The Women's World Chess Championship 2001 took place from November 25 to December 14, 2001, in Moscow, Russia. It was won by Zhu Chen, who beat Alexandra Kosteniuk in the final by 5 to 3.[1] The final was tied 2–2 after the classical games and decided in the rapid tie-breaks.[2]
For the second time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.
Polgár, ranked 1st female and 19th overall in the world, chose instead to participate in the concurrent open event. Reigning champion Xie Jun had put her active career on hold at the time and decided not to defend her title.
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The Women s World Chess Championship 2001 took place from November 25 to December 14 2001 in Moscow Russia It was won by Zhu Chen who beat Alexandra Kosteniuk in the final by 5 to 3 1 The final was tied 2 2 after the classical games and decided in the rapid tie breaks 2 For the second time the championship took the form of a 64 player knock out tournament Contents 1 Participants 1 1 Qualification paths 2 Results 2 1 Final Match 2 2 Bracket 3 References 4 External linksParticipants EditThe qualified players 3 were seeded by their Elo ratings October 2001 4 nbsp Alisa Galliamova RUS 2547 IM R nbsp Maia Chiburdanidze GEO 2513 GM R nbsp Wang Pin CHN 2498 WGM R nbsp Almira Skripchenko Lautier MDA 2497 WGM E nbsp Nana Ioseliani GEO 2497 IM R nbsp Zhu Chen CHN 2497 GM R nbsp Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS 2486 WGM WC nbsp Xu Yuhua CHN 2485 WGM R nbsp Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2473 IM R nbsp Corina Isabela Peptan ROM 2462 IM E nbsp Alisa Maric SCG 2457 IM WC nbsp Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 2455 IM E nbsp Natasa Bojkovic SCG 2452 WGM E nbsp Cristina Adela Foișor ROM 2444 IM E nbsp Peng Zhaoqin NED 2443 IM E nbsp Hoang Thanh Trang VIE 2439 IM Z3 2a nbsp Ketevan Arakhamia Grant GEO 2437 IM E nbsp Tatiana Stepovaia Dianchenko RUS 2435 WGM E nbsp Nino Khurtsidze GEO 2425 IM E nbsp Anna Zatonskih UKR 2419 WGM E nbsp Xu Yuanyuan CHN 2411 WIM J nbsp Svetlana Prudnikova SCG 2411 WGM E nbsp Inna Gaponenko UKR 2409 WGM E nbsp Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi IND 2405 WGM AS nbsp Marta Zielinska POL 2405 WGM E nbsp Tatiana Grabuzova RUS 2399 WGM E nbsp Elena Sedina ITA 2398 IM E nbsp Tatiana Kononenko UKR 2395 WGM E nbsp Elisabeth Pahtz GER 2392 WGM E nbsp Olga Alexandrova UKR 2387 IM E nbsp Iweta Radziewicz POL 2387 WGM E nbsp Natalia Kiseleva UKR 2382 WGM E nbsp Lilit Mkrtchian ARM 2382 WGM E nbsp Wang Yu CHN 2378 WFM AS nbsp Monika Socko POL 2375 IM E nbsp Elina Danielian ARM 2373 WGM E nbsp Tatiana Shumiakina RUS 2371 WGM E nbsp Joanna Dworakowska POL 2358 WGM E nbsp Nona Gaprindashvili GEO 2349 GM PN nbsp Sulennis Pina CUB 2345 WIM AM nbsp Li Ruofan CHN 2341 WIM AS nbsp Svetlana Petrenko MDA 2336 WGM E nbsp Camilla Baginskaite USA 2336 WIM Z2 1 nbsp Genrieta Lagvilava BLR 2326 WGM E nbsp Julia Galianina Ryjanova RUS 2320 WGM E nbsp Aarthie Ramaswamy IND 2301 WIM AS nbsp Gu Xiaobing CHN 2299 Z3 3 nbsp Jennifer Shahade USA 2295 WIM Z2 1 nbsp Maritza Arribas CUB 2287 WGM Z2 3 nbsp Elena Levushkina UZB 2280 WIM Z3 4 nbsp Huang Qian CHN 2275 AS nbsp Dagne Ciuksyte LTU 2271 WIM E nbsp Nisha Mohota IND 2262 WIM AS nbsp Maria Kouvatsou GRE 2234 WGM PN nbsp Nava Starr CAN 2211 WIM Z2 2 nbsp Ngan Phan Koshnitsky AUS 2182 WIM Z3 2b nbsp Pallavi Shah IND 2172 WIM Z3 1b nbsp Elina Groberman USA 2103 Z2 1 nbsp Elisa Maggiolo ARG 2090 WIM Z2 5 nbsp Joara Chaves BRA 2079 WIM Z2 4 nbsp Farida Arouche ALG 2077 AF nbsp Shadi Paridar IRI 2071 WIM Z3 1a nbsp Asma Houli ALG AF nbsp Wissam Toubal ALG AF Notable top players not taking part were Judit Polgar ranked the no 1 woman in the world Xie Jun ranked 2nd Wang Lei 4th Pia Cramling 6th Koneru Humpy 13th Qin Kanying 15th Sofia Polgar 16th and Viktorija Cmilyte 20th Polgar ranked 1st female and 19th overall in the world chose instead to participate