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

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

Notable absentees

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

Final match
Women's World Chess Championship Final 2010
1234R1R2R3R4Total
 Ruan Lufei (China) ½0½1½0½03
 Hou Yifan (China) ½1½0½1½15

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

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