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Women's World Chess Championship 2010

The Women's World Chess Championship 2010 took place in Antakya, Turkey from December 2 through 24, 2010.

The tournament, like the previous ones, was played in a 64-player knock-out format. Each pairing consisted of two games, one with white and one with black, from which the winner advanced. In case of a tie, tiebreaks were played the next day, consisting of two rapid games and—if still tied—an Armageddon match. The final consisted of four games at classical time control, if necessary followed by four rapid tiebreak games.

The title was won by Hou Yifan from China who beat her compatriot Ruan Lufei in the final by 5–3, at 16 years of age making her the youngest Women's World Chess Champion in history.[1]

Participants edit

Players were seeded by their Elo ratings (November 2010 list),[2] except that defending champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was the No. 1 seed.

  1.   Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2507, GM (WC)
  2.   Humpy Koneru (IND), 2600, GM (WC)
  3.   Hou Yifan (CHN), 2591, GM (WC)
  4.   Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS), 2581, GM (E09)
  5.   Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), 2551, GM (E08)
  6.   Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), 2548, GM (R)
  7.   Anna Muzychuk (SLO), 2530, IM (R)
  8.   Pia Cramling (SWE), 2526, GM (WC)
  9.   Dronavalli Harika (IND), 2525, IM (J08)
  10.   Ju Wenjun (CHN), 2524, WGM (Z3.5)
  11.   Kateryna Lahno (UKR), 2522, GM (E08)
  12.   Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU), 2514, GM (E08)
  13.   Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), 2502, GM (R)
  14.   Monika Soćko (POL), 2495, GM (E08)
  15.   Marie Sebag (FRA), 2494, GM (R)
  16.   Ruan Lufei (CHN), 2480, WGM (Z3.5)
  17.   Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM), 2479, IM (E08)
  18.   Anna Zatonskih (USA), 2478, IM (Z2.1)
  19.   Zhu Chen (QAT), 2477, GM (Z3.1)
  20.   Elisabeth Paehtz (GER), 2474, IM (E09)
  21.   Zhao Xue (CHN), 2474, GM (R)
  22.   Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN), 2473, GM (E09)
  23.   Natalija Pogonina (RUS), 2472, WGM (E08)
  24.   Elina Danielian (ARM), 2466, GM (E08)
  25.   Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), 2462, IM (E09)
  26.   Shen Yang (CHN), 2461, WGM (Z3.5)
  27.   Almira Skripchenko (FRA), 2460, IM (E08)
  28.   Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2460, IM (E08)
  29.   Yelena Dembo (GRE), 2454, IM (E08)
  30.   Natalia Zhukova (UKR), 2447, GM (E08)
  31.   Iweta Rajlich (POL), 2446, IM (E09)
  32.   Irina Turova (RUS), 2439, IM (E09)
  33.   Sopiko Khukhashvili (GEO), 2430, IM (E09)
  34.   Jovanka Houska (ENG), 2421, IM (E08)
  35.   Marina Romanko (RUS), 2414, IM (E09)
  36.   Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL), 2409, IM (Z3.3)
  37.   Cristina Adela Foișor (ROU), 2403, IM (E09)
  38.   Huang Qian (CHN), 2402, WGM (Z3.5)
  39.   Evgenija Ovod (RUS), 2387, IM (E09)
  40.   Tatiana Shadrina (RUS), 2384, WGM (E09)
  41.   Deysi Cori (PER), 2384, WGM (AM)
  42.   Baira Kovanova (RUS), 2380, WGM (E09)
  43.   Ding Yixin (CHN), 2370, WGM (AS)
  44.   Jolanta Zawadzka (POL), 2368, WGM (E09)
  45.   Martha Fierro Baquero (ECU), 2363, IM (AM)
  46.   Nafisa Muminova (UZB), 2360, WIM (Z3.4)
  47.   Maia Lomineishvili (GEO), 2347, IM (E08)
  48.   Zhang Xiaowen (CHN), 2339, WGM (AS)
  49.   Camilla Baginskaite (USA), 2336, WGM (Z2.1)
  50.   Irina Vasilevich (RUS), 2333, IM (E09)
  51.   Soumya Swaminathan (IND), 2332, WGM (J09)
  52.   Meenakshi Subbaraman (IND), 2328, WGM (AS)
  53.   Julia Demina (RUS), 2323, WGM (E08)
  54.   Kübra Öztürk (TUR), 2264, WIM (PN)
  55.   Arianne Caoili (AUS), 2242, WIM (Z3.6)
  56.   Nadig Kruttika (IND), 2230, WGM (Z3.2)
  57.   Betül Cemre Yıldız (TUR), 2252, WIM (PN)
  58.   Marisa Zuriel (ARG), 2208, WIM (Z2.5)
  59.   Ingrid Aliaga Fernández (PER), 2154, WFM (Z2.4)
  60.   Dina Kagramanov (CAN), 2101, WIM (Z2.2)
  61.   Mona Khaled (EGY), 2093, WGM (AF)
  62.   Carla Heredia Serrano (ECU), 2087, WIM (Z2.3)
  63.   Melissa Greeff (RSA), 2082, WGM (AF)
  64.   Amina Mezioud (ALG), 2029, WIM (AF)

Qualification paths edit

Notable absentees edit

The number one woman in the world, Judit Polgár, never competed for the women's title and did not enter this time either. World number five, Nadezhda Kosintseva, did not play either, although her sister Tatiana (ranked 4th) did. Other names missing from the top 20 were: Irina Krush (17th), former finalist Alisa Galliamova (19th) and ex-champion Xu Yuhua (20th).

