The Women's World Chess Championship was held from 16 March to 7 April 2015 in Sochi, Russia. It was a 64-player knockout tournament. It was originally scheduled from 11 to 31 October 2014 but problems in finding a sponsor and host city eventually forced international chess organisation FIDE to announce the postponement of the Championship on 24 September 2014,[1] scheduling it for early 2015 in Sochi.[2] The unclear state of the tournament was highly criticised by the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP).[3]
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 FIDE rating of March 2015.
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$)
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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Position after move 40 in game 4 of the final.[10]
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 armageddon decider.
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.[12] Pogonina responded with her favorite 1...е5.[12] In the Scotch Four Knights Game she tried to avoid the main variations by putting the bishop to b4 via c5.[12] The idea allowed Black to duck the home preparation of Muzychuk.[12] White, however, achieved a spatial advantage and overall more favorable game after the opening.[12] Later White decided to advance kingside pawns, weakening own king.[12] The Black also had pawn weaknesses and a sharp and dynamically balanced position emerged. On the move 41 Muzychuk carried out a simplifying combination, transposing to an endgame with two strong passed pawns against a knight.[12] Pogonina was left with no winning chances, and the game ended in a draw on the move 56 after the move repetition.[12]
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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External links
Official website
Regulations, etc
February 11, 2023
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The Women s World Chess Championship was held from 16 March to 7 April 2015 in Sochi Russia It was a 64 player knockout tournament It was originally scheduled from 11 to 31 October 2014 but problems in finding a sponsor and host city eventually forced international chess organisation FIDE to announce the postponement of the Championship on 24 September 2014 1 scheduling it for early 2015 in Sochi 2 The unclear state of the tournament was highly criticised by the Association of Chess Professionals ACP 3 Women s World Chess Championship 2015Mariya Muzychuk winner of the 2015 championshipLocationSochi RussiaDates16 March 7 April 2015Competitors64ChampionMariya Muzychuk 20132016 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 Contents 1 Participants 1 1 Qualification paths 1 2 Nationalities in the field 2 Schedule and prize money 3 Results 3 1 Final match 3 2 Bracket 4 References 5 External linksParticipants Edit Natalia Pogonina finalist of the championship 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 FIDE rating of March 2015 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 Kubra Ozturk 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 Edit WC Semi finalists of the Women s World Chess Championship 2012 and runner up of 2013 J12 and J13 World Junior Champions 2012 and 2013 R Rating average of all published ratings from February 2013 to January 2014 was used 5 E12 and E13 European Individual Championships 2012 and 2013 28 AM American Continental Chess Championship 2014 AS12 and AS13 Asian Chess Championships 2012 and 2013 AF African Chess Championship 2013 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 Nationalities in the field Edit Russia sent the most players with ten one more than China Note that 26 of the players came from countries which were former Soviet republics Europe 35 Asia Oceania 18 Americas 8 Africa 3 Armenia 2 Australia 1 Argentina 2 Algeria 1 Bulgaria 1 Bangladesh 1 Canada 1 Egypt 2 France 2 China 9 Cuba 1 Georgia 6 India 3 Peru 1 Germany 1 Indonesia 1 United States 3 Hungary 1 Iran 1 Lithuania 2 Kazakhstan 1 Poland 1 Vietnam 1 Russia 10 Scotland 1 Sweden 1 Turkey 2 Ukraine 5 Schedule and prize money Edit FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov right awaiting the second round 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 First round 17 18 March 19 March 3 750Second round 20 21 March 22 March 5 500Third round 23 24 March 25 March 8 000Quarter finals 26 27 March 28 March 12 000Semi finals 29 30 March 31 March 20 000Final 2 5 April 6 April loser 30 000winner 60 000Results EditFinal match Edit abcdefgh8 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after move 40 in game 4 of the final 10 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 armageddon decider 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 e4 12 Pogonina responded with her favorite 1 e5 12 In the Scotch Four Knights Game she tried to avoid the main variations by putting the bishop to b4 via c5 12 The idea allowed Black