MOST PHOTOGENIC WOMEN TEAMS , TORINO OLYMPIADS 2006
PHOTOS BY PUFICHEK, PRESENTED BY CHESSPICS
VOTING CLOSED
From the large collection of Pufichek Chesspics albums of players of the Torino Chess Olympiad 2006, we have selected a few for our Photogenic Collection. The photos were posted for voting from May 24 to June 24, generating enormous interest from all sides of the globe, with over 10,000 people actively taking part in the voting. Most photos in this gallery will be used to illustrate the Torino 2006 Olympiads.
We present to you below the most complete collection of photos of full teams playing at the Torino Chess Olympiad 2006. We have selected the best for our Teams Collection. The voting is now closed. The top 3 teams are:
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Poland
- Russia
Have a look at our galleries at CHESSPICS (use the pulldown menus on the left).
 Bosnia Herzegovina (Elena Titova-Boric, Dijana Dengler, Sanja Dedijer, Mira Dedijer) |
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 Poland (Iweta Radziewicz, Iolanta Zawadzka, Marta Przezdziecka, Joanna Majdan) |
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 Russia (Alexandra Kosteniuk, Tatiana Kosintseva, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya) |
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 Slovakia (Eva Repkova, Zuzana Hagarova, Regina Pokorna, Zuzana Borosova) |
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 Ukraine (Natalia Zhukova, Katerina Lahno, Inna Yanovska-Gaponenko, Anna Ushenina) |
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 Slovenia (Anna Muzychuk, Ana Srebrnic, Jana Krivec, Ksenija Novak) |
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 Angola (Luzia Guimaraes, Engracia Oliveira, Valquiria Rocha, Sandra Venancio) |
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 Iran (Atousa Pourkasiyan, Shadi Paridar, Shayesteh Ghaderpour, Shirin Navabi) |
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 UAE (Mariam Mansour, Mohamed Ebtissam, Nora Mohd Saleh, Essa Kholoud) |
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 France (Almira Skripchenko, Maria Leconte, Sophie Millet, Roza Lallemand) |
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 Argentina ( Carolina Lujan, Marisa Zuriel, Liliana Burijovich, Maria Belen Sarquis) |
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 El Salvador (Lorena Zepeda, Ada Castaneda, Gabriela Melendez, Sonia Zepeda) |
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 Australia (Irina Berezina, Laura Moylan, Arianne Caoili, Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky) |
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 Kazakhstan (Dana Aketayeva, Sofya Zigangirova, Gulmira Dauletova) |
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 Peru (Karen Zapata, Luciana Morales, Ingrid Aliaga) |
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 Malaysia (Zulaikha Siti, Theng Wan, Zullkafli Nur, Marmono Roslina) |
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 Bulgaria (Antoaneta Stefanova, Margarita Voiska, Emilia Djingarova, Maria Velcheva) |
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 USA (Anna Zatonskih, Irina Krush, Rusudan Goletiani, Camilla Baginskaite) |
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 Philippines (Sheerie Joy Lomibao, Catherine Perena, Sherily Cua, Beverly Mendoza) |
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 Germany (Elisabeth Paehtz, Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska, Jessica Nill,Vera Juergens) |
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 Armenia (Lilit Mktrchian, Elina Danielian, Nelli Aginian, Siranush Andriasian) |
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 Netherlands (Zhao Qin Peng, Tea Bosboom-Lanchava, Petra Shuurman, Bianca Muhren) |
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 Hungary (Hoang Thanh Trang, Ildiko Madl, Szidonia Vajda, Anita Gara) |
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 Azerbaijan (Khayala Isgandarova, Nargiz Umudova, Fidan Agasiyeva, Viktoriya Avdeeva) |
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 Belarus (Nadezhda Azarova, Natalija Popova, Anna Sharevich, Tatiana Berlin) |
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 Indonesia (Irine Sukandar Kharisma, Evi Lindiawati, Tri Handayani, Rahayu Sinuhaji Tuti) |
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 Japan (Emiko Nakagawa, Mirai Ishizuka, Ayano Hishii, Misaki Shibata) |
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 Portugal (Catarina Leite, Margarida Coimbra, Ariana Pintor, Ana Baptista) |
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 Colombia ( Nadya Ortiz, Angela Franco, Maricela Palao, Beatriz Franco) |
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 Turkey (Ekaterina Polovnikova, Zehra Topel, Kubra Ozturk, Nilufer Cinar) |
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 Latvia (Dana Reizniece, Laura Rogule, Anda Safranska, Ilze Berzina) |
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 Venezuela (Sarai Sanchez, Irene Han, Zaida Hernandez, Yesmar Araujo) |
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 China (Zhao Xue, Wang Yu, Shen Yang, Hou Yifan) |
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 South Africa (Denise Frick, Jenine Ellappen, Suvania Moodliar, Anzel Laubscher) |
