Gaziantep: The European Individual Women Chess Championships (EIWCC) which is going to start from from 2 to 13 March, 2012, in the Anatolian Hotel in Gaziantep, Turkey is the first event in the history of the game that a women's event will have a higher prize fund than the corresponding men's event. The European Women's Championships has a purse 150,000 Euros, with a 20,500 Euro first prize in the classical section 500 Euros more than the top male will receive in Plovdiv later this month.

The event will be followed by the European Rapid Championship and European Blitz Championship (15-18 of March). The EIWCC consists of eleven games and the rate of is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

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By Indian Sports News Network