The Women's World Chess Championship 2006 took place from March 10–27, 2006 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. For the fourth time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.
The tournament was won by Xu Yuhua, who beat Alisa Galliamova in the final by 2½ to ½. Notably, Xu Yuhua was three months pregnant at the time.
Only two players from the top 20 were absent: Judit Polgár (ranked the no. 1 woman in the world – and 14th overall) who instead took part in the open championship events of 2005 and 2007, as well as Hoang Thanh Trang (ranked 11th).
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The Women s World Chess Championship 2006 took place from March 10 27 2006 in Ekaterinburg Russia For the fourth time the championship took the form of a 64 player knock out tournament The tournament was won by Xu Yuhua who beat Alisa Galliamova in the final by 2 to Notably Xu Yuhua was three months pregnant at the time Contents 1 Participants 1 1 Qualification paths 2 Results 2 1 Final match 2 2 Bracket 3 References 4 External linksParticipants EditThe players 1 were seeded by their FIDE Elo ratings of January 2006 2 except that defending champion Antoaneta Stefanova was the no 1 seed Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2499 GM WC Humpy Koneru IND 2537 GM WC Pia Cramling SWE 2515 GM E04 Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 2514 GM R Maia Chiburdanidze GEO 2511 GM WC Xu Yuhua CHN 2502 WGM R Kateryna Lahno UKR 2500 IM E05 Zhu Chen CHN 2482 GM R Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2480 IM E05 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi IND 2479 IM Z3 2 Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 2479 IM E04 Monika Socko POL 2475 IM E04 Viktorija Cmilyte LTU 2475 IM E05 Zhao Xue CHN 2473 WGM R Qin Kanying CHN 2469 WGM Z3 5 Alisa Galliamova RUS 2467 IM R Yelena Dembo GRE 2461 IM E05 Almira Skripchenko FRA 2461 IM E05 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS 2458 IM WC Lilit Mkrtchian ARM 2453 IM E05 Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2452 IM E04 Irina Krush USA 2447 IM Z2 1 Lela Javakhishvili GEO 2444 IM E05 Natalia Zhukova UKR 2432 WGM E04 Nino Khurtsidze GEO 2430 IM E05 Svetlana Matveeva RUS 2428 IM E05 Ekaterina Korbut RUS 2427 WGM J04 Ketevan Arakhamia Grant GEO 2426 IM E04 Elina Danielian ARM 2423 IM E05 Elisabeth Pahtz GER 2422 IM J05 Elena Zaiatz RUS 2422 IM E05 Iweta Radziewicz POL 2421 IM E05 Tatiana Kononenko UKR 2417 WGM E05 Marie Sebag FRA 2415 IM E05 Peng Zhaoqin NED 2407 GM E04 Cristina Adela Foișor ROM 2402 IM E04 Marta Zielinska POL 2398 WGM E05 Anna Ushenina UKR 2398 WGM E05 Irina Vasilevich RUS 2386 IM E05 Wang Yu CHN 2385 WGM AS Shen Yang CHN 2380 Z3 5 Irina Slavina Turova RUS 2379 IM E04 Claudia Amura ARG 2366 WGM AM Evgenija Ovod RUS 2366 IM E05 Ruan Lufei CHN 2361 Z3 5 Sulennis Pina CUB 2358 WGM AM Jovanka Houska ENG 2355 IM E04 Carolina Lujan ARG 2346 WGM Z2 5 Maka Purtseladze GEO 2341 IM E05 Dana Aketayeva KAZ 2330 WIM Z3 4 Maria Kursova RUS 2319 WIM PN Atousa Pourkashiyan IRI 2319 WIM Z3 1 Ju Wenjun CHN 2290 AS Subbaraman Meenakshi IND 2289 WGM AS Irina Berezina Feldman AUS 2285 IM Z3 6 Hou Yifan CHN 2269 WFM Z3 5 Maritza Arribas CUB 2269 WGM Z2 3 Karen Zapata PER 2218 WIM Z2 4 Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiết VIE 2196 WIM Z3 3 Ingris Rivera COL 2128 AM Natalia Khoudgarian CAN 2106 WIM Z2 2 Faridah Basta Sohair EGY 2083 WIM AF Tuduetso Sabure BOT 2072 WGM AF Amina Mezioud ALG 1978 Z4 1 Only two players from the top 20 were absent Judit Polgar ranked the no 1 woman in the world and 14th overall who instead took part in the open championship events of 2005 and 2007 as well as Hoang Thanh Trang