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 Israel (Masha Klinova, Angela Borsuk, Bella Igla, Irina Botvinnik) |
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 Norway (Ellen Hagesaether, Barth Sahl, Silje Bjerke, Torill Hagesaether) |
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 Surinam (Victoria Naipal, Jyoti Hardwarsing, Wasudha Malgie, Anuska Sabajo) |
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 Mexico (Yadira Hernandez, Alejandra Guerrero, Paulina Carreras, Nelly Estrada) |
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 Lithuania (Viktorija Cmilyte, Dagne Ciuksyte, Deimante Daulyte, Daiva Batyte) |
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 Georgia (Nino Khurtsidze, Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Maia Lomineishvili) |
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 Czech Republic (Jana Jackova, Katerina Cedikova, Olga Sikorova, Petra Blazkova) |
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 Mongolia (Mongontuul, Yanjindulam, Bayaraa, Anhchimeg) |
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 Sweden (Viktoria Johansson, Evgenia Pavlovskaia, Eva Jiretorn, Christin Andersson) |
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 Jamaica (Deborah Richards, Hui Zhu, Vanessa Thomas, Camille Casserly) |
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 Wales (Abigail Cast, Julie Wilson, Suzy Blackburn, Megan Owens) |
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 Switzerland (Gundula Heinatz, Monika Seps, Barbara Hund, Anastassia Gavrilova) |
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 Netherlands Antilles (Uclan Flanders, Seydi Salim-Moussa, Nishanti Balentin) |
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 ItalyA (Elena Sedina, Olga Zimina, Eleonora Ambrosi, Maria Vincenza Santurbano) |
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 Croatia (Mirjana Medic, Lara Stock, Vlasta Macek, Borka Franciskovic) |
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 Sri Lanka (Gamage Methmali, M.C. Wijayawardana, Thilini Koswatte, Ruchirani Senanayaka) |
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 Canada (Natalia Khoudgarian, Nava Starr, Dinara Khaziyeva, Hazel Smith) |
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 Uzbekistan (Olga Sabirova, Yulduz Hamrakulova, Iroda Khamrakulova, Shakhnoza Khamrakulova) |
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 Chinese Taipei (Chen Chen I, Elsa Wei Chung Yueh, Elaine Yu-Tong Lin, Pemh An Chen) |
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 Ecuador (Martha Fierro, Evelyn Moncayo, Rocio Vasquez) |
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 Moldova (Svetlana Petrenko, Karolina Smokina, Elena Partac, Naira Agababean) |
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 Estonia (Monika Tsiganova, Viktoria Bashkite, Valeria Gansvind, Leili Piarnpuu) |
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 Cuba (Sulennis Pina Vega, Yaniet Marerro Lopez, Jennifer Perez Rodriguez, Maritza Arribas Robaina) |
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 Serbia Montenegro (Alisa Maric, Irina Chelushkina, Susana Maksimovic, Ana Benderac) |
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 Malta (Oana Pulpan, Filipina Aguilar, Jessieca Aguilar, Uranchimeg Alyeksandr) |
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 Romania (Corina Isabella Peptan, Cristina Adela Foisor, Adina Maria Bogza, Ana Cristina Calotescu) |
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 Finland (Niina Sammalvuo, Tanja Rantanen, Heini Puuska, Laura Savola) |
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 India (Humpy Koneru, Dronavalli Harika, Ghate Swathi, Mary Ann Gomes) |
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 Iceland (Lenka Ptacnikova, Gudlaug Thorsteinsdottir, Lilja Gretarsdottir, Regina Fridthjofsdott) |
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 Yemen (Adeela Raweh, Amimah Awat, Amani Jalal, Madmiah Abdulsalam) |
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 ItalyB (Maria Arnetta, Veronika Goi, Marianna Chierici, Marina Brunello) |
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 Libya (Safa Elnami, Mohamed Wafa, Rahal Mawadda) |
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 Turkmenistan (Mahri Geldieva, Bahar Hallaeva, Maisa Ovezova, Halbagt Reimova) |
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 Qatar (Aisha Al-Khelaifi, Noora Al-Jefairi, Alshaymaa Safar, Salama Al-Khelaifi) |
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 Greece (Yelena Dembo, Anna-Maria Botsari, Marina Makropoulou, Ekaterini Fakhiridou) |
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 Vietnam (An Nguyen Thi Thanh, Tram Hoang Thi Bao, Tu Le Thanh, Ngoc Pham Bich) |
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 Bangladesh (Rani Hamid, Zakia Sultana, Nazrana Khan, Tanima Parveen) |
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 Spain (Monica Calzetta Ruiz, Mairelys Delgado Crespo, Patricia Llaneza Vega, Yudania Hernandez Estevez) |
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 England (Jovanka Houska, Jessi Gilbert, Jana Bellin, Sophie Tidman) |
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 Austria (Helene Mira, Anna Kopinits, Sonja Sommer, Maria Horvath) |
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 Kyrgystan (Janyl Tilenbaeva, Sofia Sabirova, Alexandra Samaganova, Irina Ostry) |
