Women`s World Chess Championship was held on March 10th-25th in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Chinese Xu Yuhua (2502) is new champion after beating Alisa Galliamova 2.5-0.5 in the final match. 2004 champion Antoaneta Stefanova (2499) was knocked in the 2nd round.
Irina Krush won round one against Claudia Amura (ARG 2366) in rapid tiebreaks, but then got eliminated by Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS 2479).
Alisa Galliamova 2467 - Xu Yuhua 2502
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Bc7 Na6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nb5 g5 15. Be3 Ke7 16. Rd1 d5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bd4 Rhd8 19. e3 Rd7 20. h4 Nc7 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. c5 a6 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. cxb6 Rc6 25. a4 Nd7 26. a5 Nc5 27. Bc3 Na4 28. Bb4+ Kf6 29. b3 Nc5 30. Rb1 Nd7 31. Be2 Rc2 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. Rh5 Kf6 34. g3 Rac8 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Ra2 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Bc3+ Ke7 39. f5 Ne4 40. Bb4+ Kf6 41. Bd3 Rg8 42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. Rh1 Rg3 44. Bxe4 Rxe3+ 45. Kf1 dxe4 46. fxe6 Kxe6 47. Rh6+ Kf5 48. Rd7 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Rxb3 50. Bd2 e3 51. Bc1 Rb1 52. Rc7 Bf3 53. Rhc6 Bxc6 54. Rxc6 Raa1 55. Ke2 Rxa5 56. Bxe3 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Rb3 58. Rc7 Re5 0-1
Irina Krush 2447 - Claudia Amura 2366
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. e6 fxe6 9. h4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 a5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h5 Nge5 13. h6 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 g6 15. Rc1 Nxf3 16. exf3 e5 17. f4 Qf5 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rh4 Rae8 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rf4 Bf5 24. g4 Bd3+ 25. Kg1 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qe5 28. f4 1-0
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The KO format saw a lot of players fall out of the tournament quickly. But congratulations to Xu who did not even drop a game and all this while she was pregnant.
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