ranked 11th Qualification paths Edit WC Women s World Champion runner up and semifinalists of Women s World Chess Championship 2004 4 J04 and J05 World Junior Champions 2004 and 2005 R Rating average of all published ratings from July 2004 to January 2005 was used 5 E04 and E05 European Individual Championships 2004 and 2005 29 AM American Continental Chess Championship 2005 3 AS Asian Chess Championship 2004 3 AF African Chess Championship 2005 2 Z2 1 Z2 2 Z2 3 Z2 4 Z2 5 Z3 1 Z3 2 Z3 3 Z3 4 Z3 5 4 Z3 6 Z4 1 Zonal tournaments PN FIDE President nomineeResults EditFinal match Edit A fourth game was not played because Xu Yuhua led by two points after game three Women s World Chess Championship Final 2006 1 2 3 4 Total Alisa Galliamova Russia 0 0 Xu Yuhua China 1 1 2 Bracket Edit 1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals 44Evgenija Ovod221Nana Dzagnidze421Nana Dzagnidze1 53Ju Wenjun2 12Monika Socko 53Ju Wenjun1 53Ju Wenjun25Maia Chiburdanidze460Ingris Rivera 5Maia Chiburdanidze1 5Maia Chiburdanidze1 28Ketevan Arakhamia Grant 28Ketevan Arakhamia Grant2 37Marta Zielinska1 5Maia Chiburdanidze113Viktorija Cmilyte336Cristina Adela Foișor1 29Elina Danielian2 29Elina Danielian04Alexandra Kosteniuk24Alexandra Kosteniuk261Natalia Khoudgarian04Alexandra Kosteniuk 13Viktorija Cmilyte1 52Atousa Pourkashiyan 13Viktorija Cmilyte1 13Viktorija Cmilyte445Ruan Lufei220Lilit Mkrtchian1 45Ruan Lufei2 14 Viktorija Cmilyte 16 Alisa Galliamova1 48Carolina Lujan1 17Yelena Dembo 48Carolina Lujan116Alisa Galliamova316Alisa Galliamova1 49Maka Purtseladze 16Alisa Galliamova2 32Iweta Radziewicz1 64Amina Mezioud 1Antoaneta Stefanova1 1Antoaneta Stefanova132Iweta Radziewicz332Iweta Radziewicz233Tatiana Kononenko016Alisa Galliamova225Nino Khurtsidze040Wang Yu1 25Nino Khurtsidze2 25Nino Khurtsidze1 57Maritza Arribas 8Zhu Chen057Maritza Arribas225Nino Khurtsidze256Hou Yifan056Hou Yifan1 9Nadezhda Kosintseva 56Hou Yifan224Natalia Zhukova024Natalia Zhukova3 41Shen Yang2 16 Alisa Galliamova 6 Xu Yuhua2 42Irina Slavina Turova 23Lela Javakhishvili1 23Lela Javakhishvili110Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi310Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi1 55Irina Berezina Feldman 10Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 26Svetlana Matveeva1 58Karen Zapata1 7Kateryna Lahno 58Karen Zapata 26Svetlana Matveeva1 26Svetlana Matveeva239Irina Vasilevich026Svetlana Matveeva1 34Marie Sebag 34Marie Sebag1 31Elena Zaiatz 34Marie Sebag32Humpy Koneru12Humpy Koneru263Tuduetso Sabure034Marie Sebag415Qin Kanying250Dana Aketayeva 15Qin Kanying1 15Qin Kanying2 47Jovanka Houska1 18Almira Skripchenko 47Jovanka Houska1 26 Svetlana Matveeva 6 Xu Yuhua1 46Sulennis Pina 19Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1 19Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1 51Maria Kursova 14Zhao Xue 51Maria Kursova1 19Ekaterina Kovalevskaya2 35Peng Zhaoqin1 62Faridah Basta Sohair03Pia Cramling23Pia Cramling 35Peng Zhaoqin1 30Elisabeth Pahtz235Peng Zhaoqin419Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1 6Xu Yuhua2 38Anna Ushenina327Ekaterina Korbut138Anna Ushenina 6Xu Yuhua1 6Xu Yuhua1 59Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiết 6Xu Yuhua1 11Tatiana Kosintseva154Subbaraman Meenakshi011Tatiana Kosintseva211Tatiana Kosintseva1 22Irina Krush 22Irina Krush2 43Claudia Amura1 References Edit Final list of qualifiers of WWCC 2006 as per FIDE Regulations Archived 2015 10 22 at the Wayback Machine FIDE 2006 02 16 FIDE January 2006 Top 50 WomenExternal links EditChessBase reports Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Women 27s World Chess Championship 2006 amp oldid 1119425094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