to duck the home preparation of Muzychuk 12 White however achieved a spatial advantage and overall more favorable game after the opening 12 Later White decided to advance kingside pawns weakening own king 12 The Black also had pawn weaknesses and a sharp and dynamically balanced position emerged On the move 41 Muzychuk carried out a simplifying combination transposing to an endgame with two strong passed pawns against a knight 12 Pogonina was left with no winning chances and the game ended in a draw on the move 56 after the move repetition 12 Women s World Chess Championship Final 2015 Rating 1 2 3 4 Total Mariya Muzychuk Ukraine 2526 1 2 Natalia Pogonina Russia 2456 0 1 Bracket Edit 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 Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal Humpy Koneru 1 2 Ayah Moaataz 64 0 Humpy Koneru 1 2 Lei Tingjie 32 0 Lei Tingjie 32 2 Deysi Cori 33 0 Humpy Koneru 1 2 Alisa Galliamova 16 0 Alisa Galliamova 16 3 Carolina Lujan 49 2 Alisa Galliamova 16 1 Tatiana Kosintseva 17 0 Tatiana Kosintseva 17 5 Mary Ann Gomes 48 4 Humpy Koneru 1 1 Mariya Muzychuk 8 2 Mariya Muzychuk 8 2 Yuanling Yuan 56 1 Mariya Muzychuk 8 3 Monika Socko 25 1 Monika Socko 25 4 Deimante Daulyte 40 2 Mariya Muzychuk 8 1 Antoaneta Stefanova 9 0 Antoaneta Stefanova 9 1 Nguyen Thi Thanh An 57 0 Antoaneta Stefanova 9 2 Inna Gaponenko 41 1 Natalia Zhukova 24 0 Inna Gaponenko 41 1 Mariya Muzychuk 8 3 Dronavalli Harika 12 2 Viktorija Cmilyte 4 2 Akter Liza Shamima 61 0 Viktorija Cmilyte 4 1 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 36 0 Nino Khurtsidze 29 0 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 36 1 Viktorija Cmilyte 4 1 Meri Arabidze 45 2 Elina Danielian 13 0 Yaniet Marrero Lopez 52 1 Yaniet Marrero Lopez 52 0 Meri Arabidze 45 1 Elisabeth Paehtz 20 2 Meri Arabidze 45 4 Meri Arabidze 45 0 Dronavalli Harika 12 1 Alexandra Kosteniuk 5 2 Irina Berezina 60 0 Alexandra Kosteniuk 5 1 Shen Yang 28 0 Shen Yang 28 2 Alina Kashlinskaya 37 1 Alexandra Kosteniuk 5 1 Dronavalli Harika 12 2 Dronavalli Harika 12 2 Tatev Abrahamyan 53 0 Dronavalli Harika 12 2 Irina Krush 21 1 Irina Krush 21 1 Sophie Milliet 44 0 Mariya Muzychuk 8 2 Natalia Pogonina 31 0 1 Ju Wenjun 2 2 Shrook Wafa 63 0 Ju Wenjun 2 0 Natalia Pogonina 31 1 Natalia Pogonina 31 1 Guo Qi 34 0 Natalia Pogonina 31 3 Marie Sebag 18 1 Anna Ushenina 15 1 Zhang Xiaowen 50 0 Anna Ushenina 15 1 Marie Sebag 18 2 Marie Sebag 18 1 Wang Jue 47 0 Natalia Pogonina 31 2 Zhao Xue 7 1 Zhao Xue 7 3 Marisa Zuriel 58 1 Zhao Xue 7 1 Salome Melia 26 0 Salome Melia 26 3 Irine Kharisma Sukandar 39 1 Zhao Xue 7 1 Bela Khotenashvili 10 0 Bela Khotenashvili 10 1 Kubra Ozturk 55 0 Bela Khotenashvili 10 4 Huang Qian 23 3 Huang Qian 23 2 Baira Kovanova 42 1 Natalia Pogonina 31 2 Pia Cramling 11 1 Anna Muzychuk 3 1 Amina Mezioud 62 0 Anna Muzychuk 3 1 Aleksandra Goryachkina 30 0 Aleksandra Goryachkina 30 5 Lilit Mkrtchian 35 4 Anna Muzychuk 3 1 Lela Javakhishvili 19 0 Tan Zhongyi 14 1 Guliskhan Nakhbayeva 51 0 Tan Zhongyi 14 0 Lela Javakhishvili 19 1 Lela Javakhishvili 19 3 Sopiko Guramishvili 46 2 Anna Muzychuk 3 2 Pia Cramling 11 3 Valentina Gunina 6 2 Camilla Baginskaite 59 0 Valentina Gunina 6 2 Olga Girya 27 0 Olga Girya 27 2 Ekaterina Atalik 38 0 Valentina Gunina 6 0 Pia Cramling 11 1 Pia Cramling 11 2 Mitra Hejazipour 54 0 Pia Cramling 11 1 Ketevan Arakhamia Grant 43 0 Hoang Thanh Trang 22 0 Ketevan Arakhamia Grant 43 1 References Edit Women s World Championship 2014 FIDE 2014 09 24 Archived from the original on 2015 04 28 Retrieved 2015 04 06 Women s World Championship to Take Place in Sochi chess news ru 25 November 2014 Retrieved 27 November 2014 Open Letter to FIDE President Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov chessprofessionals org 26 August 2014 Retrieved 27 August 2014 Regulations of the WWCC Cycle PDF FIDE List of competitors 2012 amp 2013 PDF FIDE Retrieved 2015 04 06 Women s World Championship 2015 Player s Contract FIDE 2015 01 22 Archived from the original on 2015 03 20 Retrieved 2015 04 06 Feb 05 Hou Yifan Won t Defend World Champion Title in 2015 Yourgibraltartv com 2015 02 05 Retrieved 2015 04 06 Challenge Hou Yifan Timur Gareev and Sam Shankland in Hawaii Chess com 2015 01 25 Retrieved 2015 04 06 Women s World Championship About To Take Off But Hou Yifan Doesn t Play chess24 com 15 March 2015 Retrieved 16 March 2015 Mariya Muzychuk Wins Women s World Championship Chess com 5 April 2015 Retrieved 8 April 2015 Chess game search engine Chessgames com Retrieved 2015 04 06 a b c d e f g h Mariya Muzychuk is Women s World Chess Champion FIDE 5 April 2015 Archived from the original on 13 April 2015 Retrieved 7 April 2015 Women s World Championship 2015 Ranking List amp Pairings FIDE 2015 03 03 Archived from the original on 2015 04 06 Retrieved 2015 04 06 External links EditOfficial website Regulations etc Retrieved from https en 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