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These photos were taken on May 22, 2004, in Elista (Kalmykia, Russia), on the day of the first game of the first round of the 2004 Women World Chess Championships, where Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Marina Sergeeva with the Black pieces
| The playing room for the 64 top chessplaying women in the world | Alexandra is playing Marina Sergeeva from Kazakhstan | The President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is following Alexandra's game |
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| After the start of the round, a FIDE Press Conference was held for journalists | Berik Balgabaev is the Press Attache of the Championship | |
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| The FIDE President took questions from journalists | Mr. Ilyumzhinov said he is very happy to host the 2004 Women's World Championships and would like to host them again in Elista in 2 years! | After winning her game, Alexandra took a walk around the fields |
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| Alexandra was asked to give a Press Conference | A press conference given by Alexandra, moderated by Berik Balgabaev | |
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