FIDE World Championship |
Dates: |
16th March - 7th April 2015 |
City: |
Sochi (Russia) |
Venue: |
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Organizers: |
FIDE |
Chief Arbiter: |
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Players participating: |
64 (incl. 20 GMs, 20 IMs, 18 WGMs, 6 WIMs) |
Eligible: |
2013 World Champion (1): Hou Yifan (did not play) 2013 World Championship Runner-up (1): Ushenina 2012 World Championship semifinalists (2): Harika, Ju Wenjun 2012 World U20 Champion: Guo Qi 2013 World U20 Champion: Goryachkina By Elo rating (6): Humpy, Zhao Xue, M.Muzychuk, Stefanova, Tan Zhongyi, Pähtz 2012 European Championship (14): A.Muzychuk, Cmilyte, Kosteniuk, Gunina, Khotenashvili, Danielian, T.Kosintseva, Sebag, Javakhishvili, Hoang Thanh Trang, Melia, Khurtsidze, Pogonina, Kovaonva 2013 European Championship (14): Cramling, Soćko, Girya, Mkrtchian, Kovalevskaya, Kashlinskaya, Atalik, Daulyte, Gaponenko, Arakhamia-Grant, Milliet, Arabidze, Guramishvili, Öztürk 2014 American Championship (1): Zuriel 2013 Asia Championship (1): Huang Qian 2012 Asian Championship (1): Kharisma Sukandar 2013 African Championship (3): Shroohk, Moaataz, Mezioud Zone 2.1 (3): Krush, Zatonskih, Abrahamyan Zone 2.2 (1): Yuan Yuanling (no zonal) Zone 2.3 (1): Marrero López Zone 2.4 (1): Cori Tello (no zonal) Zone 2.5 (1): Luján Zone 3.1 (1): Zhu Chen Zone 3.2 (1): Shamima Zone 3.3 (1): Nguyễn Thị Thanh An Zone 3.4 (1): Nakhbaeva Zone 3.5 (4): Wang Jue, Lei Tingjie, Shen Yang, Zhang Xiaowen Zone 3.6 (1): Berezina-Feldman Zone 3.7 (1): Gomes Nominated by FIDE President (2): Zhukova, Galliamova Replacements: Stefanova (replaced Hou Yifan, by rating) Note! FIDE Regulations 3.1.a explicitly grant qualification to both participants of the WWCC 2013 match (one of them is the WWCC 2012 winner), as well as both semifinallists from WWC 2012, but not to the runner-up! It was obviously an erroneous rule. The hadicapped player (Stefanova) luckily qualified by rating so this had no practical meaning whatsoever. |
Games played: |
202 |
Competition format: |
Knock-out |
Tie-breaks: |
none |
Time control: |
90m/40 + 30/all + 30s/incr. |
Website: |
https://sochi2015.fide.com/ (cached) |
Other websites: |
https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=fcalview&aid=1234 (cached)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship_2015
https://en.chessbase.com/post/2015-women-s-world-championship-is-announced
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PGN game file: |
wwc2015-wch.pgn |