| 16th Asian Games (chess - women): Guangzhou 2010 |
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| 16th Asian Games (chess - women) (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 18th - 26th November 2010 |
| City: | Guangzhou, China |
| Venue: | Guangzhou Chess Institute |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Casto Abundo (PHI) |
| Deputy Chief Arbiter: | IA Xie Jun (CHN) |
| Teams participating: | 12 |
| Players participating: | 56 (incl. 3 GMs, 4 IMs, 10 WGMs, 8 WIMs, 3 WFMs and 2 WCMs) |
| Games played: | 184 (20 games were forfeited) + 3 tie-break games (match for 3rd place) |
| Competition format: | Preliminary round: Four board seven round Swiss. Play-offs: knock-out. Rapid tie-break in case of a tie. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Game points; 3. Sonneborn-Berger |
| Time control: | 90 minutes per game + 30 sec. increment per move |
| Official logo: |  |
| Website: | http://www.gz2010.cn/en/ |
| Interesting Websites: | FIDE preview ChessDom reports: round 1, round 2, round 3, round 4, round 5, round 6, round 7, semifinals, finals Asian Chess Federation: previev, rounds 1-4, rounds 5-7, semifinals, finals |
| Downloadable game file: | 10asiad-w.zip |
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The women's event of 16th Asian Games commenced with participation of 12 teams (compared to 9 in recend Asian Team Championship). India and China were big favourites and indeed won preliminary round easily, picking 6 wins each and drawing each other. The two did not meet in the grand final though, as India unexpectidely lost semifinal clash to Uzbekistan. China then beat the surprise ex-Soviet side in the final while Vietnam defeated India in tie-break in the bronze medal match. Individual rapid event (nine round Swiss) saw China on top two spots: 1. Hou Yifan 8½; 2. Zhao Xue 7½; 3. Harika 6½ (see results). |