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Women's world chess championship 2010

Women's world chess championship 2011

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Women's world chess championship takes place in Antakya (Hatay) in Turkey from December 2 to 12, 2010

64-player knock out system. Each match shall be played over 2 games and the winner of every match shall be the first player to score 1.5 or more points. The final match, or round 6, shall be played over 4 games and the winner of the match shall be the first player to score 2.5 or more points.

Tie break: 2 tie break games ( 25 mn + 10 s after each move ). If the scores are level 2 five-minute games. If the score is still level, one sudden death game will be played.

The time control shall be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.




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16-year old Hou Yifan is the Women's World Champion after tie break rapid games: Hou, Yifan - Ruan, Lufei: 3 -1

Final -- ( DECEMBER 20-25, 2010 )
PlayersG1G2G3G4Rp1Rp2Rp3Rp4Total
Hou, Yifan (CHN)0,510,500,510,515
Ruan, Lufei(CHN)0,500,510,500,503


FINAL GAMES


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SEMI FINAL - December 17-19
 
Ruan, Lufei ( CHN ) - Zhao, Xue ( CHN ) 2,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Koneru, Humpy ( IND ) - Hou, Yifan ( CHN ) 0,5-1,5
 


QUARTER FINAL - December 13-15
 
Ruan, Lufei ( CHN ) - Harika, Dronavalli ( IND ) 2,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Koneru, Humpy ( IND )- Ju, Wenjun ( CHN ) 1,5-0,5
 
Hou, Yifan ( CHN ) - Lahno, Kateryna ( UKR ) 1,5-0,5 
 
Zhao, Xue ( CHN ) - Skripchenko, Almira ( FRA ) 1,5-0,5
 




ROUND 3 - December 10-12
 
Kosteniuk, Alexandra ( RUS ) - Ruan, Lufei ( CHN ) 1,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 1,5
 
Koneru, Humpy ( IND ) - Zatonskih, Anna ( USA ) 1,5-0,5
 
Hou, Yifan ( CHN ) - Zhu, Chen ( QAT ) 2,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Zhao, Xue ( CHN ) - Dembo, Yelena ( GRE ) 1,5-0,5
 
Cmilyte, Viktorija ( LTU ) - Skripchenko, Almira ( FRA ) 2-4after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1 - 1 , blitz : 0 - 2
 
Lahno, Kateryna ( UKR ) - Huang, Qian ( CHN ) 1,5-0,5
 
Muzychuk, Anna ( SLO ) - Ju, Wenjun ( CHN ) 0,5-1,5
 
Harika, Dronavalli ( IND ) - Muzychuk, Mariya ( UKR ) 4-3after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1 - 1 , blitz: 1 - 1,
sudden death: 1 - 0
 


ROUND 2 - December 7-9
 
Kosteniuk, Alexandra ( RUS ) - Khukhashvili, Sopiko ( GEO ) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 0
 
Koneru, Humpy ( IND ) - Houska, Jovanka ( ENG ) 1,5-0,5
 
Hou, Yifan ( CHN ) - Romanko, Marina ( RUS ) 1,5-0,5
 
Kosintseva, Tatiana ( RUS ) - Dembo, Yelena ( GRE ) 0,5-1,5
 
Dzagnidze, Nana ( GEO ) - Skripchenko, Almira ( FRA ) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 2
 
Stefanova, Antoaneta ( BUL ) - Huang, Qian ( CHN ) 1-3after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 2
 
Muzychuk, Anna ( SLO ) - Ovod, Evgenija ( RUS ) 1,5-0,5
 
Yildiz, Betul Cemre ( TUR ) - Muzychuk, Mariya ( UKR ) 0-2
 
Harika, Dronavalli ( IND ) - Shadrina, Tatiana ( RUS ) 2-0
 
Ju, Wenjun ( CHN ) - Kovanova, Baira ( RUS ) 1,5-0,5
 
Lahno, Kateryna ( UKR ) - Hoang Thanh Trang ( HUN ) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 0
 
