The 2013 Women's World Draughts Championship was an

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tournament held in

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. Sixteen female players in total competed in the tournament, which began on October 4, 2013, and ended on October 15, 2013. The tournament was round-robin style, with a total of 15 rounds played, each of which was a micro-match from two games. Arbiter — Rima Danileviciene (

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Competition

The competition began with sixteen players from 10 countries. The players in the tournament were Viktoriya Motrichko, Erdenetsogt Mandakhnaran, Odgejrel Molomjamts, Nyamjargal Numkhbaatar, Laima Adlyte,

Darya Tkachenko Darya Aleksandrovna Tkachenko (russian: Дарья Александровна Ткаченко; born 21 December 1983) is a Russian (since 2016), formerly Ukrainian (until 2015), draughts player holding the FMJD titles of FMJD Master (MF) and Women ...

, Alatenghua, Matrena Nogovitsyna, Ayyyna Sobakina, Heike Verheul,

Zoja Golubeva Zoja Aleksandrovna Golubevarussian: Зоя Александровна Го́лубева, translit=Zoya Aleksandrovna Golubeva (birth name, née Sadovskayarussian: Садо́вская, translit=Sadovskaya ; born 30 April 1967) is a Soviet Uni ...

Tamara Tansykkuzhina Tamara Mikhailovna Tansykkuzhina (russian: Тамара Михайловна Тансыккужина; ba, Тамара Танһыҡҡужина; born December 11, 1978, in Naberezhnye Chelny, Soviet Union) is a Russia, Russian international drau ...

, Hanqing Zhao, Olga Fedorovich, Piret Viirma, and Natalia Sadowska. The tournament ended with Zoja Golubeva coming in first place, having won a total of eight matches. Darya Tkachenko came in second place with a total of seven wins. Also on October 2 the blitz tournament took place (5 min + 3 sec per move)

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9 tours – 22 players from 8 countries. Matrena Nogovitsyna came in first place, Viktoriya Motrichko in second place and Darya Tkachenko in third place. October 3 was the rapid tournament (15 min + 3 sec per move)

7 tours – 22 players from 6 countries. Darya Tkachenko came in first place, Viktoriya Motrichko in second place and

Natalia Sadowska Natalia Sadowska (born 27 July 1991) is a Polish draughts player who ranked third at the Women's Draughts European Championship in 2010 and whose successes go back to 2007. She is a highly rated women's player for Poland and was second at the 20 ...

in third place.

References

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Competition

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