One of the side events of the 2023 FIDE World Championship Match will be… another match, where best female players from Kazakhstan will face off with the team of the world.
Kazakhstan is known for the strength of its female players. They have conquered many pinnacles in the recent years. 19-year-old prodigy Bibisara Assaubayeva is the reigning two-time Women’s World Blitz Chess Champion. Dinara Saduakassova brought home silver from the 2022 FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship. Zhansaya Abdumalik won 2021 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Gibraltar with 8½/11, finishing in clear first by 1½ points and meeting the requirements for the Grandmaster title.
One of the measures of country’s strength is the average rating of its top-10 players. In the women’s list, Kazakhstan is currently number 10, led by an ambitions powerhouse of GM Zhansaya Abdumalik (2497), IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2440), and IM Dinara Saduakassova (2434).
The time has come to test Kazakhstan’s muscles against the strongest female players from all over the world! The ladies will clash in rapid on 17-18 April and blitz on 19 April.
Kazakhstan vs The World
Each team will consist of eight players, a combination of youth and experience as four of them must fall into age groups of U20, U18, U16, and U14. Girls will play against girls in corresponding age groups, and four women will meet other four women in all-play-all Scheveningen format. The final result of the match is defined, counting all the individual points together. In case of an equal number of points the result is draw.
TEAM CAPTAIN KAZAKHSTAN:
Gulmira Dauletova, WGM, Executive Director, Kazakhstan Chess Federation
TEAM CAPTAIN WORLD:
Dana Reizniece-Ozola, WGM, Deputy Chair of Management Board, International Chess Federation
