FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 2000-2001

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World Championship :: Moscow 2001

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Final standings

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pos. name seed Elo flag R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
W GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 59
1½—½		 31
1½—½		 12
3—1		 8
4—3		 3
2½—1½		 2
5—3
RU IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2455 RUS 50
2—0		 21
1½—½		 9
2—0		 5
1½—½		 4
3—1		 1
3—5
SF GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (2) 2513 GEO 63
1½—½		 27
1½—½		 16
2—0		 7
3½—2½		 1
1½—2½
SF WGM Xu Yuhua (8) 2485 CHN 61
2—0		 30
1½—½		 15
3—1		 6
4—2		 2
1—3
QF WGM Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira (4) 2497 MDA 56
2—0		 25
3—1		 11
1½—½		 2
½—1½
QF IM Foișor, Cristina (14) 2444 ROM 49
3—1		 32
1½—½		 13
1½—½		 4
2—4
QF IM Peng Zhaoqin (15) 2443 NED 51
2—0		 19
2—0		 14
2½—1½		 3
2½—3½
QF IM Khurtsidze, Nino (19) 2425 GEO 48
1½—½		 22
1½—½		 10
1½—½		 1
3—4
R16 IM Galliamova, Alisa (1) 2547 RUS 64
1½—½		 28
2—0		 2
0—2
R16 WGM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (7) 2486 RUS 62
1½—½		 29
1½—½		 8
½—1½
R16 IM Peptan, Corina-Isabela (10) 2462 ROM 55
2—0		 26
1½—½		 5
½—1½
R16 IM Marić, Alisa (11) 2457 SCG 52
1½—½		 24
1½—½		 1
1—3
R16 WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (29) 2392 GER 39
3½—2½		 17
1½—½		 6
½—1½
R16 WGM Dworakowska, Joanna (38) 2358 POL 36
1½—½		 18
1½—½		 7
1½—2½
R16 WIM Baginskaite, Camilla (43) 2336 USA 35
4—2		 20
1½—½		 4
1—3
R16 WIM Čiukšytė, Dagnė (52) 2271 LTU 33
2½—1½		 23
1½—½		 3
0—2
R32 WGM Wang Pin (3) 2498 CHN 60
1½—½		 13
½—1½
R32 IM Ioseliani, Nana (5) 2497 GEO 58
1½—½		 14
½—1½
R32 IM Stefanova, Antoaneta (9) 2473 BUL 57
1½—½		 7
0—2
R32 WGM Bojković, Nataša (13) 2452 SCG 54
1½—½		 15
½—1½
R32 IM Hoàng Thanh Trang (16) 2439 VIE 53
1½—½		 2
½—1½
R32 WGM Zatonskikh, Anna (20) 2419 UKR 45
1½—½		 8
½—1½
R32 WIM Xu Yuanyuan (21) 2411 CHN 44
4—2		 16
½—1½
R32 WGM Gaponenko, Inna (23) 2409 UKR 46
2—0		 12
½—1½
R32 WGM Zielińska, Marta (25) 2405 POL 43
3½—2½		 5
1—3
R32 WGM Grabuzova, Tatiana (26) 2399 RUS 47
1½—½		 11
½—1½
R32 IM Sedina, Elena (27) 2398 ITA 38
2—0		 3
½—1½
R32 WGM Kiseleva, Natalia (32) 2382 UKR 40
3—1		 9
0—2
R32 WGM Mkrtchian, Lilit (33) 2382 ARM 41
2—0		 10
½—1½
R32 WGM Danielian, Elina (36) 2373 ARM 42
2—0		 4
½—1½
R32 WGM Petrenko, Svetlana (42) 2336 MDA 37
2—0		 1
½—1½
R32 WIM Mohota, Nisha (53) 2262 IND 34
2½—3½		 6
½—1½
R64 IM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (17) 2437 GEO 16
1½—2½
R64 WGM Stepovaya-Dianchenko, Tatiana (18) 2435 RUS 32
3½—2½
R64 WGM Prudnikova, Svetlana (22) 2411 SCG 15
2—4
R64 WGM Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (24) 2405 IND 14
½—1½
R64 WGM Kononenko, Tatiana (28) 2395 UKR 31
0—2
R64 IM Alexandrova, Olga (30) 2387 UKR 27
0—2
R64 WGM Radziewicz, Iweta (31) 2387 POL 13
2½—3½
R64 WFM Wang Yu (34) 2378 CHN 28
1—3
R64 IM Soćko, Monika (35) 2375 POL 29
0—2
R64 WGM Shumiakina, Tatiana (37) 2371 RUS 30
0—2
R64 GM Gaprindashvili, Nona (39) 2349 GEO 25
2½—3½
R64 WIM Piña Vega, Sulennis (40) 2345 CUB 23
2—4
R64 WIM Li Ruofan (41) 2341 CHN 22
½—1½
R64 WGM Lagvilava, Genrieta (44) 2326 BLR 24
0—2
R64 WGM Galianina-Ryanova, Yulia (45) 2320 RUS 26
½—1½
R64 WIM Ramaswamy, Aarthie (46) 2301 IND 8
½—1½
R64 Gu Xiaobing (47) 2299 CHN 6
1—3
R64 WIM Shahade, Jennifer (48) 2295 USA 2
0—2
R64 WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza (49) 2287 CUB 7
0—2
R64 WIM Levushkina, Elena (50) 2280 UZB 12
½—1½
R64 Huang Qian (51) 2275 CHN 21
½—1½
R64 WGM Kouvatsou, Maria (54) 2234 GRE 20
½—1½
R64 WIM Starr, Nava (55) 2211 CAN 11
0—2
R64 WIM Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan (56) 2182 AUS 5
0—2
R64 WIM Pallavi Shah, G. (57) 2172 IND 19
½—1½
R64 Groberman, Elina (58) 2103 USA 18
½—1½
R64 WIM Maggiolo, Elisa (59) 2090 ARG 1
½—1½
R64 WIM Chaves, Joara (60) 2079 BRA 17
½—1½
R64 Arouche, Farida (61) 2077 ALG 4
0—2
R64 WIM Paridar, Shadi (62) 2071 IRI 10
½—1½
R64 Houli, Asma (63)   ALG 3
½—1½
R64 Toubal, Wissam (64)   ALG 9
½—1½