Iweta Rajlich and Arianne Caoili were listed as participants but unable to attend; their scheduled opponents, Jovanka Houska and Ju Wenjun, were given byes through to the second round.

Results edit

Final match edit

Women's World Chess Championship Final 2010
1 2 3 4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
  Ruan Lufei (China) ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 3
  Hou Yifan (China) ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5

Bracket edit

1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1   Alexandra Kosteniuk 2
64   Amina Mezioud 0
1   Alexandra Kosteniuk 3
33   Sopiko Khukhashvili 1
33   Irina Turova ½
32   Sopiko Khukhashvili 1½
1   Alexandra Kosteniuk 1½
16   Ruan Lufei 2½
17   Ruan Lufei 2½
48   Camilla Baginskaite 1½
16   Ruan Lufei 3
48   Zhang Xiaowen 1
49   Lilit Mkrtchian 1
16   Zhang Xiaowen 3
16   Ruan Lufei 2½
9   Dronavalli Harika 1½
9   Pia Cramling ½
56   Betül Cemre Yıldız 1½
57   Betül Cemre Yıldız 0
25   Mariya Muzychuk 2
41   Mariya Muzychuk 2
24   Deysi Cori 0
25   Mariya Muzychuk 3
9   Dronavalli Harika 4
25   Dronavalli Harika 1½
40   Nadig Kruttika ½
9   Dronavalli Harika 2
41   Tatiana Shadrina 0
57   Elina Danielian 0
8   Tatiana Shadrina 2
16   Ruan Lufei 2½
20   Zhao Xue 1½
5   Tatiana Kosintseva 2
60   Mona Khaled 0
4   Tatiana Kosintseva ½
29   Yelena Dembo 1½
37   Yelena Dembo 2½
28   Batkhuyag Munguntuul 1½
29   Yelena Dembo ½
20   Zhao Xue 1½
21   Maia Chiburdanidze 2
44   Meenakshi Subbaraman 0
13   Maia Chiburdanidze ½
20   Zhao Xue 1½
53   Zhao Xue 1½
12   Martha Fierro Baquero ½
20   Zhao Xue 1½
28   Almira Skripchenko ½
13   Nana Dzagnidze 2
52   Dina Kagramanov 0
5   Nana Dzagnidze 1
28   Almira Skripchenko 3
45   Almira Skripchenko 3½
20   Cristina Adela Foișor 2½
28   Almira Skripchenko 4
12   Viktorija Čmilytė 2
29   Viktorija Čmilytė 2
36   Julia Demina 0
12   Viktorija Čmilytė 2½
21   Elisabeth Paehtz 1½
61   Elisabeth Paehtz 3
4   Jolanta Zawadzka 1
16   Ruan Lufei 3
3   Hou Yifan 5
3   Hou Yifan 2
62   Carla Heredia Serrano 0
3   Hou Yifan 1½
35   Marina Romanko ½
35   Natalia Zhukova ½
30   Marina Romanko 1½
3   Hou Yifan 2½
19   Zhu Chen 1½
19   Zhu Chen 2
46   Nafisa Muminova 0
19   Zhu Chen 3
14   Monika Soćko 1
51   Monika Soćko 1½
14   Soumya Swaminathan ½
3   Hou Yifan 1½
11   Kateryna Lahno ½
11   Antoaneta Stefanova 2
54   Ingrid Aliaga Fernández 0
6   Antoaneta Stefanova 1
38   Huang Qian 3
43   Anna Ushenina 1½
22   Huang Qian 2½
38   Huang Qian ½
11   Kateryna Lahno 1½
27   Hoang Thanh Trang 2½
38   Ding Yixin 1½
22   Hoang Thanh Trang 1
11   Kateryna Lahno 3
59   Kübra Öztürk ½
6   Kateryna Lahno 1½
3   Hou Yifan 1½
2   Humpy Koneru ½
7   Anna Muzychuk 2
58   Marisa Zuriel 0
7   Anna Muzychuk 1½
39   Evgenija Ovod ½
39   Shen Yang ½
26   Evgenija Ovod 1½
7   Anna Muzychuk ½
10   Ju Wenjun 1½
23   Baira Kovanova 2
42   Natalija Pogonina 0
42   Baira Kovanova ½
10   Ju Wenjun 1½
55   Arianne Caoili
10   Ju Wenjun w/o
10   Ju Wenjun ½
2   Humpy Koneru 1½
15   Marie Sebag 2
50   Irina Vasilevich 0
15   Marie Sebag 0
18   Anna Zatonskih 2
47   Maia Lomineishvili 0
18   Anna Zatonskih 2
18   Anna Zatonskih ½
2   Humpy Koneru 1½
31   Iweta Rajlich
34   Jovanka Houska w/o
34   Jovanka Houska ½
2   Humpy Koneru 1½
63   Melissa Greeff 0
2   Humpy Koneru 2

References edit

  1. ^ 2010 Women's World Championship – Hou Yifan is world champion! ChessBase; December 24, 2010
  2. ^ FIDE November 2010 Top 100 Women

External links edit

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