(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Laman Ismayilova read more Azerbaijani chess players will compete at the 23rd European
Women's Chess Championship in Petrovac, Montenegro, on March
18-29.
Azerbaijan's hopes will be pinned on 14 female chess players,
including Gunay Mammadzada, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Govhar
Beydullayeva, Xanim Balajayeva, Gulnar Mammadova, Turkan
Mammadyarova, Khayala Abdulla, Sabina Ibrahimova, Ayan
Allahverdiyeva, Laman Hajiyeva, Narmin Abdinova, Malak Ismayil,
Nazli Humbatova, and Lala Huseynova.
The Swiss-system championship, which will bring together chess
players from 35 countries, will feature 11 rounds.
The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the
rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move
starting from move 1.
The 23rd European Women's Championship implies qualification for
the next World Women's Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the
decision of the ECU Board, 9 players will qualify. The total prize
fund of the event is 60.000 EUR.
The Azerbaijani female chess players have made a major
breakthrough.
Govhar Beydullayeva has gone down in history as the first woman
grandmaster to become a world champion among 20-year-olds in the
history of Azerbaijani chess.
Beydullayeva drew with Zala Urh (Slovenia) and Laman Hajiyeva
with Livia Jarocka (Poland) at World Junior Chess Championship U20.
She secured a gold medal in the world championship for Under-20
chess players.
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