Round of 64

27th - 28th November 2001


Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Sedina, Elena (27) 2398 ITA 2 1 1
IM Alexandrova, Olga (30) 2387 UKR 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
WGM Radziewicz, Iweta (31) 2387 POL 2½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½
WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (29) 2392 GER 3½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
WGM Kiseleva, Natalia (32) 2382 UKR 3 1 0 1 1
WFM Wang Yu (34) 2378 CHN 1 0 1 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Li Ruofan (41) 2341 CHN ½ 0 ½
WGM Zatonskikh, Anna (20) 2419 UKR 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Soćko, Monika (35) 2375 POL 0 0 0
WGM Mkrtchian, Lilit (33) 2382 ARM 2 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Gaprindashvili, Nona (39) 2349 GEO 2½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0
WGM Zielińska, Marta (25) 2405 POL 3½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (24) 2405 IND ½ 0 ½
WGM Dworakowska, Joanna (38) 2358 POL 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Danielian, Elina (36) 2373 ARM 2 1 1
WGM Shumiakina, Tatiana (37) 2371 RUS 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Levushkina, Elena (50) 2280 UZB ½ 0 ½
IM Marić, Alisa (11) 2457 SCG 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Grabuzova, Tatiana (26) 2399 RUS 1½ 1 ½
WGM Galianina-Ryanova, Yulia (45) 2320 RUS ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Gaponenko, Inna (23) 2409 UKR 2 1 1
WGM Lagvilava, Genrieta (44) 2326 BLR 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
WIM Baginskaite, Camilla (43) 2336 USA 4 1 0 1 0 1 1
WGM Prudnikova, Svetlana (22) 2411 SCG 2 0 1 0 1 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Petrenko, Svetlana (42) 2336 MDA 2 1 1
WGM Kononenko, Tatiana (28) 2395 UKR 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Shahade, Jennifer (48) 2295 USA 0 0 0
IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2455 RUS 2 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza (49) 2287 CUB 0 0 0
IM Peng Zhaoqin (15) 2443 NED 2 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Khurtsidze, Nino (19) 2425 GEO 1½ 1 ½
WIM Ramaswamy, Aarthie (46) 2301 IND ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
IM Foișor, Cristina (14) 2444 ROM 3 1 0 1 1
Gu Xiaobing (47) 2299 CHN 1 0 1 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
WIM Xu Yuanyuan (21) 2409 CHN 4 1 0 1 0 1 1
WIM Piña Vega, Sulennis (40) 2345 CUB 2 0 1 0 1 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Hoàng Thanh Trang (16) 2439 VIE 1½ ½ 1
Huang Qian (51) 2275 CHN ½ ½ 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
WIM Čiukšytė, Dagnė (52) 2271 LTU 2½ 0 1 1 ½
IM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (17) 2437 GEO 1½ 1 0 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Bojković, Nataša (13) 2452 SCG 1½ ½ 1
WGM Kouvatsou, Maria (54) 2234 GRE ½ ½ 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
WIM Mohota, Nisha (53) 2262 IND 2½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0
WGM Stepovaya-Dianchenko, Tatiana (18) 2435 RUS 3½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira (4) 2497 MDA 2 1 1
WIM Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan (56) 2182 AUS 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Starr, Nava (55) 2208 CAN 0 0 0
IM Peptan, Corina-Isabela (10) 2462 ROM 2 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Pallavi Shah, G. (57) 2201 IND ½ ½ 0
IM Stefanova, Antoaneta (9) 2459 BUL 1½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
Groberman, Elina (58) 2103 USA ½ 0 ½
IM Ioseliani, Nana (5) 2497 GEO 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 1½ 1 ½
WIM Maggiolo, Elisa (59) 2090 ARG ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
Arouche, Farida (61) 2077 ALG 0 0 0
WGM Xu Yuhua (8) 2485 CHN 2 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Paridar, Shadi (62) 2071 IRI ½ ½ 0
WGM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (7) 2486 RUS 1½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Wang Pin (3) 2498 CHN 1½ 1 ½
WIM Chaves, Joara (60) 2079 BRA ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
Toubal, Wissam (64) ALG ½ 0 ½
IM Galliamova, Alisa (1) 2547 RUS 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 27th - 28th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (2) 2513 GEO 1½ 1 ½
Houli, Asma (63) ALG ½ 0 ½



