The tournament was played as a 64-player knockout type in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, from 10 November to 1 December 2012. Each pairing consisted of two games, and tie-breaks at faster time controls, if necessary.
After only two wins by lower-rated players in the first round, the second round saw the top three seeds all going out to players rated 150 Elo points below them. Of those, third seed Anna Muzychuk lost to the eventual world champion.[3] The fourth seed went out in the quarter-final. The final consisted of four games at classical time control, followed by tie-break games; in it, Anna Ushenina beat former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the first set of tie-breaks. The unexpected final of two lower-seeded players led to questions regarding whether a single-match knock-out system is the best way to determine the world champion.[4]
Players qualified for the tournament through the previous world championship, the FIDE rating list, continental championships, and two FIDE president nominees. Players were seeded by their Elo ratings (November 2012 list),[5] except that defending champion Hou Yifan was the no. 1 seed.[6]
The number one woman in the world, Judit Polgár, has never competed for the women's title and did not enter this time either. Other notable absentees were: women's number six Nana Dzagnidze, 2010 finalist Ruan Lufei, and ex-champion Maia Chiburdanidze (inactive).
Formatedit
Each pairing consisted of two games played over two days, one with White and one with Black. The time controls in the classical games were 90 minutes for the first 40 moves with a 30-minute addition on move 41. In case of a tie, tiebreaks were played the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:[1]
Two rapid games (25 minutes plus a 10-second increment) were played.
If the score was still tied, two rapid games (10 minutes plus a 10-second increment) were played.
If the match is tied after these two games, the opponents played two blitz games (5 minutes plus a 3-second increment).
If the score was still tied after a pair of blitz games, a single Armageddon game (White must win; Black only needs to draw) would be played. White had 5 minutes, Black had 4 minutes, and both players had three-second increments beginning with move 61.
Prize pooledit
The championship had a prize-pool of 450,000 US-Dollar. Prizes were $3,750 for first-round losers, $5,500 for the second round, 8,000 for the third. Losing quarter-finalists picked up $12,000, the semi-finalists $20,000. Stefanova then got $30,000 for finishing runner-up to Ushenina, who got $60,000 in prize money. It was the same distribution as in the 2010 knock-out championship.
Coverageedit
Antoaneta Stefanova, losing finalist
The tournament was streamed on the tournament website each day in full length. Live coverage was interrupted only for advertising breaks. The videostream was also playable on demand until the next day started. Coverage was provided in low and high definition with Grand Master commentary in three languages: English, Russian and for the first time Chinese. In the final days the broadcast was watched by several hundred thousand live viewers.[7]
Resultsedit
Final matchedit
The final match was decided after four matches at classical time controls and two rapid tie-breaks. Anna Ushenina won the title, beating 2004 Women's World Chess champion Stefanova. Stefanova also was the reigning Women's World Rapid champion.[8]
