On December 2, Women's World Chess Championship will start in the city of Turkey, Antakya. Six rounds will be held at the tournament. The best 64 chess players of the world will participate in the tournament. Georgian chess players Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Dzagnidze, Maia Lomineishvili and Sophiko Khukhashvili are among them.
2 mini-matches will be held in each rounds. In case of draw, added time-break will be appointed. December 19 is a day off. Closing ceremony will be held on December 24 when in case of need, time-break of the final is appointed.

In the first round Georgian chess players will hold matches against the following opponents:
Maia Chiburdanidze (2502) - Subbaraman Meenakshi (India, 2328)
Nana Dzagnidze (2551) - Dina Kagramanov (Canada, 2101)
Maia Lomineishvili (2347) - Anna Zatonskih (America, 2478)
Sophiko Khukhashvili (2430) - Irina Turova (Russia, 2439)

Pairings of the first round:
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) - Amina Mezioud (ALG)
Humpy Koneru (IND) - Melissa Greeff (RSA)
Yifan Hou (CHN) - Carla Heredia Serrano (ECU)
Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) - KhaledMona (EGY)
Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) - Ingrid Aliaga Fernandez (PER)
Anna Muzychuk (SLO) - Marisa Zuriel (ARG)
Pia Cramling (SWE) - Betul Cemre Yildiz (TUR)
Dronavalli Harika (IND) - Kruttika Nadig (IND)
Wenjun Ju (CHN) - Arianne Caoili (AUS)
Kateryna Lahno (UKR) - Kubra Ozturk (TUR)
Viktorija Cmilyte (LTU) - Julia Demina (RUS)
Monika Socko (POL) - Swaminathan Soumya (IND)
Marie Sebag (FRA) - Irina Vasilevich (RUS)
Lufei Ruan (CHN) - Camilla Baginskaite (USA)
Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) - Xiaowen Zhang (CHN)
Chen Zhu (QAT) - Nafisa Muminova (UZB)
Xue Zhao (CHN) - Martha L. Fierro Baquero (ECU)
Elisabeth Paehtz (GER) - Jolanta Zawadzka (POL)
Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) - Yixin Ding (CHN)
NatalijaPogonina (RUS) - Baira Kovanova (RUS)
Elina Danielian (ARM) - Tatiana Shadrina (RUS)
Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) - Deysi Cori T. (PER)
Yang Shen (CHN) - Evgenija Ovod (RUS)
Anna Ushenina (UKR )- Qian Huang (CHN)
Almira Skripchenko (FRA) - Cristina-Adela Foisor (ROU)
Yelena Dembo (GRE) - Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL)
Natalia Zhukova (UKR) - Marina Romanko (RUS)
Iweta Rajlich (POL) - Jovanka Houska (ENG)