Round of 32

29th - 30th November 2001


Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Galliamova, Alisa (1) 2547 RUS 2 1 1
WGM Kiseleva, Natalia (32) 2382 UKR 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Xu Yuhua (8) 2502 CHN 1½ 1 ½
WGM Danielian, Elina (36) 2395 ARM ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (29) 2390 GER 1½ 1 ½
WGM Wang Pin (3) 2504 CHN ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Sedina, Elena (27) 2380 ITA ½ 0 ½
GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (2) 2513 GEO 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
WGM Zielińska, Marta (25) 2399 POL 1 0 1 0 0
WGM Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira (4) 2494 MDA 3 1 0 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2445 RUS 1½ ½ 1
IM Hoàng Thanh Trang (16) 2445 VIE ½ ½ 0

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (7) 2507 RUS 1½ ½ 1
WGM Mkrtchian, Lilit (33) 2376 ARM ½ ½ 0

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Zatonskikh, Anna (20) 2427 UKR ½ ½ 0
IM Khurtsidze, Nino (19) 2450 GEO 1½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Marić, Alisa (11) 2457 SCG 1½ 1 ½
WGM Gaponenko, Inna (23) 2409 UKR ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Peptan, Corina-Isabela (10) 2465 ROM 1½ ½ 1
WGM Grabuzova, Tatiana (26) 2399 RUS ½ ½ 0

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Peng Zhaoqin (15) 2401 NED 2 1 1
IM Stefanova, Antoaneta (9) 2459 BUL 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Petrenko, Svetlana (42) 2357 MDA ½ 0 ½
GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Ioseliani, Nana (5) 2497 GEO ½ ½ 0
WGM Dworakowska, Joanna (38) 2350 POL 1½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Baginskaite, Camilla (43) 2324 USA 1½ ½ 1
WGM Bojković, Nataša (13) 2452 SCG ½ ½ 0

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Čiukšytė, Dagnė (52) 2255 LTU 1½ 1 ½
WIM Xu Yuanyuan (21) 2431 CHN ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 29th - 30th November 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WIM Mohota, Nisha (53) 2236 IND ½ ½ 0
IM Foișor, Cristina (14) 2423 ROM 1½ ½ 1