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The Women s World Chess Championship 2012 was a knockout tournament to decide the women s world champion 1 The title was won by Anna Ushenina of Ukraine for the first time 2 Defending champion Hou Yifan went out in the second round Women s World Chess Championship 2012Anna Ushenina winner of the 2012 championship VenueYugra Chess AcademyLocationKhanty Mansiysk RussiaDates10 November 1 December 2012Competitors64ChampionAnna Ushenina 20112013 The tournament was played as a 64 player knockout type in Khanty Mansiysk Russia from 10 November to 1 December 2012 Each pairing consisted of two games and tie breaks at faster time controls if necessary After only two wins by lower rated players in the first round the second round saw the top three seeds all going out to players rated 150 Elo points below them Of those third seed Anna Muzychuk lost to the eventual world champion 3 The fourth seed went out in the quarter final The final consisted of four games at classical time control followed by tie break games in it Anna Ushenina beat former women s world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the first set of tie breaks The unexpected final of two lower seeded players led to questions regarding whether a single match knock out system is the best way to determine the world champion 4 Ushenina lost her title in the Women s World Chess Championship 2013 after game seven of a ten game match against Hou Yifan winner of the FIDE Women s Grand Prix 2011 2012 Contents 1 Participants 1 1 Qualification paths 1 2 Notable non participants 2 Format 3 Prize pool 4 Coverage 5 Results 5 1 Final match 5 2 Bracket 6 References 7 External linksParticipants editPlayers qualified for the tournament through the previous world championship the FIDE rating list continental championships and two FIDE president nominees Players were seeded by their Elo ratings November 2012 list 5 except that defending champion Hou Yifan was the no 1 seed 6 nbsp Hou Yifan China 2606 GM WC nbsp Humpy Koneru India 2610 GM WC nbsp Anna Muzychuk Slovenia 2586 GM J10 nbsp Zhao Xue China 2565 GM WC nbsp Kateryna Lahno Ukraine 2553 GM E11 nbsp Nadezhda Kosintseva Russia 2539 GM E10 nbsp Viktorija Cmilyte Lithuania 2524 GM E10 nbsp Marie Sebag France 2521 GM E10 nbsp Valentina Gunina Russia 2517 IM R nbsp Pia Cramling Sweden 2516 GM E10 nbsp Tatiana Kosintseva Russia 2515 GM E10 nbsp Dronavalli Harika India 2512 GM AS11 nbsp Bela Khotenashvili Georgia 2504 IM E11 nbsp Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia 2501 GM R nbsp Ju Wenjun China 2501 WGM Z3 5 nbsp Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria 2491 GM E10 nbsp Zhu Chen Qatar 2491 GM R nbsp Anna Zatonskih United States 2489 IM Z2 1 nbsp Natalia Pogonina Russia 2478 WGM E11 nbsp Mariya Muzychuk Ukraine 2476 IM E10 nbsp Elina Danielian Armenia 2476 GM E11 nbsp Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2470 GM E11 nbsp Irina Krush United States 2470 IM Z2 1 nbsp Alisa Galliamova Russia 2468 IM R nbsp Olga Girya Russia 2467 WGM PN nbsp Huang Qian China 2465 WGM Z3 5 nbsp Lilit Mkrtchian Armenia 2457 IM E11 nbsp Lela Javakhishvili Georgia 2455 IM E11 nbsp Yelena Dembo Greece 2454 IM E10 nbsp Anna Ushenina Ukraine 2452 IM R nbsp Natalia Zhukova Ukraine 2451 GM E10 nbsp Monika Socko Poland 2445 GM E10 nbsp Almira Skripchenko France 2441 IM R nbsp Guo Qi China 2432 WGM PN nbsp Deysi Cori Peru 2429 WGM J11 nbsp Nino Khurtsidze Georgia 2428 IM E10 nbsp Anastasia Bodnaruk Russia 2415 IM E11 nbsp Ketevan Arakhamia Grant Scotland 2414 GM E11 nbsp Shen Yang China 2413 WGM Z3 5 nbsp Iweta Rajlich Poland 2410 IM E10 nbsp Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Russia 2409 IM E10 nbsp Li Ruofan SIN 2394 IM Z3 3 nbsp Evgenija Ovod Russia 2384 IM E11 nbsp Sopiko Khukhashvili Georgia 2383 IM E11 nbsp Cristina Adela Foișor Romania 2383 IM E11 nbsp Svetlana Matveeva Russia 2377 IM E11 nbsp Carolina Lujan Argentina 2369 IM Z2 5 nbsp Nastassia Ziaziulkina Belarus 2367 WGM E10 nbsp Marina Romanko Russia 2355 IM E11 