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GM Pia Cramling (Sweden)

GM Viswanathan Anand (India)

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)

GM Boris Gelfand (Israel)

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)

GM Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)

GM Michael Adams (UK)

GM Salome Melia (Georgia)

GM Irina Krush (USA)

GM Katerina Lagno (Russia)

GM Padmini Rout (India)

GM Zhao Xue (China)

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Season Winner Federation

1st 1.7.2004 -30.6.2005 Vishy Anand India

2nd 1.7.2005 – 30.6.2006 Levon Aronian Armenia

3rd 1.7.2006 – 30.6.2007 Dmitriy Yakovenko Russia

4th 1.7.2007 – 30.6.2008 Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukraine

5th 1.7.2008 – 30.6.2009 Levon Aronian Armenia

6th 1.7.2009 – 30.6.2010 Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukraine

7th 1.7.2010 – 30.6.2011 Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukraine

8th 1.1.2012 – 31.12.2012 Fabiano Caruana Italy

9th 1.1.2013 – 31.12.2013 Fabiano Caruana Italy

10th 1.1.2014 – 31.12.2014 Fabiano Caruana Italy

11th 1.1.2015 – 31.12.2015 -

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Season Winner Federation

1st 1.7.2007 – 30.6.2008 Victoria Cmilyte Lithuania

2nd 01.07.2008 – 30.06.2009 Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria

3rd 01.07.2009 – 30.06.2010 Tatiana Kosintseva Russia

4th 01.07.2010 – 30.06.2011 Nadezhda Kosintseva Russia

5th 1.1.2012 – 31.12.2012 Hou Yifan China

6th 1.1.2013 – 31.12.2013 Humpy Kuneru India

7th 1.1.2014 – 31.12.2014 Valentina Gunina Russia

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Date Place Format Winner

1st Jan2007

Ukraine, Odessa

KO system, 16 players (16 best of the ACP Tour 2004/5 and 2005/6)

Peter Leko Hungary

2nd Jan 2008

Ukraine, Odessa

KO system, 16 players (13 best of ACP Tour 2006/7 + 3 organizer wild cards)

Teimur Radjabov Azerbaidjan

3rd May 2009

Ukraine, Odessa

KO system, 16 players (13 best of ATP Tour 2007/8 + 3 organizer wild cards)

Boris Gelfand Israel

4th May 2010

Ukraine, Odessa

KO system, 16 players (13 best of ACP Tour 2008/2009 + 3 organizer wild cards)

Sergey Karjakin Russia

5th Sep 2013

Latvia, Riga

KO system, 16 players (16 best of ACP Tours 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2012)

Aleksandr Grischuk Russia

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Date Place Format Winner Federation

1st Nov/Dec 2009

Turkey, Konya

Round tournament, 12 players (8 best of the ACP Tour 2008/9 + 1 ACP wild card + 3 organizer wild cards)

Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia

2nd Feb 2012

Georgia, Tbilisi

Round tournament, 12 players (8 best of the ACP Tours 2009/10 and 2010/11 + 4 organizer wild cards)

Nana Dzagnidze Georgia

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Dates Place Players Winner

1st July 2012

Netherlands Amsterdam

Vasyl Ivanchuk, Baadur Jobava, Gata Kamsky, Le Quang Liem, Anna Muzychuk, Krishnan Sasikiran, Emil Sutovsky

Vasyl Ivanchuk

2nd July 2014

ItalyBergamo

Zoltan Almasi, Sabino Brunello, Baadur Jobava, Ian Nepomniactchi,

Wesley So, Emil Sutovsky, Daniele Vocaturo

Wesley So

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Player Fed Pts

1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 8.5/11

2 GM Kosteniuk Aleksandra RUS 8.0/11

3 GM Koneru Humpy IND 8.0/11

4 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 8.0/11

5 GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 7.5/11

6 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 7.5/11

7 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 7.0/11

8 GM Cramling Pia SWE 6.5/11

9 GM Zhao Xue CHN 6.5/11

10 WGM Guo Qi CHN 6.5/11

The crowning of Antoaneta Stefanova

Player Fed Pts

1 IM Gunina Valentina RUS 13.0/15

2 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 10.5/15

3 GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 10.5/15

4 GM Kosteniuk Aleksandra RUS 10.0/15

5 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 9.5/15

6 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 9.5/15

7 WGM Ding Yixin CHN 9.5/15

8 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 9.0/15

9 GM Chiburdanidze Maia GEO 9.0/15

10 WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 9.0/15

Crowning the world’s bestWomen’s

World Rapid ChampionshipWomen’s

World Blitz Championship

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Only 26% of the responders liked the current rule. Many responders suggested a system of warning(s). Among the responders opting for the old rule many didn’t necessarily prefer to wait a full hour.

The new team composition submission system used during the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromso was warmly welcomed.

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38%

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Players arriving late for a game were being forfeited during the 2014 Chess Olympiad. Did you like that rule?

Yes

Previous rule when a clock of aplayer arriving late was beingstarted was betterPunishment should be less harshthan in the current rule and moreharsh than in the previous rule

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Did you like the new team composition submission system?

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