KAZAKHSTAN VS THE WORLD

BLITZ
RAPID
Team World won the match 73:55
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Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Closing Ceremony
Dana Reizniece-Ozola about Kazakhstan vs the World
GM Hou Yifan: "For a kid, such chess experience is very inspirational"
Bibisara Assaubayeva: "We need to play more against the best players in the world"
Gulmira Dauletova: "For young girls, this is a very good opportunity to show themselves"
Dana Reizniece-Ozola, captain of team World: "Such a fighting spirit and team spirit at this event!"
Harika Dronavalli: "I am going back with nice memories"

Best female players from Kazakhstan face off with the team of the world.

One of the most exciting side events of the FIDE World Championship Match 2023 is an encounter between the best Kazakhstani women against the top women players from all over the world. The match, consisting of rapid and blitz games, will be held from 17-19 April in Astana International Financial Center.
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Each team has eight players, a combination of youth and experience as four of them fall into age groups of U20, U18, U16, and U14. Girls will play against girls, and four women will meet other four women in all-play-all Scheveningen format. Each player (from women or youth groups) will meet each player from the corresponding group in the opposite team twice, with White and with Black. There will be 8 rounds in total, both in rapid and blitz.

The final result of the match is defined by counting all the individual points together. In case of an equal number of points the result will be a draw.

The total prize fund is 50,000 USD

the winning team receives 30,000 USD (20,000 USD equally shared by women players, 10,000 USD equally shared by youth players)

Team Kazakhstan

  • GM Zhansaya
    ABDUMALIK
    2454 rapid, 2397 blitz
  • IM Dinara
    SADUAKASSOVA
    2402 rapid, 2402 blitz
  • IM Bibisara
    ASSAUBAYEVA
    2359 rapid, 2440 blitz
  • WIM Meruert
    KAMALIDENOVA
    2273 rapid, 2187 blitz
  • WIM Liya
    KURMANGALIYEVA
    2152 rapid, 2195 blitz
    U20
  • FM Kseniya
    BALABAEVA
    2111 rapid, 2276 blitz
    U18
  • WIM Alua
    NURMANOVA
    2193 rapid, 2253 blitz
    U16
  • WFM Zarina
    NURGALIEVA
    2070 rapid, 2134 blitz
    U14
  • WGM Gulmira
    DAULETOVA
    Team Captain

Team World

  • GM HOU
    Yifan
    China. 2618 rapid, 2601 blitz
  • GM Nana
    DZAGNIDZE
    Georgia. 2462 rapid, 2406 blitz
  • GM Harika
    DRONAVALLI
    India. 2447 rapid, 2432 blitz
  • IM Gunay
    MAMMADZADA
    Azerbaijan. 2348 rapid, 2396 blitz
  • IM Nurgyul
    SALIMOVA
    Bulgaria. 2347 rapid, 2314 blitz
    U20
  • WIM Zsoka
    GAAL
    Hungary. 2187 rapid, 2247 blitz
    U18/U16
  • WIM Savitha
    SHRI B
    India. 2281 rapid, 2191 blitz
    U18/U16
  • WFM Afruza
    KHAMDAMOVA
    Uzbekistan. 2135 rapid, 2210 blitz
    U14
  • WGM Dana
    REIZNIECE-OZOLA
    Team Captain