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The Women's World Championship 2008 is taking place from August 28th to September
18th in Nalchik, in the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. 64 players were
eligible to play in the knock-out event, which has a prize fund of US $450,000.
Due to the tensions in the region the Georgian players and a few others decided
not to participate.
| Nat. | Name | Rtng | G1 |
G2 |
R1 |
R2 |
B1 |
B2 |
SD |
Tot. |
| Round 3 Match 01 | ||||||||||
| RUS | Matveeva, Svetlana | 2412 | 0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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| UKR | Ushenina, Anna | 2476 | 1 |
1 |
2.0 |
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| Round 3 Match 02 | ||||||||||
| HUN | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2487 | ½ |
0 |
0.5 |
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| IND | Koneru, Humpy | 2622 | ½ |
1 |
1.5 |
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| Round 3 Match 03 | ||||||||||
| CHN | Hou, Yifan | 2557 | 1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3.0 |
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| ITA | Sedina, Elena | 2344 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
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| Round 3 Match 04 | ||||||||||
| UKR | Gaponenko, Inna | 2468 | 0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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| BUL | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2550 | 1 |
1 |
2.0 |
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| Round 3 Match 05 | ||||||||||
| SWE | Cramling, Pia | 2544 | 1 |
½ |
1.5 |
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| CHN | Ruan, Lufei | 2499 | 0 |
½ |
0.5 |
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| Round 3 Match 06 | ||||||||||
| IND | Harika, Dronavalli | 2461 | ½ |
0 |
0.5 |
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| ARM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2436 | ½ |
1 |
1.5 |
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| Round 3 Match 07 | ||||||||||
| CHN | Shen, Yang | 2445 | ½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
3.5 |
|
| RUS | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | 2460 | ½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
2.5 |
|
| Round 3 Match 08 | ||||||||||
| RUS | Kosteniuk, Alexsandra | 2510 | ½ |
1 |
1.5 |
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| RUS | Kosintseva, Tatiana | 2511 | ½ |
0 |
0.5 |
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Svetlana Matveeva lost her second game to Anna Ushenina and was eliminated
After winning five games in a row Hou Yifan lost this game against Elena Sedina,
but went on to beat the Italian IM in both rapid chess tiebreak games.
Two successful ladies: Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia, who beat Junior World Champion
Harika Dronavalli 1.5:0.5; and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, who won her second game
against Tatiana Kosintseva with the black pieces to go through to the next round.
Top seed GM Koneru Humpy defeated Hungarian GM Hoang Thanh Trang
Like her sister Tatiana, Nadezhda Kosintseva was knocked out in round three
Chinese WGM Shen Yang eliminated Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva in the tiebreak
blitz games
The Chinese WGM duo Shen Yang, 19 years old, rated 2445, and Hou Yifan, 14,
2557
Shen Yang at the press conference
The ultimate super-talent Hou Yifan
| Nat. | Name | Rtng | G1 |
G2 |
R1 |
R2 |
B1 |
B2 |
SD |
Tot. |
| Round 4 Match 01 | ||||||||||
| RUS | Kosteniuk, Alexsandra | 2510 | 1 |
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| UKR | Ushenina, Anna | 2476 | 1 |
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| Round 4 Match 02 | ||||||||||
| IND | Koneru, Humpy | 2622 | 1 |
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| CHN | Shen, Yang | 2445 | 1 |
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| Round 4 Match 03 | ||||||||||
| ARM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2436 | 1 |
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| CHN | Hou, Yifan | 2557 | 1 |
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| Round 4 Match 04 | ||||||||||
| BUL | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2550 | 1 |
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| SWE | Cramling, Pia | 2544 | 1 |
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Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access to the server. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse the PGN games. |
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