FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 2007-2008

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World Championship :: Nalchik 2008

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Final standings

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pos. name seed Elo flag R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
W GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS 47
2—0
BYE
 
9
1½—½
6
1½—½
4
1½—½
2
2½—1½
RU WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN 51
2—0
24
2—0
16
3—1
8
1½—½
3
4—2
1
1½—2½
SF GM Humpy, Koneru (2) 2622 IND 52
2—0
BYE
 
11
1½—½
7
2—0
2
2—4
SF GM Cramling, Pia (5) 2544 SWE 50
1½—½
26
1½—½
10
1½—½
5
1½—½
1
½—1½
QF GM Stefanova, Antoaneta (4) 2550 BUL 64
2—0
25
3—1
12
2—0
4
½—1½
QF WGM Ushenina, Anna (17) 2476 UKR 41
1½—½
21
1½—½
15
2—0
1
½—1½
QF WGM Shen Yang (26) 2445 CHN 36
1½—½
18
1½—½
14
3½—2½
3
0—2
QF IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (27) 2436 ARM 35
3½—2½
30
1½—½
13
1½—½
2
½—1½
R16 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana (8) 2511 RUS 48
2—0
23
1½—½
1
½—1½
R16 WGM Ruan Lufei (12) 2499 CHN 44
1½—½
27
1½—½
4
½—1½
R16 GM Hoang Thanh Trang (15) 2487 HUN 43
1½—½
22
1½—½
3
½—1½
R16 IM Gaponenko, Inna (20) 2468 UKR 39
1½—½
29
2½—1½
5
0—2
R16 IM Harika, Dronavalli (22) 2461 IND 38
2—0
20
2½—1½
8
½—1½
R16 IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda (23) 2460 RUS 37
2—0
19
2½—1½
7
2½—3½
R16 IM Matveeva, Svetlana (33) 2412 RUS 60
2—0
17
1½—½
6
0—2
R16 IM Sedina, Elena (46) 2344 ITA 56
2—0
28
3—1
2
1—3
R32 GM Xu Yuhua (1) 2483 CHN 53
1½—½
15
½—1½
R32 IM Zhao Xue (7) 2522 CHN 49
2—0
7
½—1½
R32 IM Čmilytė, Viktorija (10) 2508 LTU 46
1½—½
14
1½—2½
R32 WGM Muzičuk, Anna (11) 2504 SLO 45
2—0
13
1½—2½
R32 WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (16) 2481 GER 42
4—3
6
½—1½
R32 IM Soćko, Monika (18) 2473 POL 40
4—3
11
½—1½
R32 IM Zatonskih, Anna (25) 2446 USA 62
2—0
9
½—1½
R32 WGM Batkhuyag, Munguntuul (35) 2406 MGL 34
2—0
2
0—2
R32 Ju Wenjun (36) 2389 CHN 33
2½—1½
5
1—3
R32 Tan Zhongyi (37) 2387 CHN 32
1½—½
4
½—1½
R32 WGM Amura, Claudia (44) 2345 ARG 57
2—0
10
½—1½
R32 WGM Nguyễn Thị Thanh An (51) 2323 VIE 55
2—0
16
1—3
R32 WGM Rohonyan, Katerina (52) 2321 USA 31
2½—1½
12
1½—2½
R32 WFM Gasik, Anna (59) 2211 POL 54
2—0
8
½—1½
R32 WGM Zhukova, Natalia (13) 2489 UKR 29
1½—2½
R32 IM Tania, Sachdev (28) 2432 IND 26
½—1½
R64 WGM Bojković, Nataša (29) 2423 SRB 25
1½—2½
R64 IM Rajlich, Iweta (30) 2417 POL 24
0—2
R64 IM Moser, Eva (38) 2383 AUT 8
2½—3½
R64 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino (39) 2374 GER 7
½—1½
R64 WGM Mohota, Nisha (42) 2354 IND 14
0—2
R64 WGM Nebolsina, Vera (43) 2350 RUS 13
0—2
R64 WGM Zhang Jilin (45) 2344 CHN 12
½—1½
R64 WIM Foișor, Sabina-Francesca (47) 2337 ROM 22
3—4
R64 WIM Lê Thanh Tú (48) 2325 VIE 6
½—1½
R64 WGM Kadimova, Ilaha (49) 2324 AZE 21
3—4
R64 WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza (50) 2323 CUB 11
½—1½
R64 WGM Zakurdyaeva, Irina (53) 2308 RUS 10
½—1½
R64 WGM Velcheva, Maria (54) 2281 BUL 20
0—2
R64 WIM Golubenko, Valentina (55) 2271 CRO 19
½—1½
R64 WIM Pourkashiyan, Atousa (56) 2269 IRI 1
0—2
R64 Muminova, Nafisa (57) 2242 UZB 9
0—2
R64 WIM Zuriel, Marisa (58) 2231 ARG 18
0—2
R64 WGM Sánchez Castillo, Saraí (60) 2202 VEN 4
½—1½
R64 WIM Khaled, Mona (62) 2007 EGY 2
0—2
R64 Alaa El-Din, Yosra (63) 1959 EGY 3
0—2
R64 WIM Solomons, Anzel (64) 1895 RSA 17
½—1½
R64 IM Sebag, Marie (6) 2529 FRA Did not start.  
 
