Women's World Chess Championship 2015
Women's World Chess Championship 2015 | |
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Location | Sochi, Russia |
Dates | 16 March – 7 April 2015 |
Competitors | 64 |
Champion | |
Mariya Muzychuk | |
The
In the final, Ukrainian Mariya Muzychuk, seeded 8th, defeated Russian Natalia Pogonina, seeded 31st. As a result of this victory, Muzychuk was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM), qualified for the FIDE World Cup 2015, and earned the right to defend her title in a 2016 match against the winner of the Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series 2013-14, Hou Yifan.
Participants
The players were selected through national chess championships, zonal tournaments and continental chess championships. 51 players from women's continental and zonal qualifiers:[4] Europe 28,[5] Asia 12, Americas 8 and Africa 3.
The qualified players were announced on 22 January 2015, subject to signing the contract.[6]
Three former world champions were in the field: Alexandra Kosteniuk seeded 5th, Antoaneta Stefanova 9th and Anna Ushenina 15th. Notably, women's world number one and defending champion Hou Yifan from China opted not to play, because of a prior commitment to a chess tournament in Hawaii.[7][8] Also absent from the world top 10 were Nana Dzagnidze and Kateryna Lagno. (They were replaced by two spots from E13.)
The participating players were seeded by their
- Humpy Koneru(India), GM, 2581 (R)
- Ju Wenjun (China), GM, 2557 (WC)
- Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), GM, 2552 (E12)
- Viktorija Cmilyte(Lithuania), GM, 2530 (E12)
- Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), GM, 2529 (E12)
- Valentina Gunina (Russia), GM, 2528 (E12)
- Zhao Xue (China), GM, 2527 (R)
- Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine), IM, 2526 (R)
- Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), GM, 2522 (R)
- Bela Khotenashvili(Georgia), GM, 2513 (E12)
- Pia Cramling (Sweden), GM, 2495 (E13)
- Dronavalli Harika(India), GM, 2492 (WC)
- Elina Danielian (Armenia), GM, 2488 (E12)
- Tan Zhongyi (China), WGM, 2487 (R)
- Anna Ushenina (Ukraine), GM, 2486 (WC)
- Alisa Galliamova (Russia), IM, 2484 (PN)
- Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia), GM, 2483 (E12)
- Marie Sebag (France), GM, 2482 (E12)
- Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia), IM, 2481 (E12)
- Elisabeth Paehtz(Germany), IM, 2479 (R)
- Irina Krush (USA), GM, 2477 (Z2.1)
- Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary), GM, 2475 (E12)
- Huang Qian (China), WGM, 2473 (AS13)
- Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine), GM, 2471 (PN)
- Monika Socko(Poland), GM, 2463 (E13)
- Salome Melia (Georgia), IM, 2459 (E12)
- Olga Girya (Russia), WGM, 2459 (E13)
- Shen Yang (China), IM, 2459 (Z3.5)
- Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia), IM, 2457 (E12)
- Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), WGM, 2456 (J13)
- Natalia Pogonina (Russia), WGM, 2456 (E12)
- Lei Tingjie (China), WGM, 2444 (Z3.5)
- Deysi Cori (Peru), WGM, 2444 (Z2.4)
- Guo Qi (China), IM, 2443 (J12)
- Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia), IM, 2443 (E13)
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia), IM, 2438 (E13)
- Alina Kashlinskaya (Russia), IM, 2436 (E13)
- Ekaterina Atalik (Turkey), IM, 2419 (E13)
- Irine Kharisma Sukandar(Indonesia), IM, 2415 (AS12)
- Deimante Daulyte(Lithuania), IM, 2395 (E13)
- Inna Gaponenko (Ukraine), IM, 2384 (E13)
- Baira Kovanova (Russia), WGM, 2381 (E12)
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Scotland), GM, 2379 (E13)
- Sophie Milliet (France), IM, 2377 (E13)
- Meri Arabidze (Georgia), IM, 2374 (E13)
- Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgia), IM, 2367 (E13)
- Wang Jue (China), WGM, 2365 (Z3.5)
- Mary Ann Gomes (India), WGM, 2354 (Z3.7)
- Carolina Lujan(Argentina), IM, 2349 (Z2.5)
- Zhang Xiaowen (China), WGM, 2349 (Z3.5)
- Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (Kazakhstan), WGM, 2337 (Z3.4)
- Yaniet Marrero Lopez (Cuba), WGM, 2322 (Z2.3)
- Tatev Abrahamyan (USA), WGM, 2322 (Z2.1)
- Mitra Hejazipour (Iran), WIM, 2302 (Z3.1)
- Kübra Öztürk (Turkey), WGM, 2284 (E13)
- Yuanling Yuan (Canada), WIM, 2267 (Z2.2)
- Nguyen Thi Thanh An(Vietnam), WGM, 2261 (Z3.3)
- Marisa Zuriel (Argentina), WIM, 2219 (AM)
- Camilla Baginskaite (USA), WGM, 2192 (Z2.1)
- Irina Berezina (Australia), IM, 2182 (Z3.6)
- Akter Liza Shamima(Bangladesh), WIM, 2130 (Z3.2)
- Amina Mezioud (Algeria), WIM, 2071 (AF)
- Shrook Wafa (Egypt), WGM, 2058 (AF)
- Ayah Moaataz (Egypt), WIM, 2022 (AF)
Qualification paths
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Schedule and prize money
Two days per match were followed by possible tie-breaks on the next day if the match was tied. The only rest day was 1 April the day after the semi-finals.
The total prize-money was 450,000 US dollars, the same as in 2010 and 2012.[9]
Round | Matches | Tie-breaks | Prize-money (US$) |
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First round | 17–18 March | 19 March | 3,750 |
Second round | 20–21 March | 22 March | 5,500 |
Third round | 23–24 March | 25 March | 8,000 |
Quarter-finals | 26–27 March | 28 March | 12,000 |
Semi-finals | 29–30 March | 31 March | 20,000 |
Final | 2–5 April | 6 April | loser 30,000 winner 60,000 |
Results
Final match
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The final was the only match of the tournament which consisted of four classical games (from 2 to 5 April 2015), played on consecutive days with a rest-day between the semi-final tie-breaks and match 1. Eventual tie-breaks, if needed, were scheduled to play on 6 April 2015, in the same manner as the whole tournament: two rapid games (25+10), i.e. 25 minutes for the whole game plus 10 seconds increment, the two rapid games (10+10), two blitz games (5+3) and an
Pogonina had the white pieces in the first game. Before the final they had met only once, in the 2007 European Individual Chess Championship, which ended in a draw.[11]
In the final game 4, white pieces belonged to Muzychuk, who opened the game with her favorite 1.е4.
Women's World Chess Championship Final 2015 Rating 1 2 3 4 Total Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2526 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2½ Natalia Pogonina (Russia) 2456 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½
Bracket
Players were seeded by their March rating. The standard bracket is used, i.e. seed #1 plays #64, #2 plays #63 and so on. The draw of who plays white first is done at the opening ceremony. Pairings published on 3 March.[13]
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- ^ "Women's World Championship 2015: Ranking List & Pairings". FIDE. 2015-03-03. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-04-06.