nbsp Atousa Pourkashiyan Iran 2321 WGM AS10 nbsp Tatev Abrahamyan United States 2304 WGM Z2 1 nbsp Maritza Arribas Robaina Cuba 2273 WGM AM nbsp Soumya Swaminathan India 2251 WGM Z3 7 nbsp Madina Davletbayeva Kazakhstan 2220 WIM Z3 4 nbsp Shayesteh Ghader Pour Iran 2219 WIM Z3 1 nbsp Gu Xiaobing China 2209 WGM Z3 5 nbsp Irina Berezina Australia 2190 IM Z3 6 nbsp Ingrid Aliaga Fernandez Peru 2175 WFM Z2 4 nbsp Melissa Castrillon Gomez Colombia 2159 WIM Z2 3 nbsp Mona Khaled Egypt 2155 WGM AF nbsp Natalia Khoudgarian Canada 2138 WIM Z2 2 nbsp Amina Mezioud Algeria 2055 WIM AF nbsp Denise Frick South Africa 1871 WIM AF nbsp S D Ranasinghe Sri Lanka 1821 WIM Z3 2 Qualification paths edit WC Women s World Champion runner up of Women s World Chess Championship 2011 semifinalist of Women s World Chess Championship 2010 J10 and J11 World Junior Champions 2010 and 2011 R Rating average of all published ratings from July 2011 to January 2012 was used 6 E10 and E11 European Individual Championships 2010 and 2011 28 AM American Continental Chess Championship 2011 AS10 and AS11 Asian Chess Championships 2010 and 2011 AF African Chess Championship 2011 3 Z2 1 3 Z2 2 Z2 3 Z2 4 Z2 5 Z3 1 Z3 2 Z3 3 Z3 4 Z3 5 4 Z3 6 Z3 7 Zonal tournaments PN FIDE President nominee 2 Notable non participants edit The number one woman in the world Judit Polgar has never competed for the women s title and did not enter this time either Other notable absentees were women s number six Nana Dzagnidze 2010 finalist Ruan Lufei and ex champion Maia Chiburdanidze inactive Format editEach pairing consisted of two games played over two days one with White and one with Black The time controls in the classical games were 90 minutes for the first 40 moves with a 30 minute addition on move 41 In case of a tie tiebreaks were played the next day The format for the tie breaks was as follows 1 Two rapid games 25 minutes plus a 10 second increment were played If the score was still tied two rapid games 10 minutes plus a 10 second increment were played If the match is tied after these two games the opponents played two blitz games 5 minutes plus a 3 second increment If the score was still tied after a pair of blitz games a single Armageddon game White must win Black only needs to draw would be played White had 5 minutes Black had 4 minutes and both players had three second increments beginning with move 61 Prize pool editThe championship had a prize pool of 450 000 US Dollar Prizes were 3 750 for first round losers 5 500 for the second round 8 000 for the third Losing quarter finalists picked up 12 000 the semi finalists 20 000 Stefanova then got 30 000 for finishing runner up to Ushenina who got 60 000 in prize money It was the same distribution as in the 2010 knock out championship Coverage edit nbsp Antoaneta Stefanova losing finalistThe tournament was streamed on the tournament website each day in full length Live coverage was interrupted only for advertising breaks The videostream was also playable on demand until the next day started Coverage was provided in low and high definition with Grand Master commentary in three languages English Russian and for the first time Chinese In the final days the broadcast was watched by several hundred thousand live viewers 7 Results editFinal match edit The final match was decided after four matches at classical time controls and two rapid tie breaks Anna Ushenina won the title beating 2004 Women s World Chess champion Stefanova Stefanova also was the reigning Women s World Rapid champion 8 Women s World Chess Championship Final 2012 Rating 1 2 3 4 R1 R2 Total nbsp Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria 2491 0 1 0 2 nbsp Anna Ushenina Ukraine 2452 1 0 1 3 Bracket edit First round pairings were published on 