Women's World Chess Championship 2006

The Women's World Chess Championship 2006 took place from March 10–27, 2006 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. For the fourth time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.

The tournament was won by Xu Yuhua, who beat Alisa Galliamova in the final by 2½ to ½. Notably, Xu Yuhua was three months pregnant at the time.

Participants

The players[1] were seeded by their FIDE Elo ratings of January 2006,[2] except that defending champion Antoaneta Stefanova was the no. 1 seed.

  1.  Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), 2499, GM (WC)
  2.  Humpy Koneru (IND), 2537, GM (WC)
  3.  Pia Cramling (SWE), 2515, GM (E04)
  4.  Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2514, GM (R)
  5.  Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), 2511, GM (WC)
  6.  Xu Yuhua (CHN), 2502, WGM (R)
  7.  Kateryna Lahno (UKR), 2500, IM (E05)
  8.  Zhu Chen (CHN), 2482, GM (R)
  9.  Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS), 2480, IM (E05)
  10.  Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (IND), 2479, IM (Z3.2)
  11.  Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS), 2479, IM (E04)
  12.  Monika Soćko (POL), 2475, IM (E04)
  13.  Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU), 2475, IM (E05)
  14.  Zhao Xue (CHN), 2473, WGM (R)
  15.  Qin Kanying (CHN), 2469, WGM (Z3.5)
  16.  Alisa Galliamova (RUS), 2467, IM (R)
  17.  Yelena Dembo (GRE), 2461, IM (E05)
  18.  Almira Skripchenko (FRA), 2461, IM (E05)
  19.  Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS), 2458, IM (WC)
  20.  Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM), 2453, IM (E05)
  21.  Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), 2452, IM (E04)
  22.  Irina Krush (USA), 2447, IM (Z2.1)
  23.  Lela Javakhishvili (GEO), 2444, IM (E05)
  24.  Natalia Zhukova (UKR), 2432, WGM (E04)
  25.  Nino Khurtsidze (GEO), 2430, IM (E05)
  26.  Svetlana Matveeva (RUS), 2428, IM (E05)
  27.  Ekaterina Korbut (RUS), 2427, WGM (J04)
  28.  Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (GEO), 2426, IM (E04)
  29.  Elina Danielian (ARM), 2423, IM (E05)
  30.  Elisabeth Pähtz (GER), 2422, IM (J05)
  31.  Elena Zaiatz (RUS), 2422, IM (E05)
  32.  Iweta Radziewicz (POL), 2421, IM (E05)
  33.  Tatiana Kononenko (UKR), 2417, WGM (E05)
  34.  Marie Sebag (FRA), 2415, IM (E05)
  35.  Peng Zhaoqin (NED), 2407, GM (E04)
  36.  Cristina Adela Foișor (ROM), 2402, IM (E04)
  37.  Marta Zielińska (POL), 2398, WGM (E05)
  38.  Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2398, WGM (E05)
  39.  Irina Vasilevich (RUS), 2386, IM (E05)
  40.  Wang Yu (CHN), 2385, WGM (AS)
  41.  Shen Yang (CHN), 2380 (Z3.5)
  42.  Irina Slavina-Turova (RUS), 2379, IM (E04)
  43.  Claudia Amura (ARG), 2366, WGM (AM)
  44.  Evgenija Ovod (RUS), 2366, IM (E05)
  45.  Ruan Lufei (CHN), 2361 (Z3.5)
  46.  Sulennis Piña (CUB), 2358, WGM (AM)
  47.  Jovanka Houska (ENG), 2355, IM (E04)
  48.  Carolina Luján (ARG), 2346, WGM (Z2.5)
  49.  Maka Purtseladze (GEO), 2341, IM (E05)
  50.  Dana Aketayeva (KAZ), 2330, WIM (Z3.4)
  51.  Maria Kursova (RUS), 2319, WIM (PN)
  52.  Atousa Pourkashiyan (IRI), 2319, WIM (Z3.1)
  53.  Ju Wenjun (CHN), 2290 (AS)
  54.  Subbaraman Meenakshi (IND), 2289, WGM (AS)
  55.  Irina Berezina-Feldman (AUS), 2285, IM (Z3.6)
  56.  Hou Yifan (CHN), 2269, WFM (Z3.5)
  57.  Maritza Arribas (CUB), 2269, WGM (Z2.3)
  58.  Karen Zapata (PER), 2218, WIM (Z2.4)
  59.  Hoàng Xuân Thanh Khiết (VIE), 2196, WIM (Z3.3)
  60.  Ingris Rivera (COL), 2128 (AM)
  61.  Natalia Khoudgarian (CAN), 2106, WIM (Z2.2)
  62.  Faridah Basta Sohair (EGY), 2083, WIM (AF)
  63.  Tuduetso Sabure (BOT), 2072, WGM (AF)
  64.  Amina Mezioud (ALG), 1978 (Z4.1)

Only two players from the top 20 were absent: Judit Polgár (ranked the no. 1 woman in the world – and 14th overall) who instead took part in the open championship events of 2005 and 2007, as well as Hoang Thanh Trang (ranked 11th).

