FIDE Women's World Championship (2006)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Yifan Hou, Koneru Humpy, Tatiana Kosintseva, Zhao Xue, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Nana Dzagnidze, Maia Chiburdanidze, Ju Wenjun, Antoaneta Stefanova, Kateryna Lahno, Alisa Galliamova, Pia Cramling, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Marie Sebag, Victoria Cmilyte, Elina Danielian, Yuhua Xu, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Monika Socko, Ruan Lufei, Lilit Mkrtchian, Irina Krush, Anna Ushenina, Almira Skripchenko, Lela Javakhishvili, Natalia Zhukova, Elisabeth Paehtz, Qin Kanying, Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Yelena Dembo, Nino Khurtsidze, Yang Shen, Ekaterina Korbut, Iweta Radziewicz Rajlich, Zhaoqin Peng, Svetlana Matveeva, Elena Zaiatz, Claudia Noemi Amura, Evgenija Ovod, Cristina-Adela Foisor, Irina Slavina Turova, Jovanka Houska, Wang Yu, Tatiana Kononenko, Carolina Lujan, Marta Zielinska, Irina Vasilevich, Maka Purtseladze, Atousa Pourkashiyan, Maria Kursova, Sulennis Pina Vega, Subbaraman Meenakshi, Maritza Arribas Robaina, Dana Aketaeva, Irina Berezina, Karen Zapata, Ingris Rivera, Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet, Natalia Khoudgarian, Farid Basta-Sohair, Tuduetso Sabure, Amina Mezioud

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 181  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Rajlich vs T Kononenko 1-0 48 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. A Galliamova vs M Purtseladze   1-0 34 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 3. C Lujan vs Y Dembo ½-½ 54 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 4. A Skripchenko vs J Houska   0-1 44 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. S Pina Vega vs E Kovalevskaya 0-1 38 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 6. E Ovod vs N Dzagnidze   0-1 30 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 7. I Krush vs C Amura 1-0 28 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 8. I Turova vs L Javakhishvili   ½-½ 26 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. N Zhukova vs Yang Shen   ½-½ 23 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B10 Caro-Kann 10. Wang Yu vs Khurtsidze   ½-½ 42 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 11. S Matveeva vs I Vasilevich   1-0 69 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. A Ushenina vs Korbut   ½-½ 24 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 13. K Arakhamia-Grant vs M Zielinska   ½-½ 69 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B06 Robatsch 14. C Foisor vs E Danielian   ½-½ 78 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 15. E Paehtz vs Z Peng   1-0 57 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship C11 French 16. M Sebag vs E Zaiatz   ½-½ 54 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 17. D Aketaeva vs Qin Kanying 0-1 30 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship A35 English, Symmetrical 18. Zhao Xue vs M Kursova   ½-½ 76 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship E12 Queen's Indian 19. L Mkrtchian vs Ruan Lufei   ½-½ 46 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. A Mezioud vs A Stefanova 0-1 38 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 21. Koneru vs T Sabure 1-0 44 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 22. F Basta-Sohair vs P Cramling 0-1 30 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. I Rivera vs Chiburdanidze 0-1 39 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. Y Xu vs Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet   1-0 30 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship C28 Vienna Game 25. K Zapata vs Lahno ½-½ 51 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 181    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 18 OF 30 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-16-06    DCP23: So we've got 1 Galliamova*, Alisa (RUS) vs Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2 Matveeva*, Svetlana (RUS) vs Sebag, Marie (FRA) 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) vs Xu*, Yuhua (CHN) 4 Chiburdanidze*, Maia (GEO) vs Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) Asterisks (*) mark my predictions ;) Mar-16-06    Appaz: <doremi> Agree. I like the matches, but there should at least be 4 games with ordinary time, and only then rapids. In this way the strongest player would have a bigger chance of making a comeback after messing up. The female WC has a very low status, and it will not get any better if she is trashed by the first few women she meets after winning the title. Mar-16-06    Appaz: My predictions using the format of <DCP23>: 1 Galliamova* (RUS) vs Khurtsidze (GEO) 2 Matveeva (RUS) vs Sebag* (FRA) 3 Kovalevskaya* (RUS) vs Xu (CHN) 4 Chiburdanidze (GEO) vs Cmilyte* (LTU) Mar-16-06    BIDMONFA: FIDE Women's World Championship (2006) WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2006 Pairings Round 4 Links Players http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_... _ Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: My predictions, winners marked *: 1 Galliamova* (RUS) vs Khurtsidze (GEO) 2 Matveeva (RUS)* vs Sebag (FRA) 3 Kovalevskaya* (RUS) vs Xu (CHN) 4 Chiburdanidze* (GEO) vs Cmilyte (LTU) Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: If the pairings tree I saw somewhere was correct semi-finals are played as follows: Sebag/Matveeva-Kovalevskaya/Xu Galliamova/Khurtsidze-Cmilyte/Chiburdanidze Xu and Chiburdanidze are the highest rated remaining players, so a final between them should be the most expected outcome, but this far results haven't been too expected... Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: Most of the remaining players were much better 5-6 years ago, Galliamova was close to 100 points better, Chiburdanidze and Kovalevskaya almost 50. Xu, Khurtsidze and Matveeva were also better year 2000 than 2006 (the latter passed 2500 a couple of years ago but is now 2428). Sebag is only 19-20 but was higher rated three years ago. Cmilyte is comparatively "best" in this aspect, almost being on the same level as last year (but still only ten points better than five years ago). Mar-16-06    doremi: Well, 4 games is still not sufficient to get over the lottery thing. 12 to 14 games is the absolute minimum sample size to obtain any statistical significance on who is stronger. That means in practical terms a match, not a tournament. No sponsor would pay for 12 to 14 games at regular time control between 64 or even 128 participants. Mar-16-06    doremi: <Most of the remaining players were much better 5-6 years ago> pb, that's scary considering that the bladder deteriorates even faster than the brain. No wonder that there were so many blunders today, one cannot concentrate if one's thoughts are somewhere down the drain Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: I personally think that a final tournament of the same sort as the men have would be a good solution. It's interesting to compare the results here with for example the Russian Championships. Kovalevskaya, Galliamova and Matveeva are the best Russians here, but in the tournament they had no chance against the highest rated players, and Kosteniuk win easily. In a double round robin the result would probably be even more convincing. Mar-16-06    Appaz: <Most of the remaining players were much better 5-6 years ago> Could this be due to the 100 free Elo-points they received from FIDE? Maybe they are adjusting back to normal after playing men. Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: I think experience could be more important than form in these types of competitions. Of the eight remaining players six are 30 years or older. Galliamova was a top three player six years ago, as Matveeva three years ago but today they are number 18 and 30 on the rating list. Young players close to their highest rating this far like Humpy Koneru, the Kosintseva sisters, Lahno, Kosteniuk and so on, have for some reason all failed. Mar-16-06    notsodeepthought: My predictions, where the asterisk indicates the winners: 1 Galliamova* (RUS) vs Khurtsidze (GEO) 2 Matveeva (RUS) vs Sebag* (FRA) 3 Kovalevskaya (RUS) vs Xu* (CHN) 4 Chiburdanidze (GEO) vs Cmilyte* (LTU) Mar-16-06    doremi: Kosteniuk has a real ugly dog http://www.chessbase.com/ Mar-16-06    benigno: Matveeva has second lowest rating of those remaining yet played only 2 games per round. Might be dark horse... with fresh legs. Mar-16-06    benigno: <doremi: Kosteniuk has a real ugly dog> The strongest evidence yet against the theory that people look like their dogs! Mar-16-06    doremi: <benigno> Thank goodness that people don't look like their dogs. There is a Chinese breed of dog with skin folds so large that it seems that the skin is made for a dog three times the size. Imagine the Chinese girls with skin folds that large! Mar-16-06    doremi: Here is how one of those Chinese cuties would look like across the chessboard http://www.eslconnect.com/digital2/... Mar-16-06    notsodeepthought: <doremi: <benigno> Thank goodness that people don't look like their dogs.> Agreed - we don't want people to look like Shi-Tzu. Mar-16-06    WannaBe: That's no Shi-Tsu!! This is a Shi-Tsu!! http://www.pets.kiev.ua/dog/breed_t... Mar-17-06    Dim Weasel: Dog with folding skin might be Shar Pei ... Does anybody know if the ladies are playing today or is it a rest day? Mar-17-06    percyblakeney: <Dim Weasel> It's a rest day. Mar-17-06    alexmagnus: About the sense and nonsence of the world championships. Thw world championships were never determined to define the best in the world (not only in chess, in any sport). The best in the world is defined without any championships - it's namely the best rated player (or team in other sports). The world championship is just some tournament, which gives to the non-best players/teams a chance to get the title, which is associated with the best in the world in people's mind but which doesn't mean it. It's just a tournament and it can be won by an "underdog" in ANY system. I would tell so - a rating decides the best player and a world championship - a player who Mar-17-06    alexmagnus: ... who is able to concetrate himself at the most important moment at best. In this sense the KO-system us not worse than any other. Mar-17-06    alexmagnus: sorry for diverse typos, particularly in the second part which must have been typed as fast as possible to be seen directly after the first. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 30) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 18 OF 30 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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