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    Women's World Chess Championship 2015

    world women champ

    Women's world chess championship 2023 -- Women's world chess championship 2020 -- 2018 / 2 -- 2018 -- 2017 -- 2016 -- 2013 -- 2012 -- 2011 -- 2010


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    Muzychuk (Ukraine) is the new World Women Chess Champion
    by A.Karlovich

    Women's world chess championship takes place in Sochi ( Russian Federation ) from 16th March to 7th April 2015

    64-player knock out system. Each match shall be played over 2 games and the winner of every match shall be the first player to score 1.5 or more points. The final match, or round 6, shall be played over 4 games and the winner of the match shall be the first player to score 2.5 or more points.

    Tie break: 2 tie break games ( 25 mn + 10 sec per move ). If the score remains equal they will play 2 more games (10 minutes + 10 sec per move). If the score is still level, one sudden death game ( Armageddon game ) will be played.

    The time control shall be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.






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    Final -- ( 2 - 6th APRIL , 2015)
    PlayersG1G2G3G4Total
    Muzychuk, M. ( UKR )0.510.50.52.5
    Pogonina, N. ( RUS )0.50.50.50.5;1.5


    SEMI-FINALS ( 29 - 31st March )
     
    Muzychuk, M. ( UKR ) -- Harika, D. ( IND ) 3.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 2.5 - 1.5
     
    Pogonina, N. ( RUS ) -- Cramling, P. ( SWE ) 2.5 - 1.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 0.5
     


    QUARTER-FINALS ( 26 - 28th March )
     
    Koneru, H. ( IND ) - Muzychuk, M. ( UKR ) 1.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 0.5 - 1.5
     
    Arabidze, M. ( GEO ) -- Harika, D. ( IND ) 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Pogonina, N. ( RUS ) -- Zhao, X. ( CHN ) 2.5 - 1.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 0.5
     
    Muzychuk, A. ( UKR ) -- Cramling, P. ( SWE ) 2.5 - 3.5                                                                                 
     


    ROUND 3 ( 23 - 25th March )
     
    Koneru, H. ( IND ) - Galliamova, A. ( RUS ) 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Muzychuk, M. ( UKR ) - Stefanova, A. ( BUL ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Cmilyte, V.( LIT ) - Arabidze, M.( GEO ) 1.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 0.5 - 1.5
     
    Kosteniuk, A. ( RUS ) - Harika, D. ( IND ) 1.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 0.5 - 1.5
     
    Pogonina, N. ( RUS ) - Sebag, M. ( FRA ) 3 - 1after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 2 - 0
     
    Zhao, X. ( CHN ) - Khotenashvili, B. ( GEO ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Muzychuk, A. ( UKR ) - Javakhishvili, L. ( GEO ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Gunina, V. ( RUS ) - Cramling, P. ( SWE ) 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     


    ROUND 2 ( 20 - 22nd March )
     
    Koneru, H. ( IND ) - Lei, T. (CHN ) 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Stefanova, A. ( BUL ) - Gaponenko, I. ( UKR ) 2.5- 1.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 0.5
     
    Muzychuk, M. ( UKR ) - Socko, M. ( POL ) 3 - 1after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 2 - 0
     
    Galliamova, A. ( RUS ) - Kosintseva, T. ( RUS ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Cmilyte, V. ( LIT ) - Kovalevskaya, E. ( RUS ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Marrero Lopez, Y. ( CUB ) - Arabidze, M. ( GEO ) 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Kosteniuk, A. ( RUS ) - Shen, Y. ( CHN ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Harika, D. ( IND ) - Krush, I. ( USA ) 2.5 - 1.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 0.5
     
    Ju, W. ( CHN ) - Pogonina, N. ( RUS ) 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Ushenina, A. ( UKR ) - Sebag, M. ( FRA ) 1.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 0.5 - 1.5
     
    Zhao, X. ( CHN ) - Melia, S. ( GEO ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Khotenashvili, B. ( GEO ) - Huang, Q. ( CHN ) 4.5 - 3.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 3.5 - 2.5
     
    Muzychuk, A. ( UKR ) - Goryachkina, A. ( GEO ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Tan, Z. ( CHN ) - Javakhishvili, L. ( GEO ) 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Gunina, V. ( RUS ) - Girya, O. ( RUS ) 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Cramling, P. ( SWE ) - Arakhamia-Grant ( SCO ) 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     


    ROUND 1 ( 17 - 19th March )
     
    Koneru, H. IND -- Mootaz, A. EGY 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Wafa, Shrook EGY - Ju, Wenjun CHN 0 - 2                                                                                 
     
    Muzychuk, Anna UKR - Mezioud, Amina ALG 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Shamima, Akter Liza BAN - Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 0 - 2                                                                                 
     
    Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS - Berezina, Irina AUS 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Baginskaite, Camilla USA - Gunina, Valentina RUS 0 - 2                                                                                 
     
    Zhao, Xue CHN - Zuriel, Marisa ARG 3 - 1after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 2 - 0
     
    Yuan, Yuanling CAN - Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 1.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 0.5 - 1.5
     
     
    Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL - Nguyen, Thi Than An VIE 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                  
     
    Ozturk, Kubra TUR - Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Cramling, Pia SWE - Hejazipour, Mitra IRI 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Abrahamyan, Tatev USA - Harika, Dronavalli IND 0 - 2                                                                                 
     
    Danielian, Elina ARM - Marrero Lopez, Yaniet CUB 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                  
     
    Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan KAZ - Tan, Zhongyi CHN 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                  
     
    Ushenina, Anna UKR - Zhang, Xiaowen CHN 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
     
    Lujan, Carolina ARG - Galliamova, Alisa RUS 2.5 - 3.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 2.5
     
    Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS - Gomes, Mary Ann IND 5 - 4 Guramishvili
     
    Wang, Jue CHN - Sebag, Marie FRA 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Javakhishvili, Lela GEO - Guramishvili, Sopiko GEO 3.5 - 2.5after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 2.5 - 1.5
     
    Arabidze, Meri GEO - Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 4 - 2 after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 3 - 1
     
    Krush, Irina USA - Milliet, Sophie FRA 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO - Hoang, Thanh Trang HUN 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Huang, Qian CHN - Kovanova, Baira RUS 2.5 - 1.5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 0.5
     
     
    Gaponenko, Inna UKR - Zhukova, Natalia UKR 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                  
     
    Socko, Monika POL - Daulyte, Deimante LTU 4 - 2 after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 3 - 1
     
    Sukandar, Irine Kharisma INA - Melia, Salome GEO 1 - 3 after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 0 - 2
     
    Girya, Olga RUS - Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2 - 0                                                                                 
     
    Kashlinskaya, Alina RUS - Shen, Yang CHN 1.5 - 2.5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 1.5 - 2.5
     
    Khurtsidze, Nino GEO - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 0.5 - 1.5                                                                                 
     
    Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM - Goryachkina, Aleksandra RUS 4 - 5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break: 3 - 4
     
    Pogonina, Natalija RUS - Guo, Qi CHN 1.5 - 0.5                                                                                 
     
    Cori T., Deysi PER - Lei, Tingjie CHN 0 - 2                                                                                  
     








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