Tuesday, February 21, 2012

2012 European Individual Women's Chess Championship

Almost here, already!  Where does the time go?  Stay tuned, I'll be providing reports before you know it.

March 1 - 14, 2012
March 15 - 18, 2012 Rapid and Blitz Championships
Gazientepe, Turkey


Three, Three, Three Championships in One!  Women's Individual; Women's Rapid; and Women's Blitz titles are all on the line.

Current List of Players (104) - neither in alphabetical nor ELO order, unfortunately (at the moment)

A whopping Euros 100,000 is on the line for the European Women's Individual Chess Championship:

8.1. European Individual Women Championship
RankPrize
1 € 20.500
2 € 15.500
3 € 11.500
4 € 8.200
5 € 7.100
6 € 6.100
7 € 5.600
8 € 5.100
9 € 4.600
10 € 4.100
11 € 3.600
12 € 3.100
13 € 2.600
14 € 2.400

There will be additional prizes awarded for U-16 and U-20 Age Categories, National Prizes (by the Turkish Chess Federation), and ELO Category Prizes (for lower rated players, to give them a shot at some prize money.  Well Done, Turkish Chess Federation!) 
ELO CATEGORY PRIZES
Rank2150-22992000-21491800-1999< 1799
1 € 500 € 500 € 300 € 250
2 € 300 € 300 € 200 € 150
3 € 200 € 200 € 100 € 100
Total € 1.000 € 1.000 € 600 € 500

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