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That is a very odd thing to be disappointed about, in my opinion
I think that it should be up to the player herself. If she doesn't have a problem with the regulations then so be it.
I personally have a problem with any country that treats people badly in any way: many countries come to mind...
I don't think our representative should have taken any advice from anyone except her own views.
Women’s World Championship 2017, Tehran
It is quite sobering to see row after row of ladies in their hijab.
It appears that the men can wear whatever they want ( like a plaid shirt ) but the women are required to meet the custom to appease their ignorance. No chess game is worth that in my opinion. I'm disappointed our champion didn't boycott the event but at her age it might not be an easy situation to deal with.
Last edited by Duncan Smith; Friday, 10th February, 2017, 03:50 PM.
The participants were provided with a selection of head scarves, shawls and other personal articles by the organizers.
It is quite sobering to see row after row of ladies in their hijab.
Cristina-Adela Foisor died before the event. Her daughter Sabina-Francesca is one of the participants and was given a knight, her mother’s favorite piece and a minute of silence in her honor was observed.
There are essentially 64 players in a knock-out match. So, tomorrow will be game 1 between each pair, with game 2 on Feb. 12. These are played at the rate of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for all moves, with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.
If the score is tied after these two games then, on Feb. 13, there will be two rapid games at 25 min + 10 second increment and then, if necessary, two additional games of 10 + 10, and if a tie persists two blitz games of 5+3 and finally a single Armageddon game!
That having been decided, Round 2 starts on February 14 and the cycle continues to the end of the semi-finals. There is a rest day and then there is a four game, four day final, followed by a play-off, if necessary, on March 3.
There will be live internet transmission of each game and also a video broadcasting. I saw Evgenij Miroshnichenko in one of the group photos, so I am betting on him to be the commentator.
We will be watching Natalija Pogonina (11th seed) vs Zhou Qiyu (54) as well as the games of Ju Wenjun (1), Anna Muzychuk (2), Alexandra Kosteniuk (3), Dronavalli Harika (4) and Nana Dzagnidze (5) and hope for a good result for Sabina Foisor.
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Press Release FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2017
The FIDE Women's World Chess Championship will take place from February 10 – March 5 2017 in Tehran, Iran.
The knock-out tournament will have the participation of some of the world’s top players, including the former Women’s World Champions Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Anna Ushenina (Ukraine), and Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), the current Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Champion Anna Muzychuk, the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2015-2016 Ju Wenjun (China), the three-time Russian champion and two-time European Champion Valentina Gunina and other leading grandmasters.
The first five rounds consist of mini-matches of two games with 90 minutes per 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with bonus 30 seconds per each move. The final match consists of four games.
If the match score is tied, the winner is determined by an accelerating tiebreak system: two rapid games of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If the score remains equal, the players proceed to another two games with a slightly faster time control – 10 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If these games do not determine the winner as well, then there are two blitz games: 5 minutes + 3 seconds per move. Finally, if the score is still even, there is an Armageddon game: White has five minutes, Black has four minutes, and a three-second increment per move after the move 61.
The total prize fund of the Championship is US $450,000. Every player gets $3750, those who make it to round two get $5500, for round three it is $8000, round four $12,000, round five (semifinals) $20,000, the silver medalist $30,000, and the winner $60,000.
The opening ceremony will take place at the Espinas Palace Hotel at 8 pm on 10th of February. The President of Iran H.E. Hassan Rouhani is expected to attend the ceremony. The President of the Republic of Moldova, the President of the Moldovan Chess Federation H.E. Igor Dodon, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE CEO Geoffrey Borg, the President of the Iranian Chess Federation Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh will be in attendance at the opening ceremony and the first round of the championship.
Schedule: Round 1 – February 11-13, Round 2 – February 14-16, Round 3 – February 17-19, Quarterfinals – February 20-22, Semifinals – February 23-25, Finals – February 27 – 3 March. Closing ceremony – 4th of March. February 26 is a day off. All games start at 1500h local time.
An interesting quote from Kasparov (based on Judit Polgar's playing style): "if to 'play like a girl' meant anything in chess, it would mean relentless aggression."
I've noticed this tendency (whether or not it's actually typical) with many female chess players over the years. Back in the 1980's an old guy in the Brampton Chess Club once said of one that she should 'look after the old man [king] better'. Perhaps it would do some good to notice the defensive aspect of many males' styles [a bit chicken when it comes to their king's safety?]. :)
Hi Kevin:
Not to generalize too much - gender stereotyping, you know (I'm going to take a beating on this foray):
Me: "women's "relentlessness" makes male 'determination' look like 'reticence'!"
An interesting quote from Kasparov (based on Judit Polgar's playing style): "if to 'play like a girl' meant anything in chess, it would mean relentless aggression."
I've noticed this tendency (whether or not it's actually typical) with many female chess players over the years. Back in the 1980's an old guy in the Brampton Chess Club once said of one that she should 'look after the old man [king] better'. Perhaps it would do some good to notice the defensive aspect of many males' styles [a bit chicken when it comes to their king's safety?]. :)
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Saturday, 4th February, 2017, 02:26 PM.
Reason: Spelling
The famous Romanian chess player Cristina-Adela Foisor has passed away. She was only 49. The cause of death was cancer.
