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🏆 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Yifan Hou, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Wenjun Ju, Tatiana Kosintseva, Xue Zhao, Nana Dzagnidze, Mariya Muzychuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Maia Chiburdanidze, Antoaneta Stefanova, Kateryna Lagno, Pia Cramling, Viktorija Cmilyte, Harika Dronavalli, Chen Zhu, Anna Zatonskih, Marie Sebag, Elina Danielian, Thanh Trang Hoang, Natalija Pogonina, Monika Socko, Lufei Ruan, Lilit Mkrtchian, Anna Ushenina, Almira Skripchenko, Natalia Zhukova, Qian Huang, Elisabeth Paehtz, Yelena Dembo, Yang Shen, Marina Korneva, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Sopiko Khukhashvili, Yixin Ding, Jolanta Zawadzka, Evgenija Ovod, Maia Lomineishvili, Deysi Estela Cori Tello, Cristina-Adela Foisor, Irina Turova, Xiaowen Zhang, Jovanka Houska, Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero, Baira Kovanova, Irina Vasilevich, Kruttika Nadig, Soumya Swaminathan, Betul Cemre Yildiz Kadioglu, Julia Demina, Meenakshi Subbaraman, Kubra Ozturk, Nafisa Muminova, Kamile Baginskaite, Marisa Zuriel, Carla Heredia Serrano, Khaled Mona, Ingrid Aliaga Fernandez, Dina Kagramanov, Melissa Greeff, Amina Mezioud, Tatiana Shadrina

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010)

The 2010 FIDE Women's World Championship, held 4-24 December 2010 in Antakya, Turkey (with a rest day on 19 December) featured 62 players in a series of knockout matches. The early rounds had two games each, with tiebreak games on the third day if necessary. The final was a match of four games, plus tiebreak games. Players received 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. The tiebreaks consisted of two 25 min + 10-sec increment Rapid games, then if necessary two additional 5 min + 10-sec increment Rapid games, and a single Armageddon game, where White had 5 minutes to Black's 4 (both with an increment of 3 seconds per move from move 61), but a draw counted as a win for Black. The tiebreaks of the final were four 25 + 10 games plus if needed two 5 + 10 games and an Armageddon game. Two players (Arianne Caoili and Iweta Radziewicz Rajlich) did not turn up for the first round (so 62 players). Chief arbiter: Erdem Ucarcus.

The reigning champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was knocked out by Ruan Lufei in Round 3. On her way to the final, Yifan Hou eliminated Carla Heredia Serrano in Round 1, Marina Romanko Nechaeva in Round 2, Zhu Chen in Round 3, Kateryna Alexandrovna Lagno in the quarterfinal and Humpy Koneru in the semifinal. Ruan Lufei knocked out Camilla Baginskaite in Round 1, Zhang Xiaowen in Round 2, Kosteniuk in Round 3, Dronavalli Harika in the quarterfinal and Zhao Xue in the semifinal. The final match started on 20 December. After 2-2 in the Classical games the 16-year-old Yifan Hou won the second and fourth Rapid games and became the 13th Women's World Champion.

                  Classic   Rapid
            Elo   1 2 3 4  5 6 7 8
Yifan Hou   2591  ½ 1 ½ 0  ½ 1 ½ 1  5
Ruan Lufei  2480  ½ 0 ½ 1  ½ 0 ½ 0  3
Official site: http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/
Regulations: http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/images/s...
Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/b0...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/hou...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/2010-...
TWIC 1: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
TWIC 2: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
TWIC 3: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
Wikipedia article: Women's World Chess Championship 2010

Previous edition: Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2008) (Hou lost the final to Alexandra Kosteniuk, who became the 12th women's world champion). Next: Hou - Koneru Women's World Championship Match (2011) (Hou defended her title against Humpy Koneru)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 67  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs P Cramling ½-½692010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB22 Sicilian, Alapin
2. C Foisor vs A Skripchenko  ½-½272010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA06 Reti Opening
3. A Ushenina vs Q Huang ½-½322010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE97 King's Indian
4. S Khukhashvili vs I Turova ½-½552010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentC45 Scotch Game
5. Y Dembo vs B Munguntuul ½-½582010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
6. M Korneva vs N Zhukova  ½-½252010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
7. E Paehtz vs J Zawadzka ½-½212010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. H Dronavalli vs K Nadig ½-½562010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA09 Reti Opening
9. L Mkrtchian vs X Zhang ½-½622010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA45 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Y Shen vs E Ovod ½-½342010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
11. Q Huang vs A Ushenina ½-½592010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. J Zawadzka vs E Paehtz ½-½642010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB12 Caro-Kann Defense
13. X Zhao vs M Fierro ½-½482010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA58 Benko Gambit
14. B Munguntuul vs Y Dembo ½-½522010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
15. M Socko vs S Swaminathan ½-½562010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA65 Benoni, 6.e4
16. X Zhang vs L Mkrtchian ½-½182010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
17. A Skripchenko vs C Foisor ½-½202010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. K Ozturk vs Lagno ½-½362010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
19. C Foisor vs A Skripchenko ½-½462010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA20 English
20. Q Huang vs A Ushenina ½-½1212010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. K Baginskaite vs L Ruan ½-½552010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
22. Y Dembo vs B Munguntuul  ½-½552010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
23. A Skripchenko vs C Foisor ½-½1092010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentB06 Robatsch
24. Y Ding vs T T Hoang ½-½662010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentC11 French
25. S Khukhashvili vs Kosteniuk ½-½242010Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentC45 Scotch Game
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Dec-24-10  Albertan: This is how they will decide who become the new FIDE Women's World Chess Champion today:

