World Championship |
Dates: |
10th November - 1st December 2012 |
City: |
Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Venue: |
Ugra Chess Academy |
Organizers: |
FIDE |
Chief Arbiter: |
IA Hal Bond (CAN) |
Arbiters: |
IA Mikhail Kryukov (RUS) |
Players participating: |
64 (incl. 19 GMs, 23 IMs, 14 WGMs, 7 WIMs, 1 WFM) |
Eligible: |
World Champion (1): Hou Yifan 2011 World Championship runner-up (1): Humpy 2010 World Ch semifinalists (1): Zhao Xue 2010 World U20 Champion: Muzičuk 2011 World U20 Champion: Cori Tello By Elo rating (6): Gunina, Galliamova, Zhu Chen, Kosteniuk, Skripchenko, Uschenina 2010 European Championship (14): N.Kosintseva, Cmilyte, Sebag, Cramling, T.Kosintseva, Stefanova, M.Muzychuk, Dembo, Zhukova, Soćko, Khurtsidze, Rajlich, Ziaziulkina 2011 European Championship (14): Lahno, Khotenashvili, Pogonina, Danielian, Hoang Thanh Trang, Mkrtchian, Javakhishvili, Bodnaruk, Ovod, Khukhashvili, Foisor, Matveeva, Romanko 2011 American Championship (1): Linares Nápoles (did not arrive) 2011 Asian Championship (1): Harika 2010 Asian Championship (1): Pourkashiyan 2011 African Championship (3): Khaled, Mezioud, Frick Zone 2.1 (3): Krush, Abrahamyan, Zatonskih Zone 2.2 (1): Khoudgarian Zone 2.3 (1): Castrillón Gómez Zone 2.4 (1): Terão Zone 2.5 (1): Luján Zone 3.1 (1): Ghaderpour Zone 3.2 (1): Ranasinghe Zone 3.3 (1): Li Ruofan Zone 3.4 (1): Davletbaeva Zone 3.5 (4): Ju Wenjun, Shen Yang, Huang Qian, Wang Yu A Zone 3.6 (1): Berezina-Feldman Zone 3.7 (1): Soumya Nominated by FIDE President (2): Girya, Guo Qi Replacements: Arribas Robaina (America) |
Games played: |
195 |
Competition format: |
Knock-out |
Tie-breaks: |
none |
Time control: |
90m/40 + 30/all + 30s/incr. |
Website: |
http://chess2012.ugrasport.com/ (cached) |
Other websites: |
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79244
http://www.chessdom.com/womens-world-chess-championship-2012/
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PGN game file: |
wwc2012-wch.pgn |