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Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Venue: Belgrade, Serbia
Dates: July 22 - August 4
Format: Swiss, 11 rounds
14 top finishers will qualify for the next Women's World Chess Championship
Official website

34 federations, 137 titled players: 13 GMs, 42 WGMs, 25 IMs, 33 WIMs, 1 FM, 19 WFMs, 4 WCMs.

Let's take a look at the list of the main rating favorites:

Player	Federation	FIDE rating	Best result at WIECC
Anna Muzychuk	Slovenia	2594	Bronze (2012)
Nana Dzagnidze	Georgia	2558	No medals
Kateryna Lagno	Ukraine	2542	Two gold medals (2008, 2005)
Tatiana Kosintseva	Russia	2528	Two gold medals (2009, 2007), silver (2012), bronze (2003)
Pia Cramling	Sweden	2524	Two gold medals (2010, 2003)
Bela Khotenashvili	Georgia	2512	No medals
Valentina Gunina	Russia	2507	Gold (2012)
Viktorija Cmilyte	Lithuania	2497	Gold (2011), three silver medals (2010, 2008, 2003)
Antoaneta Stefanova	Bulgaria	2497	Gold (2002), two silver medals (2011, 2007), bronze (2004)
Alexandra Kosteniuk	Russia	2489	Gold (2004)
Mariya Muzychuk	Ukraine	2484	No medals
Natalia Pogonina	Russia	2478	Bronze (2009)
Natalia Zhukova	Ukraine	2471	Gold (2000)
Hoanh Thanh Trang	Hungary	2467	No medals
Lela Javakhishvili	Georgia	2465	No medals
Lilit Mkrtchian	Armenia	2454	Two silver medals (2009, 2002), bronze (2006)

Women's live ratings

Please check out the left sidebar of Pogonina.com and vote in a special poll: who will become the European Women's Chess Champion-2013?

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If you wish to admire beautiful Serbian female chess players, read a greetings letter by Serbian Minister of Sports and Youth WGM Alisa Maric, or find any other details about the tournament, just visit the official website.

Pogonina.com will be covering the event on a daily basis too and keeping you up to date on the progress of the tournament and Natalia's performance.

Comments (2)

	1. Written by Þðèé on 17:19 17 èþëÿ 2013 ã.
	×åìïèîíàò Åâðîïû ñðåäè æåíùèí-2013:ïðåâü Î÷åíü ñèëüíûé ïî ñîñòàâó ×åìïèîíàò Åâðîïû.Æåëàþ Íàòàëüå Ïîãîíèíîé õîðîøåãî âûñòóïëåíèÿ â òóðíèðå.Óäà÷è è óñïåõîâ! Ñ óâàæåíèåì Þðèé Âîëêîâ. http://pogonina.com

	2. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 21:54 17 èþëÿ 2013 ã.
	×åìïèîíàò Åâðîïû ñðåäè æåíùèí-2013:ïðåâü It's a shame how low are the prizes!

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