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These photos were taken in May 2004, in Elista (Kalmykia, Russia) during the 2004 Women World Chess Championships
| The playing room, with only 16 tables (32 players) | FIDE is watching, with Berek, Azmaiparishvili, and Ikyumzhinov | Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is watching over the game of Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| TV cameras were quite active filming Alexandra Kosteniuk | Alexandra is playing Maria Sergeeva (Kazakhstan) | Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk | Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk | Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk | Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk | Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| Alexandra Kosteniuk is playing Marina Sergeeva | Alexandra Kosteniuk is playing Viktorija Cmilyte | Alexandra Kosteniuk is playing Viktorija Cmilyte |
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| Alisa Galliamova (Russia) | Alisa Galliamova (Russia) | Almira Skripchenko (France) |
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| Anna Hahn (USA) | Anna Hahn (USA) | Anna Hahn (USA) |
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| Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) | Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) | Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) |
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| Carolina Lujan (Argentina) | Corina-Isabela Peptan (Romania) | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia) |
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| Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia) | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia) | Elina Danielan (Armenia) |
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| Elina Danielan (Armenia) | Elina Danielan (Armenia) | Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) |
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| Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) | Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) | Hoang Thanh Trang (Vietnam) |
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| Humpy Koneru (India) | Irina Krush (USA) | Irina Slavina (Russia) |
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| Iweta Radziewicz (Poland) | Iweta Radziewicz (Poland) | Jana Jackova (Chech Republic) |
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| Jana Jackova (Chech Republic) | Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) | Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) |
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| Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) | Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) | Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia) |
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| Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia) | Maia Lomineishvili (Georgia) | Maia Lomineishvili (Georgia) |
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| Marie Sebag (France) | Marie Sebag (France) | Marie Sebag (France) |
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| Monika Socko (Poland) | Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) | Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) |
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| Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) | Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) | Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) |
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| Natasa Bojkovic (Serbia and Montenegro) | Natalia Pogonina (Russia) | Natalia Pogonina (Russia) |
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| Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) | Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) | Jennifer Shahade (USA) |
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| Jennifer Shahade (USA) | Olga Alexandrova (Ukraine) | Pia Cramling (Sweden) |
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| Shadi Paridar (Iran) | Shadi Paridar (Iran) | Svetlana Matveeva (Russia) |
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| Svetlana Matveeva (Russia) | Svetlana Matveeva (Russia) | Svetlana Petrenko (Moldavia) |
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| Svetlana Petrenko (Moldavia) | Svetlana Petrenko (Moldavia) | Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) |
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| Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) | Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) | Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) |
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| Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) | Zhaoqin Peng (Holland) | Zhaoqin Peng (Holland) |
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| Ekaterina Polovnikova is playing Kateryna Lahno | S. Meenakshi is playing Iweta Radziewicz | |
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| Elena Sedina is playing Elina Danielan | Lela Havakhashvili is playing Nadezhda Kosintseva | Carolina Lujan is playing Ekaterina Kovalevskaya |
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| Anna Hahn and Pia Cramling are ready to play a verious game | Tatiana Kosintseva is playing Huang Qian | |
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