The traditional chess tournament Cup of the Rector will be held on the stage of the Palace of Students of the National Law Academy of Ukraine, Yaroslav the Wise, March 26th - 29th 2010. It is an 8 player women chess tournament, featuring some of the strongest women players.

Among participants are the Olympic Champions Inna Gaponenko and Anna Ushenina, the vice-champion of Europe Lilit Mkrtchian, the leader of the national woman team of Israel Masha Klinova, the vice-champion of Europe among girls Anna Burtasova, the current champion of Ukraine Evgeniya Doluhanova, the champion of Europe as a member of the youth team of Ukraine Anastasiya Karlovich and the multiple champion of Ukraine among girls Liza Soloviova.

Thus, the resulting tournament will be the strongest women event held in Ukraine in the last years. The tournament will be round robin with 7 rounds, 45 minutes for each player to finish the game with extra 10 seconds for each move from the start.

All games will be in live broadcast on the official website of the tournament.

Check out Chessdom's article to get to know the participants.