“The first qualification internet tournament
for the Women's World Blitz Championship
took place on June 19th on the Playchess.”

The first 5 players are qualified for the Semi-finals in Moscow, they are: K. Lahno, M. Fominykh, N. Zhukova, A. Skripchenko, I. Gaponenko. The second qualification internet tournament will take place tomorrow June 24th.

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The second qualification internet tournament
for the upcoming Women's World Blitz Championship

took place on June 24th on the Playchess Server. The first 5 players are qualified for the Semi-finals in Moscow, they are: M. Sebag, I. Krush, S. Ghaderpour, S. Gvetadze, M. Muzychuk.

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World Blitz Chess Champions

Mikhail Tal (1988, USSR), Alexander Grischuk (2006, Russia), Vassily Ivanchuk (2007, Ukraine), Leinier Dominguez (2008, Cuba), Magnus Carlsen (2009, Norway).

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A blitz game is one where all the moves
must be made in a fixed time of less than

15 minutes for each player; or the allotted time + 60 times any increment is less than 15 minutes. Where there is adequate supervision of play, (one arbiter for one game) the Competition Rules and Appendix A.2 shall apply.

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Susan Polgar winner of the Women's World Blitz in 1992.

In 1992, Zsuzsa won the Women's World Blitz as well as the Women's World Rapid Championship, ahead of her sisters, Chiburdanidze, Galliamova, Maric and many other top female players.

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