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

Players were seeded by their Elo ratings (January 2006 list),^[1] except that defending champion Antoaneta Stefanova was the no. 1 seed.

Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), 2499, GM (WC)
Humpy Koneru (IND), 2537, GM (WC)
Pia Cramling (SWE), 2515, GM (E04)
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2514, GM (R)
Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), 2511, GM (WC)
Xu Yuhua (CHN), 2502, WGM (R)
Kateryna Lahno (UKR), 2500, IM (E05)
Zhu Chen (CHN), 2482, GM (R)
Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS), 2480, IM (E05)
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (IND), 2479, IM (Z3.2)
Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS), 2479, IM (E04)
Monika Soćko (POL), 2475, IM (E04)
Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU), 2475, IM (E05)
Zhao Xue (CHN), 2473, WGM (R)
Qin Kanying (CHN), 2469, WGM (Z3.5)
Alisa Galliamova (RUS), 2467, IM (R)
Yelena Dembo (GRE), 2461, IM (E05)
Almira Skripchenko (FRA), 2461, IM (E05)
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS), 2458, IM (WC)
Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM), 2453, IM (E05)
Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), 2452, IM (E04)
Irina Krush (USA), 2447, IM (Z2.1)
Lela Javakhishvili (GEO), 2444, IM (E05)
Natalia Zhukova (UKR), 2432, WGM (E04)
Nino Khurtsidze (GEO), 2430, IM (E05)
Svetlana Matveeva (RUS), 2428, IM (E05)
Ekaterina Korbut (RUS), 2427, WGM (J04)
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (GEO), 2426, IM (E04)
Elina Danielian (ARM), 2423, IM (E05)
Elisabeth Pähtz (GER), 2422, IM (J05)
Elena Zaiatz (RUS), 2422, IM (E05)
Iweta Radziewicz (POL), 2421, IM (E05)
Tatiana Kononenko (UKR), 2417, WGM (E05)
Marie Sebag (FRA), 2415, IM (E05)
Peng Zhaoqin (NED), 2407, GM (E04)
Cristina Adela Foisor (ROM), 2402, IM (E04)
Marta Zielińska (POL), 2398, WGM (E05)
Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2398, WGM (E05)
Irina Vasilevich (RUS), 2386, IM (E05)
Wang Yu (CHN), 2385, WGM (AS)
Shen Yang (CHN), 2380 (Z3.5)
Irina Slavina-Turova (RUS), 2379, IM (E04)
Claudia Amura (ARG), 2366, WGM (AM)
Evgenija Ovod (RUS), 2366, IM (E05)
Ruan Lufei (CHN), 2361 (Z3.5)
Sulennis Pina Vega (CUB), 2358, WGM (AM)
Jovanka Houska (ENG), 2355, IM (E04)
Carolina Luján (ARG), 2346, WGM (Z2.5)
Maka Purtseladze (GEO), 2341, IM (E05)
Dana Aketayeva (KAZ), 2330, WIM (Z3.4)
Maria Kursova (RUS), 2319, WIM (PN)
Atousa Pourkashiyan (IRI), 2319, WIM (Z3.1)
Ju Wenjun (CHN), 2290 (AS)
Subbaraman Meenakshi (IND), 2289, WGM (AS)
Irina Berezina-Feldman (AUS), 2285, IM (Z3.6)
Hou Yifan (CHN), 2269, WFM (Z3.5)
Maritza Arribas (CUB), 2269, WGM (Z2.3)
Karen Zapata (PER), 2218, WIM (Z2.4)
Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet (VIE), 2196, WIM (Z3.3)
Ingris Rivera (COL), 2128 (AM)
Natalia Khoudgarian (CAN), 2106, WIM (Z2.2)
Farid Basta Sohair (EGY), 2083, WIM (AF)
Tuduetso Sabure (BOT), 2072, WGM (AF)
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^[2]

WC: Women's World Champion, runner-up and semifinalists of Women's World Chess Championship 2004 (4)
J04 and J05: World Junior Champions 2004 and 2005
R: Rating (average of all published ratings from July 2004 to January 2005 was used) (5)
E04 and E05: European Individual Championships 2004 and 2005 (29)

AM: American Continental Chess Championship 2005 (3)
AS: Asian Chess Championship 2004 (3)
AF: African Chess Championship 2005 (2)
Z2.1, Z2.2, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5 (4), Z3.6, Z4.1: Zonal tournaments
PN: FIDE President nominee

Results

Final match

Women's World Chess Championship Final 2006
	1	2	3	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 Foisor	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	Viktorija Čmilytė	½

												16	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	Alisa Galliamova	½

															6	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	Svetlana Matveeva	½

												6	Xu Yuhua	1½
46	Sulennis Pina	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	Farid 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	Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet	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

Women's World Chess Championships

FIDE

1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937 I, 1937 II, 1939 (Menchik)
1949–50 (Rudenko)
1953 (Bykova)
1956 (Rubtsova)
1958, 1959 (Bykova)
1962, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1975 (Gaprindashvili)
1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988 (Chiburdanidze)
1991, 1993 (Xie Jun)
1996 (Su. Polgar)
1999, 2000 (Xie Jun)
2001 (Zhu Chen)
2004 (Stefanova)
2006 (Xu Yuhua)
2008 (Kosteniuk)
2010, 2011 (Hou Yifan)
2012 (Ushenina)
2013 (Hou Yifan)
2015 (M. Muzychuk)
2016 match
2016 K.O.
2017

External links

ChessBase reports

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