in the concurrent open event Reigning champion Xie Jun had put her active career on hold at the time and decided not to defend her title Qualification paths Edit WC semifinalists of Women s World Chess Championship 2000 2 J World Junior Champion 2000 R Rating 7 E European Individual Chess Championship 29 AM American Continental Chess Championship 2001 AS Asian Chess Championship 6 AF African Chess Championship 2001 3 Z2 1 3 Z2 2 Z2 3 Z2 4 Z2 5 Z3 1a Z3 1b Z3 2a Z3 2b Z3 3 Z3 4 Zonal tournaments PN FIDE President nominee 2 Results EditFinal Match Edit Women s World Chess Championship Final 2001 Classical games Rapid tie breaks Total1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nbsp Zhu Chen China 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 nbsp Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3Bracket Edit 1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals 1Alisa Galliamova1 64Wissam Toubal Alisa Galliamova2Natalia Kiseleva032Natalia Kiseleva334Wang Yu1Alisa Galliamova0Alexandra Kosteniuk212Alexandra Kosteniuk247Jennifer Shahade0Alexandra Kosteniuk1 Hoang Thanh Trang 16Hoang Thanh Trang1 49Huang Qian Alexandra Kosteniuk1 Almira Skripchenko 6Almira Skripchenko254Ngan Phan Koshnitsky0Almira Skripchenko3Marta Zielinska125Marta Zielinska3 39Nona Gaprindashvili2 Almira Skripchenko1 Corina Isabela Peptan 44Julia Galianina Ryjanova 26Tatiana Grabuzova1 Tatiana Grabuzova Corina Isabela Peptan1 10Corina Isabela Peptan253Nava Starr0Alexandra Kosteniuk3Xu Yuhua13Wang Pin1 57Joara Chaves Wang Pin Elisabeth Pahtz1 29Elisabeth Pahtz3 31Iweta Radziewicz2 Elisabeth Pahtz Cristina Adela Foișor1 14Cristina Adela Foișor346Gu Xiaobing1Cristina Adela Foișor1 Nisha Mohota 18Tatiana Stepovaia Dianchenko2 51Nisha Mohota3 Cristina Adela Foișor2Xu Yuhua48Xu Yuhua258Farida Arouche0Xu Yuhua1 Elina Danielian 37Tatiana Shumiakina036Elina Danielian2Xu Yuhua3Camilla Baginskaite121Svetlana Prudnikova242Camilla Baginskaite4Camilla Baginskaite1 Natasa Bojkovic 13Natasa Bojkovic1 52Maria Kouvatsou Alexandra Kosteniuk3Zhu Chen52Maia Chiburdanidze1 61Asma Houli Maia Chiburdanidze1 Elena Sedina 30Olga Alexandrova027Elena Sedina2Maia Chiburdanidze2Dagne Ciuksyte023Xu Yuanyuan463Sulennis Pina2Xu Yuanyuan Dagne Ciuksyte1 17Ketevan Arakhamia Grant1 50Dagne Ciuksyte2 Maia Chiburdanidze3 Peng Zhaoqin2 5Nana Ioseliani1 56Elina Groberman Nana Ioseliani Joanna Dworakowska1 24Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 38Joanna Dworakowska1 Joanna Dworakowska1 Peng Zhaoqin2 15Peng Zhaoqin260Maritza Arribas0Peng Zhaoqin2Antoaneta Stefanova09Antoaneta Stefanova1 55Pallavi Shah Maia Chiburdanidze1 Zhu Chen2 7Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1 59Shadi Paridar Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1 Lilit Mkrtchian 33Lilit Mkrtchian235Monika Socko0Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Nino Khurtsidze1 20Anna Zatonskih1 40Li Ruofan Anna Zatonskih Nino Khurtsidze1 19Nino Khurtsidze1 45Aarthie Ramaswamy Nino Khurtsidze3Zhu Chen44Zhu Chen1 62Elisa Maggiolo Zhu Chen1 Svetlana Petrenko 28Tatiana Kononenko041Svetlana Petrenko2Zhu Chen3Alisa Maric122Inna Gaponenko243Genrieta Lagvilava0Inna Gaponenko Alisa Maric1 11Alisa Maric1 48Elena Levushkina References Edit Zhu Chen wins a gruelling battle sportstaronnet com 5 January 2002 Retrieved 26 February 2017 Zhu Chen of China defeats Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia for the Woman s World Chess Championship by 5 3 anusha com Retrieved 26 February 2017 Schipkov Boris Players of the Women s World Chess Championship 2001 2002 Chess Siberia Retrieved 18 September 2015 Top 50 Women October 2001 FIDEExternal links EditWeeks Mark World Chess Championship Women 2001 02 FIDE Knockout Matches mark weeks com Retrieved 18 September 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Women 27s World Chess Championship 2001 amp oldid 1163045436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