Qualification paths

Results

Final match

A fourth game was not played because Xu Yuhua led by two points after game three.

Women's World Chess Championship Final 2006
1 2 3 4 Total
 Alisa Galliamova (Russia) 0 ½ 0 — ½
 Xu Yuhua (China) 1 ½ 1 2½

Bracket

1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
44 Evgenija Ovod 2
21 Nana Dzagnidze 4
21 Nana Dzagnidze 1½
53 Ju Wenjun 2½
12 Monika Soćko ½
53 Ju Wenjun 1½
53 Ju Wenjun 2
5 Maia Chiburdanidze 4
60 Ingris Rivera ½
5 Maia Chiburdanidze 1½
5 Maia Chiburdanidze 1½
28 Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant ½
28 Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2½
37 Marta Zielińska 1½
5 Maia Chiburdanidze 1
13 Viktorija Čmilytė 3
36 Cristina Adela Foișor 1½
29 Elina Danielian 2½
29 Elina Danielian 0
4 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2
4 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2
61 Natalia Khoudgarian 0
4 Alexandra Kosteniuk ½
13 Viktorija Čmilytė 1½
52 Atousa Pourkashiyan ½
13 Viktorija Čmilytė 1½
13 Viktorija Čmilytė 4
45 Ruan Lufei 2
20 Lilit Mkrtchian 1½
45 Ruan Lufei 2½
14 Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė ½
16 Russia Alisa Galliamova 1½
48 Carolina Lujan 1½
17 Yelena Dembo ½
48 Carolina Lujan 1
16 Alisa Galliamova 3
16 Alisa Galliamova 1½
49 Maka Purtseladze ½
16 Alisa Galliamova 2½
32 Iweta Radziewicz 1½
64 Amina Mezioud ½
1 Antoaneta Stefanova 1½
1 Antoaneta Stefanova 1
32 Iweta Radziewicz 3
32 Iweta Radziewicz 2
33 Tatiana Kononenko 0
16 Alisa Galliamova 2
25 Nino Khurtsidze 0
40 Wang Yu 1½
25 Nino Khurtsidze 2½
25 Nino Khurtsidze 1½
57 Maritza Arribas ½
8 Zhu Chen 0
57 Maritza Arribas 2
25 Nino Khurtsidze 2
56 Hou Yifan 0
56 Hou Yifan 1½
9 Nadezhda Kosintseva ½
56 Hou Yifan 2
24 Natalia Zhukova 0
24 Natalia Zhukova 3½
41 Shen Yang 2½
16 Russia Alisa Galliamova ½
6 China Xu Yuhua 2½
42 Irina Slavina-Turova ½
23 Lela Javakhishvili 1½
23 Lela Javakhishvili 1
10 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 3
10 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 1½
55 Irina Berezina-Feldman ½
10 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi ½
26 Svetlana Matveeva 1½
58 Karen Zapata 1½
7 Kateryna Lahno ½
58 Karen Zapata ½
26 Svetlana Matveeva 1½
26 Svetlana Matveeva 2
39 Irina Vasilevich 0
26 Svetlana Matveeva 1½
34 Marie Sebag ½
34 Marie Sebag 1½
31 Elena Zaiatz ½
34 Marie Sebag 3
2 Humpy Koneru 1
2 Humpy Koneru 2
63 Tuduetso Sabure 0
34 Marie Sebag 4
15 Qin Kanying 2
50 Dana Aketayeva ½
15 Qin Kanying 1½
15 Qin Kanying 2½
47 Jovanka Houska 1½
18 Almira Skripchenko ½
47 Jovanka Houska 1½
26 Russia Svetlana Matveeva ½
6 China Xu Yuhua 1½
46 Sulennis Piña ½
19 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 1½
19 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 1½
51 Maria Kursova ½
14 Zhao Xue ½
51 Maria Kursova 1½
19 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 2½
35 Peng Zhaoqin 1½
62 Faridah Basta Sohair 0
3 Pia Cramling 2
3 Pia Cramling ½
35 Peng Zhaoqin 1½
30 Elisabeth Pähtz 2
35 Peng Zhaoqin 4
19 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 1½
6 Xu Yuhua 2½
38 Anna Ushenina 3
27 Ekaterina Korbut 1
38 Anna Ushenina ½
6 Xu Yuhua 1½
6 Xu Yuhua 1½
59 Hoàng Xuân Thanh Khiết ½
6 Xu Yuhua 1½
11 Tatiana Kosintseva 1
54 Subbaraman Meenakshi 0
11 Tatiana Kosintseva 2
11 Tatiana Kosintseva 1½
22 Irina Krush ½
22 Irina Krush 2½
43 Claudia Amura 1½

References

  1. ^ "Final list of qualifiers of WWCC 2006 as per FIDE Regulations" Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. FIDE. 2006-02-16.
  2. ^ FIDE January 2006 Top 50 Women