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These photos were taken in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) during the period October10-21, 2003.
| Alexandra spent a day in Sofia before the rest of the team arrived | Alexandra in front of the Russian Orthodox Church of Sofia | The inauguration of the Competition took place in the beautiful amphiteater of Plovdiv |
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| The symbol of the Championship is called Mathew! | The Russian team with captain Yuri Yakovich | The three members of the Russian National Chess team |
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| Alexandra in front of the playing complex | Alexandra in front of the playing complex | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| Svetlana Matveeva | Alisa Galliamova | The captain Yuri Yakovich |
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| The three Russian Grandmasters relaxing in the lobby | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| Alexandra Kosteniuk | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| Svetlana Matveeva | Alisa Galliamova | The captain of the Russian women team Yuri Yakovich |
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| Alexandra and Alisa are ready for their first match, where Russia won 1.5 to 0.5 against Moldova | Russia won the second match 1.5 - 0.5 against Romania | Russia won against Turkey 2 -0 |
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| Alexandra is playing the 4th match against Bulgaria, which finished 1-1 | Alexandra and Svetlana won the 5th match against England 2-0 | Alexander Grischuk |
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| Petr Svidler | Alexander Morozevich | Alexander Khalifman |
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| Evgenii Bareev | ||
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