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