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 1: World Women's Chess Championship 2008 28 Aug - 18 Sept Nalchik, Russia.
  : http://nalchik2008.fide.com (English and Russian)
 2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC.
  : Games start at 7.00 AM ICC time.
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 3: 5 rounds of matches, comprising 2 games per round, with the winners
  : progressing to the next round.
  : The 6th round (final round) shall be played over 4 games and the winner
  : will be declared Womens World Champion.
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 4: The final will be played between GM Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 2510 vs
  : WGM Yifan Hou CHN 2557.
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 5: Standings:          1    2    3    4    Pts(Final)
  : WGM Hou(2557)       -    =    =    =    1.5
  : GM Kosteniuk(2510)  +    =    =    =    2.5
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 6: GM Alexandra Kosteniuk is new Women World Champion after defeating
  : WGM Yifan Hou 2.5 - 1.5 in Final.
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 7: Tie-breaks System:
  : 2 games at 25 minutes and 10 seconds inc.  (4 games in Round 6)
  : If 2nd tie-break needed: 2 games at 5 mins and 10 seconds inc.
  : If 3rd tie-break needed: one game at 6 mins(white) and 5 mins(black).
  :
 8: Time Control : Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves
  : add 30 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move one.
 9: Results after Round 6 http://nalchik2008.fide.com/results/?lang=eng
10: Total Prize : 450.000 USD.
  : Type "liblist WomenWCC08" and "liblist WomenWCC08-01" for the games.