Women's 2006 world chess champion Xu Yuhua of China has
qualified for the men's World Chess Cup alongside with other seven
Chinese, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE)
website on Friday.
The Chinese qualifiers are Xu, Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Yue, Zhang
Penxiang, Wang Hao, Zhao Jun, Wen Yang and Ahou Jianchao.
World Cup 2007, slated in Khanty-Mansiysk from 23rd of November
to 18th of December, will feature 128 chess players from 38
countries and regions having qualified from zonal and continental
events, the FIDE stated.
Best chess players from Asia, Oceania, Europe, Americas and
Africa have qualified for the tournament, including former World
Chess Championship Mexico-2007 contenders Levon Aronian of Armenia
and Russians Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk.
According to the FIDE's general statistics, China has 16 men
chess grandmasters including Xu, 10 women grandmasters, seven
international masters, 10 FIDE masters and five women Fide
masters.
FIDE still has three wildcards for this event and it will later
decide on the passes receivers.
(Xinhua News Agency October 20, 2007)