The Opening Ceremony of the Women's World Team Championship, Photo Irina Krush
The World Women's Team Championship kicked off with an Opening Ceremony on September 1 in Ningbo China. Team members Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, Rusudan Goletiani, Tatev Abrahamyan, Alisa Melekhina and coach Gregory Kaidanov all arrived safely, according to team captain Michael Khodarkovsky, "Everybody came on-time, tired, but in a good mood." The games go from Sept.2-13 and begin at 2:30 EST in China, the middle of the night in USA. At the opening ceremony, the first board of each team was invited on stage to pick a traditional Chinese toy, which contained a hidden number. Irina picked the toy with number 10, giving Poland in the first round, with Black on boards 1 and 3.
Update: In round one, USA lost to Poland 1.5-2.5 with boards 2-4 drawn and Irina Krush losing to Iweta Rajlich. For all games, see the official website (In Chinese, but it's easy to find the games!)
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Tomorrow, USA will face Armenia with White on boards 1 and 3. See the full schedule on chess-results.com. Check out the team line-ups and when the tournament begins, find more information on chess-results.com and chessdom.com. Also see Irina's photo gallery from her trip to Shanghai prior to the event.
China A 2490
1 GM Hou Yifan 2584
2 GM Zhao Xue 2544
3 WGM Shen Yang 2453
4 Ju Wenjun 2443
5 WGM Huang Qian 2424
Geogia 2474
1 GM Chiburdanidze, Maia 2506
2 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2536
3 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2470
4 IM Khukhashvili, Sopiko 2430
5 IM Lomineishvili, Maia 2427
Russia 2468
1 IM Tatiana Kosintseva 2539
2 IM Nadezhda Kosintseva 2482
3 IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 2436
4 IM Marina Romanko 2447
5 IM Valentina Gunina 2437
Ukraine 2444
1 IM Anna Ushenina 2478
2 WGM Natalia Zhukova 2461
3 IM Yanovska Inna 2428
4 IM Maria Muzychuk 2441
5 WGM Natalya Zdebska 2412
India 2390
1 IM Harika Dronavalli 2474
2 IM Tania Sachdev 2423
3 WGM Kruttika Nadig 2361
4 WGM Eesha Karavade 2359
5 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2332
Poland 2378
1 IM Iweta Rajlich 2448
2 WGM Jolanta Zawadzka 2387
3 IM Joanna Dworakowska 2345
4 WGM Joanna Majdan 2382
5 WIM Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska 2327
USA 2372
1 IM Irina Krush 2458
2 IM Anna Zatonskih 2466
3 IM Rusudan Goletiani 2391
4 WIM Alisa Melekhina 2270
5 WFM Tatev Abrahamian 2273
Armenia 2372
1 IM Elina Danielian 2503
2 IM Lilit Mkrtchian 2479
3 WGM Lilit Galojan 2323
4 WGM Nelli Aginian 2322
5 WIM Siranush Andriasian 2235
China B 2356
1 Tan Zhongyi 2435
2 WIM Zhang Xiaowen 2391
3 IM Wang Yu 2380
4 WFM Ding Yixin 2343
5 Wang Xiaohui 2231
Vietnam 2177
1 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 2274
2 WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 2314
3 WFM Hoang Thi Nhu 2119
4 WFM Pham Bich Ngoc 2105
5 WFM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2073