YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. FIDE published the staff of participants of the woman championship to be held in Russian city of Yekaterinburg on March 10-27, 2006. Two representatives of Armenia, grand masters Lilit Mkrtchian and Elina Danielian, who gained that right with the results demostrated in the Europe championship, will take part in the championship. Besides them, 3 more Armenian woman chess-players, grand master Elmira Skripchenko (France), an international master Natalia Khudgarian (Canada) and FIDE master Tatev Abrahamian (USA), will also take part in the championship. 64 woman chess-players will take part in the World championship held by the "knock-out" contest rules.

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