R64 GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (14) 2489 GEO Did not start.  
 
R64 IM Krush, Irina (19) 2470 USA Did not start.  
 
R64 IM Javakhishvili, Lela (21) 2461 GEO Did not start.  
 
R64 WGM Korbut, Ekaterina (24) 2459 RUS Did not start.  
 
R64 IM Lomineishvili, Maia (31) 2414 GEO Did not start.  
 
R64 IM Khurtsidze, Nino (32) 2413 GEO Did not start.  
 
R64 WGM Khukhashvili, Sopiko (34) 2408 GEO Did not start.  
 
R64 IM Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea (40) 2358 NED Did not start.  
 
R64 WIM Gvetadze, Sopio (41) 2355 GEO Did not start.  
 
R64 WIM Zapata Campos, Karen (61) 2180 PER Did not start.  
 






Round of 64

29th - 31st August 2008


name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Matveeva, Svetlana (33) 2412 RUS 2 +w/o +w/o
IM Khurtsidze, Nino (32) 2413 GEO 0 -w/o -w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2
Tan Zhongyi (37) 2387 CHN ½ 1
IM Tania, Sachdev (28) 2432 IND ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino (39) 2374 GER ½ ½ 0
WGM Shen Yang (26) 2445 CHN ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (27) 2436 ARM ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
IM Moser, Eva (38) 2383 AUT ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Krush, Irina (19) 2470 USA 0 -w/o -w/o
IM Sedina, Elena (46) 2344 ITA 2 +w/o +w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda (23) 2460 RUS 2 1 1
WGM Mohota, Nisha (42) 2354 IND 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Nguyễn Thị Thanh An (51) 2323 VIE 2 +w/o +w/o
GM Chiburdanidze, Maia (14) 2489 GEO 0 -w/o -w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Zhang Jilin (45) 2344 CHN ½ ½ 0
IM Gaponenko, Inna (20) 2468 UKR ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
WGM Bojković, Nataša (29) 2423 SRB ½ ½ ½ 0
Ju Wenjun (36) 2389 CHN ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Nebolsina, Vera (43) 2350 RUS 0 0 0
IM Harika, Dronavalli (22) 2461 IND 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Hoang Thanh Trang (15) 2487 HUN 1 ½
WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza (50) 2323 CUB ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
WGM Zhukova, Natalia (13) 2489 UKR 0 1 ½ 0
WGM Rohonyan, Katerina (52) 2321 USA 1 0 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2 A
WIM Foișor, Sabina-Francesca (47) 2337 ROM 3 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0
IM Soćko, Monika (18) 2473 POL 4 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Javakhishvili, Lela (21) 2461 GEO 0 -w/o -w/o
WGM Amura, Claudia (44) 2345 ARG 2 +w/o +w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Zakurdyaeva, Irina (53) 2308 RUS ½ 0 ½
WGM Ruan Lufei (12) 2499 CHN 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Zatonskih, Anna (25) 2446 USA 2 +w/o +w/o
IM Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea (40) 2358 NED 0 -w/o -w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2 A
WGM Kadimova, Ilaha (49) 2324 AZE 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (16) 2481 GER 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Ushenina, Anna (17) 2476 UKR 1 ½
WIM Lê Thanh Tú (48) 2325 VIE ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Muzičuk, Anna (11) 2504 SLO 2 1 1
WGM Velcheva, Maria (54) 2281 BUL 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WIM Golubenko, Valentina (55) 2271 CRO ½ 0 ½
IM Čmilytė, Viktorija (10) 2508 LTU 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS 2 1 1
WIM Pourkashiyan, Atousa (56) 2269 IRI 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
Muminova, Nafisa (57) 2242 UZB 0 0 0
IM Kosintseva, Tatiana (8) 2511 RUS 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Zhao Xue (7) 2522 CHN 2 1 1
WIM Zuriel, Marisa (58) 2231 ARG 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Cramling, Pia (5) 2544 SWE 1 ½
WGM Sánchez Castillo, Saraí (60) 2202 VEN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WFM Gasik, Anna (59) 2211 POL 2 +w/o +w/o
IM Sebag, Marie (6) 2530 FRA 0 -w/o -w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WIM Zapata Campos, Karen (61) 2180 PER 0 -w/o -w/o
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta (4) 2550 BUL 2 +w/o +w/o

