shall be deducted from the prize money."

Have FIDE given up on the zero time-limit default rule in favour of just giving out fines now?

Also, just out of interest:

Why are the European qualifiers decided from the '08 and '09 European Championships, and not the '10 one?

Is the closing ceremony taking place on Christmas Day?
Makes me gald to be male! :mrgreen:

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Ola Winfridsson » Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:17 pm

benedgell wrote:1. Telling people which sponsors they must have on their clothing is surely a restriction of trade, as it prevents people securing individual sponsorship that way.
A number of crazy conditions there, but I believe this one is almost normal - the fact that they're told which items of clothing to wear strikes me as much, much worse. Nowadays these things seem to be going on all the time: it's happened several times in athletics and Davis Cup tennis for instance (and in football too I think) that the participants have had to cover logos from competing brands. Also, in beach volley, the women's outfits are restricted in size, they can't be over certain measurements (which in my view, says it all about that "sport"). And for quite some time Uefa and Fifa restricted credit card sales of tickets for Euro and World Cup tournaments to MasterCard holders (Amex and Visa have now been allowed back in again).

These days you wouldn't see anyone do a Cruyff and slit off one of the three Adidas stripes on his jersey before playing for the Netherlands. Or rather, they probably wouldn't be allowed onto the pitch if they did!

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Alex Holowczak » Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:42 pm

benedgell wrote:Is the closing ceremony taking place on Christmas Day?
Turkey is 99% Muslim, so I doubt Christmas was a concern for them.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:10 pm

benedgell wrote: Have FIDE given up on the zero time-limit default rule in favour of just giving out fines now?
The president of the Turkish Federation is in favour of doing both. He also advocated players being required to get permission of their home federation before playing abroad. He was at least not elected as ECU (European Chess Federation) President - although whether having Topalov's notorious manager is better remains to be seen.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Ola Winfridsson » Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:58 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
benedgell wrote: Have FIDE given up on the zero time-limit default rule in favour of just giving out fines now?
The president of the Turkish Federation is in favour of doing both. He also advocated players being required to get permission of their home federation before playing abroad. He was at least not elected as ECU (European Chess Federation) President - although whether having Topalov's notorious manager is better remains to be seen.
Apologies for veering off topic here, but has he said why he thinks this requirement of getting permission from your home federation would be a good idea, or is it just a sign of complete control freakery?

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:43 pm

Ola Winfridsson wrote:Apologies for veering off topic here, but has he said why he thinks this requirement of getting permission from your home federation would be a good idea, or is it just a sign of complete control freakery?
The contemporary thread is here

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... ion#p15744
Turkish Control Freak wrote:Considering the developments of chess and chess rules changed in the last 3-4 FIDE GAs, on
behalf of TCF, I believe it is time to make following change in regulations.
Proposal: By the 1st January 2010 any player or arbiter, who is member of a federation, to participate to any international event should get the permission of the federation he/she is a member. Without permission of national federation a player or an arbiter shall not be accepted to international events by organisers. If a national federation does not want to deal with that issue they may declare that all their members are permitted for a certain time period. In this situation a notice will be published on their web page under FIDE directory. If any member of a national federation participates to an international event organised abroad he/she may be proceed to national discipline rules.
Main reasons behind this proposal is as follows:
· FIDE is an international sport organisation established by member FEDERATIONS
· Those members should be stronger like on the other sports
· There is not any sport respectful that a player or an arbiter may go to an international event
without permission of a federation
I would have thought the final bullet point complete nonsense. Would anyone involved in amateur international sport (at a level equivalent to playing in a foreign international tournament) care to comment?

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Ola Winfridsson » Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:57 pm

Thanks, Roger!

Complete nonsense indeed. For instance, does Andy Murray need permission from the LTA to play outside the UK?

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:30 am

Official site for the event: http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/

Regulations: http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/en/regulations

Jovanka is 34th seed and plays 31st seed IM Iweta Rajlich from Poland rated 2446 in round 1 with the winner to face GM Humpy Koneru or Melissa Greeff from South Africa.

The first round starts on 4th December. The organisers are generously accommodating the players at a rate of €130 euros per night :cry:
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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Matthew Turner » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:51 am

To be fair to the organisers they are also providing $3,000 to first round losers too.
I think Rajlich will be a tough pairing. Jovanka needs to get through that one and then you never know.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Jonathan Rogers » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:22 am

I agree with Matthew. For a start, I remember Rajlich beating Hebden at 4NCL a few years ago, but more to the point she can prepare for Jovanka with the latest version of Rybka - and she has a few weeks in which to do so! That's quite an advantage. In fact it means that the worst possible time to play Rajlich would be in the first round.

All that said, their ratings are similar and Jovanka has extra time to prepare surprises too. Good luck to her.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Sean Hewitt » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:47 am

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Turkish Control Freak wrote:· There is not any sport respectful that a player or an arbiter may go to an international event
without permission of a federation
I would have thought the final bullet point complete nonsense. Would anyone involved in amateur international sport (at a level equivalent to playing in a foreign international tournament) care to comment?
In football, you cannot play or referee in another country without the permission of your national association - even in a friendly. So if a Sunday morning team from Chester wants to play a friendly in Wrexham for example, written permission is required. Penalties for not doing so are severe - bans and fines for all involved.

You also need permission to play in your own country against foreign opposition!
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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Alex Holowczak » Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:32 am

Sean Hewitt wrote:In football, you cannot play or referee in another country with the permission of your national association - even in a friendly. So if a Sunday morning team from Chester wants to play a friendly in Wrexham for example, written permission is required. Penalties for not doing so are severe - bans and fines for all involved.

You also need permission to play in your own country against foreign opposition!
Maybe the FA should spend more time investing in youth facilities, rather than with this sort of bureaucracy? But perhaps that's a topic for another area of the forum...

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:38 pm

Jovanka Houska plays Polish IM Iweta Rajlich rated 2446 from Poland in the first round of the 64 player knockout event for the women’s world title starting on Saturday 4th December. The early rounds are all played over two games with tie-breaks if needed. Jovanka is seeded 34th and Iweta 31st so it promises to be a very close match. Jovanka’s wikipedia entry can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovanka_Houska

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