World Championship |
Dates: |
2nd - 25th December 2010 |
City: |
Antakya (Turkey) |
Venue: |
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Organizers: |
FIDE |
Tournament Director: |
Mr. Melih Sağit (TUR) |
Chief Arbiter: |
IA Erdem Uçarkuş (TUR) |
Players participating: |
64 (incl. 17 GMs, 20 IMs, 18 WGMs, 8 WIMs, 1 WFM) |
Eligible: |
Placed 1-4 in 2008 World Championship (4): Kosteniuk, Hou Yifan, Humpy, Cramling 2008 World U20 Champion: Harika 2009 World U20 Champion: Soumya By Elo rating (5): Stefanova, Mužičuk, Chiburdanidze, Sebag, Zhao Xue 2008 European Championship (14): Dzagnidze, Lahno, Čmilyte, Soćko, Mkrtchian, Pogonina, Danielian, Skripchenko, Ushenina, Dembo, Zhukova, Houska, Lomineishvili, Demina 2009 European Championship (14): T.Kosintseva, Pähtz, Hoang Thanh Trang, M.Muzychuk, Rajlich, Turova, Khukhashvili, Romanko, C.Foisor, Ovod, Shadrina, Kovanova, Zawadzka, Vasilevich 2009 American Championship (2): Fierro Baquero, Cori Tello 2009 Asian Championship (3): Zhang Xiaowen, Ding Yixin, S.Meenakshi 2009 African Championship (3): De Greeff, Mezioud, Khaled Zone 2.1 (2): Zatonskih, Baginskaite Zone 2.2 (1): Kagramanov Zone 2.3 (1): Heredia Serrano Zone 2.4 (1): Terão (did not arrive) Zone 2.5 (1): Zuriel Zone 3.1 (1): Zhu Chen Zone 3.2 (1): Kruttika Zone 3.3 (1): Batkhuyag Zone 3.4 (1): Muminova Zone 3.5 (4): Ruan Lufei, Shen Yang, Huangq Qian, Ju Wenjun Zone 3.6 (1): Caoili Nominated by FIDE President (2): Öztürk, Yıldız Replacements: Aliaga Fernández (zone 2.4) |
Games played: |
179 |
Competition format: |
Knock-out |
Tie-breaks: |
none |
Time control: |
90m/40 + 30/all + 30s/incr. |
Website: |
http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/en/ |
PGN game file: |
wwc2010-wch.pgn |