FIDE Women's World Chess Championship cycle 1995-1999

[ Competition summary || Zonal 1.1 | Zonal 1.2a | Zonal 1.2b | Zonal 1.3 | Zonal 1.4 | Zonal 1.5 | Zonal 1.6 | Zonal 1.7 | Zonal 1.8 | Zonal 1.9 |
| Zonal 2.1 | Zonal 2.2 | Zonal 2.3 | Zonal 2.4 | Zonal 2.5 | Zonal 3.1 | Zonal 3.2 | Zonal 3.3 | Zonal 3.4 | Zonal 4.1 | Zonal 4.2 | Zonal 4.3 ||
|| Interzonal || Candidates tournament | Candidates challenge match || WCh match ]

Candidates challenge match :: Shenyang 1998

 


Match results

name Elo Flag pts + = -
GM Xie Jun 2485 CHN +w/o
WGM Galliamova, Alisa 2505 RUS -w/o

Galliamova refused to play entirely on her opponent's home turf, so Xie Jun was declared the winner by default and given the right to challenge champion Polgar.