Cmilyte, Viktorija ( LTU ) - Paehtz, Elisabeth ( GER ) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Chiburdanidze, Maia ( GEO ) - Zhao, Xue( CHN ) 0,5-1,5
 
Socko, Monika ( POL ) - Zhu, Chen ( QAT ) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 2
 
Sebag, Marie ( FRA ) - Zatonskih, Anna ( USA ) 0-2
 
Ruan, Lufei ( CHN ) - Zhang, Xiaowen ( CHN ) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 0
 




ROUND 1 - December 4-6
 
Kosteniuk, Alexandra ( RUS ) - Mezioud, Amina ( ALG ) 2-0                                                                                 
 
Greeff, Melissa ( RSA ) - Koneru, Humpy ( IND ) 0-2  
 
Hou, Yifan ( CHN ) - Heredia Serrano, Carla ( ECU ) 2-0 
 
Mona, Khaled ( EGY ) - Kosintseva, Tatiana ( RUS ) 0-2 
 
Dzagnidze, Nana ( GEO ) - Kagramanov, Dina ( CAN ) 2-0 
 
Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y ( PER )- Stefanova, Antoaneta ( BUL ) 0-2 
 
Muzychuk, Anna ( SLO ) - Zuriel, Marisa ( ARG ) 2-0 
 
Yildiz, Betul Cemre ( TUR ) - Cramling, Pia ( SWE ) 1,5-0,5 
 
Harika, Dronavalli ( IND ) - Nadig, Kruttika ( IND ) 1,5-0,5 
 
Caoili, Arianne ( AUS ) - Ju, Wenjun ( CHN ) 0-2 
 
Lahno, Kateryna ( UKR ) - Ozturk, Kubra ( TUR ) 1,5-0,5 
 
Demina, Julia ( RUS ) - Cmilyte, Viktorija ( LTU ) 0-2 
 
Chiburdanidze, Maia ( GEO ) - Meenakshi Subbaraman ( IND ) 2-0 
 
Soumya, Swaminathan ( IND ) - Socko, Monika ( POL ) 0,5-1,5 
 
Sebag, Marie ( FRA ) - Vasilevich, Irina ( RUS ) 2-0
 
Baginskaite, Camilla ( USA ) - Ruan, Lufei ( CHN ) 1,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 1,5
 
Mkrtchian, Lilit ( ARM ) - Zhang, Xiaowen ( CHN ) 1-3after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 2
 
Lomineishvili, Maia ( GEO ) - Zatonskih, Anna ( USA ) 0-2 
 
Zhu, Chen ( QAT ) -Muminova, Nafisa ( UZB ) 2-0 
 
Fierro Baquero, Martha L. ( ECU ) - Zhao, Xue ( CHN ) 0,5-1,5
 
Paehtz, Elisabeth ( GER ) - Zawadzka, Jolanta ( POL ) 3-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 0
 
Ding, Yixin ( CHN ) - Hoang Thanh Trang ( HUN ) 1,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 1,5
 
Pogonina, Natalija ( RUS ) - Kovanova, Baira ( RUS ) 0-2 
 
Shadrina, Tatiana ( RUS ) - Danielian, Elina ( ARM ) 2-0 
 
Muzychuk, Mariya ( UKR ) - Cori T., Deysi ( PER ) 2-0 
 
Ovod, Evgenija ( RUS ) - Shen, Yang ( CHN ) 1,5-0,5 
 
Ushenina, Anna ( UKR ) - Huang, Qian ( CHN ) 1,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 1,5
 
Foisor, Cristina-Adela ( ROU ) - Skripchenko, Almira ( FRA ) 2,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Dembo, Yelena ( GRE ) - Munguntuul, Batkhuyag ( MGL ) 2,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Romanko, Marina ( RUS ) - Zhukova, Natalia ( UKR ) 1,5-0,5 
 
Rajlich, Iweta ( POL ) - Houska, Jovanka ( ENG ) 0-2
 
Khukhashvili, Sopiko (GEO) - Turova, Irina ( RUS ) 1,5-0,5 
 








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