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World Championship :: Nalchik 2008

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Final standings


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

Round of 64

29th - 31st August 2008

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
Tan Zhongyi	(37)	2387		1½	½	1
IM Tania, Sachdev	(28)	2432		½	½	0

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino	(39)	2374		½	½	0
WGM Shen Yang	(26)	2445		1½	½	1

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2	B1	B2
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit	(27)	2436		3½	½	½	½	½	½	1
IM Moser, Eva	(38)	2383		2½	½	½	½	½	½	0

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

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

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WGM Zhang Jilin	(45)	2344		½	½	0
IM Gaponenko, Inna	(20)	2468		1½	½	1

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2
WGM Bojković, Nataša	(29)	2423		1½	½	½	½	0
Ju Wenjun	(36)	2389		2½	½	½	½	1

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Hoang Thanh Trang	(15)	2487		1½	1	½
WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza	(50)	2323		½	0	½

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2
WGM Zhukova, Natalia	(13)	2489		1½	0	1	½	0
WGM Rohonyan, Katerina	(52)	2321		2½	1	0	½	1

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

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WGM Zakurdyaeva, Irina	(53)	2308		½	0	½
WGM Ruan Lufei	(12)	2499		1½	1	½

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

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WGM Ushenina, Anna	(17)	2476		1½	1	½
WIM Lê Thanh Tú	(48)	2325		½	0	½

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WIM Golubenko, Valentina	(55)	2271		½	0	½
IM Čmilytė, Viktorija	(10)	2508		1½	1	½

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

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

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Cramling, Pia	(5)	2544		1½	1	½
WGM Sánchez Castillo, Saraí	(60)	2202		½	0	½

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

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

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

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

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Xu Yuhua	(1)	2483		1½	1	½
WIM Solomons, Anzel	(64)	1895		½	0	½

Round of 32

1st - 3rd September 2008

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2
IM Čmilytė, Viktorija	(10)	2508		1½	½	½	0	½
IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	(23)	2460		2½	½	½	1	½

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WGM Shen Yang	(26)	2445		1½	1	½
IM Zhao Xue	(7)	2522		½	0	½

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2
IM Harika, Dronavalli	(22)	2461		2½	½	½	½	1
WGM Muzičuk, Anna	(11)	2504		1½	½	½	½	0

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
IM Soćko, Monika	(18)	2473		½	½	0
GM Hoang Thanh Trang	(15)	2487		1½	½	1

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
IM Kosintseva, Tatiana	(8)	2511		1½	1	½
IM Zatonskih, Anna	(25)	2446		½	0	½

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WGM Pähtz, Elisabeth	(16)	2481		½	0	½
WGM Ushenina, Anna	(17)	2476		1½	1	½

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
Tan Zhongyi	(37)	2387		½	½	0
GM Cramling, Pia	(5)	2544		1½	½	1

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
IM Matveeva, Svetlana	(33)	2412		1½	1	½
GM Xu Yuhua	(1)	2483		½	0	½

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WGM Ruan Lufei	(12)	2499		1½	½	1
WGM Amura, Claudia	(44)	2345		½	½	0

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2
IM Gaponenko, Inna	(20)	2468		2½	1	0	½	1
WGM Rohonyan, Katerina	(52)	2321		1½	0	1	½	0

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
WFM Gasik, Anna	(59)	2211		½	½	0
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit	(27)	2436		1½	½	1

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

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

Round of 16

4th September 2008

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Hoang Thanh Trang	(15)	2487		½	½	0
GM Humpy, Koneru	(2)	2622		1½	½	1

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Cramling, Pia	(5)	2544		1½	1	½
WGM Ruan Lufei	(12)	2499		½	0	½

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	(9)	2510		1½	½	1
IM Kosintseva, Tatiana	(8)	2511		½	½	0

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	R1	R2	B1	B2
WGM Shen Yang	(26)	2445		3½	½	½	0	1	1	½
IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	(23)	2460		2½	½	½	1	0	0	½

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
IM Harika, Dronavalli	(22)	2461		½	½	0
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit	(27)	2436		1½	½	1

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

Quarterfinals

7th September 2008

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta	(4)	2550		½	0	½
GM Cramling, Pia	(5)	2544		1½	1	½

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit	(27)	2436		½	½	0
WGM Hou Yifan	(3)	2557		1½	½	1

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	(9)	2510		1½	½	1
WGM Ushenina, Anna	(17)	2476		½	½	0

Semifinals

10th - 12th September 2008

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

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	(9)	2510		1½	1	½
GM Cramling, Pia	(5)	2544		½	0	½

Final

14th - 17th September 2008

name	seed	Elo	flag	∑	1	2	3	4
WGM Hou Yifan	(3)	2557		1½	0	½	½	½
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	(9)	2510		2½	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

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