EIWCC-2013

     There are 2 more days until the start of the European Individual Women's Chess Championship in Belgrad, Serbia.
     It will be the first EIWCC where I'm going to start as a favourite- I was in the 2nd half of the starting ranking list all the previous years. I am nr. 29 out of 168 this time.

Ном.			Имя	код FIDE	ФЕД.	Рейт.Межд.	пол
1		GM	Muzychuk Anna	14111330	SLO	2594	w
2		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	13601903	GEO	2558	w
3		GM	Lagno Kateryna	14109336	UKR	2542	w
4		GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	4133471	RUS	2528	w
5		GM	Cramling Pia	1700030	SWE	2524	w
6		IM	Khotenashvili Bela	13602640	GEO	2512	w
7		GM	Gunina Valentina	4167570	RUS	2507	w
8		GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	12801259	LTU	2497	w
9		GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2902257	BUL	2497	w
10		GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	4128125	RUS	2489	w
11		IM	Muzychuk Mariya	14114550	UKR	2484	w
12		WGM	Pogonina Natalija	4147855	RUS	2478	w
13		GM	Zhukova Natalia	14101513	UKR	2471	w
14		GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	12400149	HUN	2467	w
15		IM	Javakhishvili Lela	13601458	GEO	2465	w
16		IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	13300601	ARM	2454	w
17		IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	4641833	GER	2454	w
18		IM	Khurtsidze Nino	13600320	GEO	2443	w
19		IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	4181751	RUS	2440	w
20		IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	1201930	ROU	2439	w
21		WGM	Girya Olga	4195752	RUS	2437	w
22		GM	Socko Monika	1106619	POL	2436	w
23		IM	Atalik Ekaterina	4130189	EUR	2430	w
24		IM	Melia Salome	13602446	GEO	2428	w
25		IM	Guramishvili Sopiko	13602888	GEO	2421	w
26		IM	Matnadze Ana	13601377	ESP	2412	w
27		IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	4116704	RUS	2407	w
28		WGM	Batsiashvili Nino	13602993	GEO	2405	w
29		WGM	Bulmaga Irina	13903063	ROU	2403	w
30		IM	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	2219026	ESP	2402	w

     You can find the full list of participants here: http://chess-results.com/tnr98226.aspx?lan=11&zeilen=99999

     Romania will be represented by 8 players:

20	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	1201930	ROU	2439
29	WGM	Bulmaga Irina	13903063	ROU	2403
35	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	1200496	ROU	2387
53	WGM	Cosma Elena-Luminita	1201590	ROU	2329
68	WGM	Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen	1206729	ROU	2296
87	WGM	Sandu Mihaela	1204327	ROU	2237
131	WFM	Visanescu Daria-Ioana	1200518	ROU	2061
152		Olea Liliana	1202138	ROU	1905

     More information about the tournament can be found on the official site of the event: http://belgrade2013.org/index.php/en/

     It is going to be my first time in Serbia, I've been only to Montenegro before. I am very curious to see it and I hope to like it there.

     As about the tournament, it is going to be a very tough one, so I don't know what to expect- everything can happen- I just want to enjoy myself there and to play some quality chess.

Will keep you posted!