For a long time, Cristina Adela was the leading chess player in her country. She participated in thirteen Olympiads with the national team of Romania. Many times she fought for the crown in the individual world championships and was to play in Tehran (in the first round - against Olga Girya). Until recently, she was an active chess player, a difficult opponent and only age hindered her from achieving truly great results.
Cristina-Adela Foisor - was the mother of a chess family. Two of her daughters - Sabina-Francesca (born in 1989) and Mihaela-Veronica (1994) were players. Sabina has lived in the United States since 2008 and has represented that country in competitions.
Her husband is the master Ovidiu-Doru Foisor. Her opponent in the first round of the WWCC, Olga Girya, of Russia, automatically goes into the second round. Cristina-Adela's daughter Sabina is also playing in the tournament
No sooner had I written that an article would come out about the ladies who were not participating in the WCC in Tehran than I found two, both in chess-news.ru:
FIDE published the list of chess players who have confirmed their participation in the World Championship in Tehran. Competition for knock-out will take place from 10 February to 5 March.
Besides Nazi Paikidze , Mary Muzichuk and Irina Krush , refusing to go to Iran: Hou Yifan (she has talked about this for a long time), Humpy Koneru (India), Tatiana Kosintseva, Alice Galliamova (both - Russia) Carolina Lujan (Argentina), Emma Guo (Austria), three chess players from Egypt.
FIDE President in the decision included two Iranian women tournament - Sarasadat Hademalshari and Atuza Purkashyan.
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Irina Krush of the United States also refused to participate in the world championship knockout in Tehran. In comments to our website she explained her decision:
"First of all we are talking about security. There is no official information about this, we have not heard, and the US Department of State advises American women not to go to Iran. It is enough to feel uncomfortable in a country that lives under Sharia law, where women testify in court they receive half the compensation that men do. Mandatory clothes during the game can be called a lesser problem, though, they would be uncomfortable to play in. But if you put it all together, I just do not see how I could decide on such a journey.
I appreciate the efforts of the Iranian Chess Federation wishing to host major events in the country. I also want to note that all the players from Iran, with whom I have to talk, made a very good impression on me. In general, I can not say that the decision was quite so obvious, but in the end I just do not see any reason to take the risk.”
Irina Krush became the third of the famous chess players, who gave up the championship in the Iranian capital. Earlier on the same said Nasi Paikidze and Maria Muzychuk.
FIDE today published the list of participants in the Women’s World Chess Championship. You would have thought that it would be identical to the first posting in this thread. But it is not. This could be do to withdrawals such as those by Nazi Paikidze and Mariya Muzychuk or lower rating. I am sure that an article will be out soon on one of the sites explaining the changes.
1. Khademaisharieh, Sarasadat (IRI)
2. Pourkashiyan, Atousa (IRI)
(both of these are nominees of the FIDE President)
3. Zhao Xue (CHN)
4. Shen Yang (CHN)
5. Ushenina, Anna (UKR)
6. Ziaziulkina, Nastassia (BLR)
7. Gvetadze, Sofio (GEO)
8. Ni, Viktorija (USA)
9. Folsor, Sabina (USA)
(It looks like the above two are replacing Irina Krush and Nazi Paikidze)
10. Martinez, Ayelen (ARG)
(Martinez is replacing Lujan, also of Argentina)
11. Lane, Nancy (AUS)
(Lane is replacing Emma Guo of Australia)
12. Mona, Khaled (EGY)
13. Mezioud, Amina (ALG)
14. Latreche, Sabrina (ALG)
The whole January List:
PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
In an interview with Censor.net.ua, Mariya Muzychuk said she would not go to the World Cup in Tehran. Recall that the knock-out system for the crown will be held in the Iranian capital from 10 February to 5 March this year.
"I have decided to refuse to participate, as it is absolutely clear that Iran is not a suitable country for such a prestigious competition. And it is wrong that those chess players who refuse to go to Iran, and to wear the hijab lose the right to play in the World Cup,” said Mariya, and added that her sister, Anna, has decided to go and play.
"Yes, Anna signed a contract. We talked about it, because to become world champion is the dream of a lifetime."
Mariya Muzychuk is the second chess player who has publicly refused to go to Iran because of the violation of women's rights. The first was Nazi Paikidze.
Gentlemen, you leave me no choice but to rob Peter to pay Paul. Please forgive me for being so careless with my poorly worded explanations of my own positions. Allow me to attempt to be precise.
I do not believe it is right to tell someone who wants to play in a chess tournament that they cannot do so because of their gender.
I see nothing wrong with telling someone who wants to play in a chess tournament that they cannot do so because of their age.
Both discriminate, yes. Both are discriminatory, yes. But one is sexist and the other is not. Therefore, please explain to me why you bring up the analogy? It is no argument, just an equivocation.
Perhaps I could summarize our respective positions as follows:
You: gender-specific tournaments are sexist and therefore not acceptable.
Me: gender-specific tournaments are technically sexist and therefore we should have a close look to see what harm, if any, is being done before we make a decision on acceptability.
I'm not going to change your mind, nor you mine. So......have a nice day. :)
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