Round of 16

1st - 2nd December 2001


Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2445 RUS 2 1 1
IM Galliamova, Alisa (1) 2547 RUS 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira (4) 2494 MDA 1½ 1 ½
IM Peptan, Corina-Isabela (10) 2465 ROM ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Khurtsidze, Nino (19) 2450 GEO 1½ 1 ½
WGM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (7) 2507 RUS ½ 0 ½

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 3 1 0 1 1
IM Marić, Alisa (11) 2457 SCG 1 0 1 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
WIM Baginskaite, Camilla (43) 2324 USA 1 0 1 0 0
WGM Xu Yuhua (8) 2502 CHN 3 1 0 1 1

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (29) 2390 GER ½ ½ 0
IM Foișor, Cristina (14) 2423 ROM 1½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (2) 2513 GEO 2 1 1
WIM Čiukšytė, Dagnė (52) 2255 LTU 0 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 1st - 2nd December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
IM Peng Zhaoqin (15) 2401 NED 2½ 0 1 1 ½
WGM Dworakowska, Joanna (38) 2350 POL 1½ 1 0 0 ½



Quarterfinals

3rd - 5th December 2001


Moscow (Russia), 3rd - 5th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
IM Peng Zhaoqin (15) 2401 NED 2½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 0
GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (2) 2513 GEO 3½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 3rd - 5th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
WGM Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira (4) 2497 MDA ½ 0 ½
IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2455 RUS 1½ 1 ½

Moscow (Russia), 3rd - 5th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
WGM Xu Yuhua (8) 2502 CHN 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
IM Foișor, Cristina (14) 2423 ROM 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0

Moscow (Russia), 3rd - 5th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
IM Khurtsidze, Nino (19) 2450 GEO 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0
GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1



Semifinals

6th - 7th December 2001


Moscow (Russia), 6th - 7th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (2) 2513 GEO 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1

Moscow (Russia), 6th - 7th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
WGM Xu Yuhua (8) 2485 CHN 1 1 0 0 0
IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2455 RUS 3 0 1 1 1



Final

8th - 14th December 2001


Moscow (Russia), 8th - 14th December 2001
name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 3 4 R1.1 R1.2 B1 B2
IM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (12) 2455 RUS 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
GM Zhu Chen (6) 2497 CHN 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1






Information

World Championship
Dates: 25th November - 14th December 2001
City: Moscow (Russia)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 64 (incl. 3 GMs, 14 IMs, 25 WGMs, 15 WIMs, 1 WFM)
Eligible: 2000 World Championship (2): Xie Jun, Qin Kanying (did not arrive - replaced by Kovalevskaya and Marić
2000 World U20 Champion: Xu Yuanyuan
By Elo rating (7): Galliamova, Chiburdanidze, Wang Pin, Ioseliani, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Stefanova
2001 European Championship (29): Skripchenko-Lautier, Arakhamia-Grant, Foișor, Bojković, Stepovaya-Dianchenko, Gaponenko, Pähtz, Peptan, Grabuzova, Kosteniuk, Khurtsidze, Prudnikova, Mkrtchian, Kiseleva, Radziewicz, Danielian, Sedina, Lagvilava, Petrenko, Čiukšytė, Kononenko, Soćko, Dworakowska, Zielińska, Galliamova, Stefanova (qualified by rating), Ionescu-Brandis, Dzagnidze, Hunt (did not arrive)
replaced by: Zatonskikh, Peng Zhaoqin, Galianina-Ryanova, Shumiakina, Alexandrova
2001 American Championship (1): Piña Vega
2001 Asian Championship (6): Li Ruofan, Vijayalakshmi, Mohota, Ramaswamy, Wang Yu, Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
2001 African Championship (3): Houli, Arouche, Toubal
Zone 2.1 (3): Baginskaite, Shahade, Groberman
Zone 2.2 (1): Starr
Zone 2.3 (1): Arribas Robaina
Zone 2.4 (1): Jo.Chaves
Zone 2.5 (1): Maggiolo
Zone 3.1a (1): Paridar
Zone 3.1b (1): Pallavi Shah
Zone 3.2a (1): Hoàng Thanh Trang
Zone 3.2b (1): Phan-Koshnitsky
Zone 3.3 (1): Gu Xiaobing
Zone 3.4 (1): Levushkina
Nominated by FIDE President (2): Kouvatsou, Gaprindashvili
Games played: 183
Competition format: Knock-out
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
PGN game file: wwc2001-wch.pgn