The Women's Chess Tour Europe Rapid quarterfinals tip off August 25th in Saint-Tropez with eight of the continent's sharpest players fighting for knockout spots. Assaubayeva, Humpy, both Muzychuks, Batsiashvili, Pähtz, Roebers, and Daulytė-Cornette will slug it out at 15 minutes plus ten seconds per move. Rapid chess means no time for lengthy calculation. Someone walks out of Saint-Tropez with a ticket to the semis. The rest go home.