Four 25m + 5psm games followed by a pair of 5m + 10spm games if required followed finally by a 5 minute to 4 minute sudden death game with 3 seconds per move after move 60 with black receiving draw odds.

Dec-24-10  Albertan: Deep Rybka suggests that Lufei has insufficient compensation for the pawn:

Ruan,L - Hou,Y, WWCC 2010 Final Tiebreak 2010


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Analysis by Deep Rybka 4 x64:

20...b3 21.axb3™ Bxb3 22.Re1 f6 23.Bh4™ Kf7 24.h3 Ra7 25.Ra1 Rc4 26.Ra3 Rb7 27.Rxa6 f5 28.g3 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Bc4 30.Rc6 Bxb2 31.Rg2 Bd4 32.Be2 (-1.50) Depth: 17 00:00:09 1963kN
(Doe, 24.12.2010)

Dec-24-10  Albertan: [Event "WWCC 2010 Final Tiebreak"]
[Site "Antakya/Turkey"]
[Date "2010.12.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Rbc1 Rfc8 20. Rf2 Be4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 *

Dec-24-10  Albertan: [Event "WWCC 2010 Final Tiebreak"]
[Site "Antakya/Turkey"]
[Date "2010.12.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Rbc1 Rfc8 20. Rf2 Be4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra7 *

Dec-24-10  Albertan: [Event "WWCC 2010 Final Tiebreak"]
[Site "Antakya/Turkey"]
[Date "2010.12.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Rbc1 Rfc8 20. Rf2 Be4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra7 23. g4 Bxb2 *

Dec-24-10  Karpova: Draw agreed
Dec-24-10  twinlark: Did Yifan miss a win in the endgame?
Dec-24-10  nothingness99: Very entertain end game!!!
Dec-24-10  thickhead: Has Hou won the 2nd tiebreaker of 79 moves as shown in folloing link? http://live1.tsf.org.tr/
Dec-24-10  thickhead: I think 3rd game is about to start. site shows initial position now.
Dec-24-10
Premium Chessgames Member		  ketchuplover: 3rd game drawn. Hou leads 2-1
Dec-24-10  Ezzy: These rapid games are of extremely poor standard.

I suppose they're rather exhausted at this moment. Survival of the fittest It seems.

Dec-24-10  vonKrolock: So Ms. Nerves-Of-Steel finds herself in a must win situation ...
Dec-24-10  virginmind: in 4th game so far (20th move) equal, in a ruy lopez bird


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Dec-24-10  jair: Great fighting chess to the end. This is what champions are made of.
Dec-24-10  virginmind: at 26th move hou has a small advantage (+0.71)


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Dec-24-10  virginmind: move 33 advantage grew bigger


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Dec-24-10  danbotea05: Hou is winning at move 34
Dec-24-10  jair: In order to win first you must learn how to lose.
Dec-24-10  siamesedream: Congratulations to new Women World Champion 16 y.o. - the proud of China - Hou Yifan!

Kudos to Ruan Lufei for really great achievement!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all chess fans!

OK. Must go back to the table, to eat and especially drink!

See ya guys, Tata soon.

Dec-24-10  virginmind: congratulations to the new world champion, hou yifan! (this position is completely won)


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Dec-24-10  thickhead: Hou!! World champion!!
Dec-24-10  Ladolcevita: Congratulations!!!
Oh,my...what could I say...Maybe at least I'm old enough not to feel a little envious LOL~~Kidding... Oh,forget it,my chess guys here are all so boisterous!!~~ Well,you've made it,Hou!...again,Congratulations!!!
Dec-24-10  jair: Such great sportsmanship at the end. Can this really be chess?
Dec-24-10  whiteshark: Hou Yifan has won 4th rapid and thus became new Women World Champion! Congratulations!!!
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