1 November 2012 9 1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals 1 nbsp Hou Yifan264 nbsp S Ranasinghe01 nbsp Hou Yifan132 nbsp M Socko333 nbsp M Socko1 32 nbsp A Skripchenko 32 nbsp M Socko016 nbsp A Stefanova217 nbsp A Stefanova248 nbsp M Romanko016 nbsp A Stefanova1 17 nbsp Zhu Chen 49 nbsp Zhu Chen216 nbsp N Ziaziulkina016 nbsp A Stefanova38 nbsp M Sebag19 nbsp M Sebag1 56 nbsp I Berezina 8 nbsp M Sebag1 25 nbsp O Girya 41 nbsp O Girya1 24 nbsp I Rajlich 8 nbsp M Sebag224 nbsp A Galliamova025 nbsp V Gunina240 nbsp Gu XB09 nbsp V Gunina 24 nbsp A Galliamova1 57 nbsp A Galliamova38 nbsp E Kovalevskaya116 nbsp A Stefanova1 12 nbsp D Harika 5 nbsp Zhao Xue260 nbsp N Khoudgarian04 nbsp Zhao Xue2 36 nbsp N Khurtsidze1 37 nbsp Y Dembo 28 nbsp N Khurtsidze1 4 nbsp Zhao Xue1 20 nbsp M Muzychuk 21 nbsp B Khotenashvili1 44 nbsp M Arribas R2 52 nbsp M Arribas R 20 nbsp M Muzychuk1 53 nbsp M Muzychuk 10 4 12 nbsp C A Foișor4 4 nbsp Zhao Xue1 12 nbsp D Harika2 13 nbsp K Lahno252 nbsp M Khaled05 nbsp K Lahno 28 nbsp L Javakhishvili1 45 nbsp L Javakhishvili3 20 nbsp A Bodnaruk2 28 nbsp L Javakhishvili 12 nbsp D Harika1 29 nbsp D Harika1 36 nbsp S Soumya 12 nbsp D Harika1 21 nbsp E Danielian 61 nbsp E Danielian44 nbsp S Khukhashvili216 nbsp A Stefanova2 30 nbsp A Ushenina3 3 nbsp A Muzychuk262 nbsp A Mezioud03 nbsp A Muzychuk130 nbsp A Ushenina335 nbsp A Ushenina1 30 nbsp D Cori 30 nbsp A Ushenina1 19 nbsp N Pogonina 19 nbsp N Pogonina346 nbsp S Matveeva119 nbsp N Pogonina1 14 nbsp A Kosteniuk 51 nbsp A Kosteniuk1 14 nbsp T Abrahamyan 30 nbsp A Ushenina1 6 nbsp N Kosintseva 11 nbsp N Kosintseva254 nbsp M Castrillon G06 nbsp N Kosintseva3 27 nbsp L Mkrtchian2 43 nbsp L Mkrtchian222 nbsp K Arakhamia G06 nbsp N Kosintseva3 11 nbsp T Kosintseva2 27 nbsp Hoang T T1 38 nbsp E Ovod 22 nbsp Hoang T T 11 nbsp T Kosintseva1 59 nbsp M Davletbayeva 6 nbsp T Kosintseva1 30 nbsp A Ushenina2 15 nbsp Ju Wenjun1 7 nbsp V Cmilyte1 58 nbsp I Aliaga F 7 nbsp V Cmilyte 26 nbsp Huang Q1 39 nbsp Huang Q1 26 nbsp Shen Yang 26 nbsp Huang Q2 23 nbsp I Krush1 23 nbsp Li Ruofan3 42 nbsp I Krush4 23 nbsp I Krush310 nbsp P Cramling155 nbsp S Ghader Pour010 nbsp P Cramling226 nbsp Huang Q2 15 nbsp Ju Wenjun3 15 nbsp Ju Wenjun450 nbsp A Pourkashiyan215 nbsp Ju Wenjun418 nbsp A Zatonskih247 nbsp C Lujan 18 nbsp A Zatonskih1 15 nbsp Ju Wenjun2 31 nbsp N Zhukova1 31 nbsp N Zhukova1 34 nbsp Guo Qi 31 nbsp N Zhukova22 nbsp H Koneru063 nbsp D Frick02 nbsp H Koneru2References edit a b Women s World Chess Championship regulations PDF FIDE Retrieved 25 November 2011 Kharkiv native becomes Ukraine s first women s world chess champion kyivpost com 1 December 2012 Retrieved 1 December 2012 Favourites fall at the Women s World Championship round two Chessbase com 16 November 2012 Retrieved 3 December 2012 Dylan Loeb McClain 1 December 2012 Underdog Takes Women s World Title New York Times Retrieved 3 December 2012 Top 100 Women November 2012 Participants of FIDE World women s chess championship 2012 Archived from the original on 2012 11 05 Retrieved 2012 11 01 Mark Glukhovsky Women players are very beautiful chess2012 ugrasport com 30 November 2012 Archived from the original on 2 December 2012 Retrieved 3 December 2012 Stefanova Wins Women s World Rapid Championship chess com 6 March 2012 Retrieved 3 December 2012 Pairings Participants and Schedule of the WWCC 2012 Archived from the original on 2012 11 03 Retrieved 2012 11 04 Played black in armageddon gameExternal links editChessdom Women s World Chess Championship 2012 participants and qualification criteria FIDE report Archived 2015 04 03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Women 27s World Chess Championship 2012 amp oldid 1165437014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