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Batkhuyag, Munguntuul (35) 2261 MGL 2 1 1
IM Rajlich, Iweta (30) 2417 POL 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
Alaa El-Din, Yosra (63) 1959 EGY 0 0 0
GM Humpy, Koneru (2) 2622 IND 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN 2 1 1
WIM Khaled, Mona (62) 2007 EGY 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Xu Yuhua (1) 2483 CHN 1 ½
WIM Solomons, Anzel (64) 1895 RSA ½ 0 ½



Round of 32

1st - 3rd September 2008


name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
IM Čmilytė, Viktorija (10) 2508 LTU ½ ½ 0 ½
IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda (23) 2460 RUS ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Shen Yang (26) 2445 CHN 1 ½
IM Zhao Xue (7) 2522 CHN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
IM Harika, Dronavalli (22) 2461 IND ½ ½ ½ 1
WGM Muzičuk, Anna (11) 2504 SLO ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Soćko, Monika (18) 2473 POL ½ ½ 0
GM Hoang Thanh Trang (15) 2487 HUN ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Kosintseva, Tatiana (8) 2511 RUS 1 ½
IM Zatonskih, Anna (25) 2446 USA ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth (16) 2481 GER ½ 0 ½
WGM Ushenina, Anna (17) 2476 UKR 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta (4) 2550 BUL 3 ½ ½ 1 1
Ju Wenjun (36) 2389 CHN 1 ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
Tan Zhongyi (37) 2387 CHN ½ ½ 0
GM Cramling, Pia (5) 2544 SWE ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Matveeva, Svetlana (33) 2412 RUS 1 ½
GM Xu Yuhua (1) 2483 CHN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Ruan Lufei (12) 2499 CHN ½ 1
WGM Amura, Claudia (44) 2345 ARG ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WGM Batkhuyag, Munguntuul (35) 2261 MGL 0 0 0
WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
IM Gaponenko, Inna (20) 2468 UKR 1 0 ½ 1
WGM Rohonyan, Katerina (52) 2321 USA 0 1 ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
WGM Nguyễn Thị Thanh An (51) 2323 VIE 1 ½ ½ 0 0
IM Sedina, Elena (46) 2344 ITA 3 ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
WFM Gasik, Anna (59) 2211 POL ½ ½ 0
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (27) 2436 ARM ½ 1

name seed Elo flag
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Humpy, Koneru (2) 2622 IND
BYE



