Sharjah invites you to the 10th edition of International Cup for Women

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/10/2019

Chess & Culture Club for Sharjah Women invites all women chess players to the 10th Sharjah International Cup for Women which will be held at Sharjah Chess Club from 3rd - 13th January 2020. The tournament is open to all women with a valid FIDE ID. Entry fee is only $30. First prize is $3000 and a trophy. Conditions is also offered for selected rating category players. Daily one round gives the players plenty of time to prepare for their next game, only 7th January has a double round. That's not all, on Friday 10th January 2020, there will be Fischer Random Chess. Registration is only accepted through the official site. Photo: Tournament Circular

10th Sharjah International Cup for Women

Chess & Culture Club for Sharjah Women organizes the 10th edition of Sharjah International Cup for Women from 3rd - 13th January 2020

Tournament logo

Eligibility and Registration

Entry fee is as low as $30

Prize structure

First prize is $3000 and a trophy

Schedule

Only 7th January has double rounds

Chief Arbiter and Event Coordinator Murad Abdulla talks about all details of the tournament | Video: Sagar Shah

For more details, please visit here.

Photos from the 9th edition

Last edition's podium finisher (L to R) - Champion IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU), Runner-up IM Karina Szczepkowska (POL) and Second runner-up IM Sopiko Khukhashvili (GEO) | Photo: Official site

Players from all over the world participate in this tournament | Photo: Official site

The tournament hall | Photo: Official site

Spacious hall and DGT boards | Photo: Official site

Reigning National Women's and former Asian Continental Women's Champion IM Bhakti Kulkarni competed in the ninth edition | Photo: Queens Chess Academy

Legendary IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman participated in the eighth edition | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

To get an idea about the tournament strength, check the last edition's tournament standings

Final Standings of the 9th edition

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	5	IM	Bulmaga Irina	ROU	2391	7,5	0,0	48,5	52,5	2	2106
2	3	IM	Szczepkowska Karina	POL	2408	7,0	0,0	50,0	54,0	1	2106
3	6	IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	GEO	2338	7,0	0,0	49,5	54,0	2	1994
4	9	WGM	Gu Xiaobing	CHN	2295	7,0	0,0	48,5	52,5	2	2083
5	10	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2283	7,0	0,0	48,0	52,0	3	2031
6	8	WIM	Velikic Adela	SRB	2298	6,5	0,0	52,0	56,5	3	2116
7	2	IM	Cornette Deimante	LTU	2455	6,5	0,0	51,0	56,0	2	2096
8	4	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2392	6,5	0,0	50,0	54,0	3	2075
9	32		Bauyrzhan Arnash	KAZ	1978	6,5	0,0	47,0	50,0	2	1855
10	11	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2280	6,5	0,0	46,5	51,5	2	2032
11	17	WGM	Abdulla Khayala	AZE	2190	6,5	0,0	46,0	49,0	2	1998
12	1	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2458	6,5	0,0	45,5	49,5	1	1988
13	12	IM	Zozulia Anna	BEL	2270	6,5	0,0	43,0	47,0	3	1779
14	21	WFM	Hallaeva Bahar	TKM	2133	6,0	0,0	47,5	52,0	3	1898
15	7	WIM	Gevorgyan Irina	UZB	2301	6,0	0,0	46,5	51,5	3	1882