Round of 16

4th September 2008


name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Hoang Thanh Trang (15) 2487 HUN ½ ½ 0
GM Humpy, Koneru (2) 2622 IND ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Cramling, Pia (5) 2544 SWE 1 ½
WGM Ruan Lufei (12) 2499 CHN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS ½ 1
IM Kosintseva, Tatiana (8) 2511 RUS ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Gaponenko, Inna (20) 2468 UKR 0 0 0
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta (4) 2550 BUL 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2
WGM Shen Yang (26) 2445 CHN ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½
IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda (23) 2460 RUS ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2
WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN 3 1 0 1 1
IM Sedina, Elena (46) 2344 ITA 1 0 1 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Harika, Dronavalli (22) 2461 IND ½ ½ 0
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (27) 2436 ARM ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Matveeva, Svetlana (33) 2412 RUS 0 0 0
WGM Ushenina, Anna (17) 2476 UKR 2 1 1



Quarterfinals

7th September 2008


name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta (4) 2550 BUL ½ 0 ½
GM Cramling, Pia (5) 2544 SWE 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Humpy, Koneru (2) 2622 IND 2 1 1
WGM Shen Yang (26) 2445 CHN 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (27) 2436 ARM ½ ½ 0
WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS ½ 1
WGM Ushenina, Anna (17) 2476 UKR ½ ½ 0



Semifinals

10th - 12th September 2008


name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2
WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN 4 1 0 1 0 1 1
GM Humpy, Koneru (2) 2622 IND 2 0 1 0 1 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS 1 ½
GM Cramling, Pia (5) 2544 SWE ½ 0 ½



Final

14th - 17th September 2008


name seed Elo flag 1 2 3 4
WGM Hou Yifan (3) 2557 CHN 0 ½ ½ ½
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra (9) 2510 RUS 1 ½ ½ ½







Information

World Championship
Dates: 28th August - 18th September 2008
City: Nalchik (Russia)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter: IA Zsuzsanna Veroci (HUN)
Arbiters: IA Mikko Markkula (FIN)
Players participating: 64 (incl. 7 GMs, 21 IMs, 22 WGMs, 9 WIMs, 1 WFM)
Eligible: Placed 1-4 in 2006 World Championship (4): Xu Yuhua, Galliamova (did not arrive), Čmilytė, Matveeva
2006 World U20 Champion: Shen Yang
2007 World U20 Champion: Nebolsina
By Elo rating (6): Humpy, Hou Yufan, Stefanova, Cramling, Kosteniuk, Chiburdanidze
2006 European Championship (12): Sebag, Muzičuk, Zhukova, Pähtz, Ushenina, Gaponenko, Mkrtchian, Bosboom-Lanchava, Gvetadze, Sedina, Kadimova, Velcheva
2007 European Championship (16): T.Kosintseva, Hoang Thank Trang, Soćko, Javakhishvili, N.Kosintseva, Korbut, Bojković, Rajlich, Lomineishvili, Khurtsidze, Khukhashvili, Moser, Kachiani-Gersinska, Foisor, Zakurdyaeva, Golubenko
2007 American Championship (2): Zuriel, Sánchez Castillo
2007 Asian Championship (3): Tania, Ruan Lufei, Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
2007 African Championship (3): Khaled, Solomons, Alaa El-Din
Zone 2.1 (3): Krush, Rohonyan, Zatonskih
Zone 2.2 (1): Khoudgarian
Zone 2.3 (1): Arribas Robaina
Zone 2.4 (1): Zapata Campos
Zone 2.5 (1): Amura
Zone 3.1 (1): Pourkashiyan
Zone 3.2 (1): Harika
Zone 3.3 (1): Lê Thanh Tú
Zone 3.4 (1): Muminova
Zone 3.5 (4): Hou Yifan, Tan Zhongyi, Zhang Jilin, Ju Wenjun
Zone 3.6 (1): Berezina-Feldman (did not arrive)
Nominated by FIDE President (2): Batkhuyag, Gasik
Replacements: Mohota (next best from Asian Ch.; replaced Berezina)
Games played: 158 (14 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Knock-out
Tie-breaks: none
Time control: 90m/40 + 30/all + 30s/incr.
Website: https://nalchik2008.fide.com/ (cached)
Other websites: http://rules.chessdom.com/world-women-chess-championship
https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/2982-players-undertaking-for-participation-in-the-2008-womens-world-chess-championship (cached)
PGN game file: wwc2008-wch.pgn