Women's World Championship
Ekaterinburg, Russia, March 10–27, 2006
The World Women's Championship is being held from 10-27
March 2006, in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
The knockout event has 64 participants, with reigning
world champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria defending her title.
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The quarterfinal games in Ekaterinburg (photo FIDE)
Alisa Galliamova vs Nino Khurtsidze (photo FIDE)
Alisa Galliamova of Russia simply outplayed her Georgian opponent Nino Khurtsidze
in both their games, fairly convincingly, to advance to the semifinals, where
she will face Viktorija Cmilyte.
Aren't we Georgians supposed to win these things? Nino Khurtsidze (photo
FIDE)
Alisa! 34-year-old IM Alisa Galliamov, Russia (photo Pufichek)
IM Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania
Viktorija Cmilyte vs Maia Chiburdanidze in the quarterfinals (photo FIDE)
The Lithuanian IM Viktorija Cmilyte lost her first game against veteran former
women's world champion Maia Chiburdanidze in a double-rook ending, only to
come back stongly in the second game after her opponent misjudged a pawn sacrifice
(with 27...Nb4?) and Cmilyte was able to win the endgame with rooks and opposite
coloured bishops on the board. She went on to win bot rapid games and advance
to the semis.
Russian WGM Svetlana Matveeva (photo Pufichek)
35-year-old Svetlana Matveeva drew her first white game against 19-year-old
French talent Marie Sebag, but took the second, a French Tarrasch with the
black piece, to advance. Her opponent in the semifinals will be the last remaining
Chinese player, Xu Yuhua, who played two draws in the regular games against
Russian Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, the runner up of the 2004 women's world championship.
Xu won the first rapid chess game, and came close to winning the second as
well (38...Rf3 would have done it). The draw was enough to advance into the
semifinals.
Top Chinese WGM Xu Yuhua (photo Pufichek)
Results of round four
| Name |
Rtng |
G1 |
G2 |
R1 |
R2 |
B1 |
B2 |
SD |
Total |
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Round 4 Match 01 |
| Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) |
2467 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
| Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) |
2430 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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Round 4 Match 02 |
| Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) |
2428 |
½ |
1 |
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1,5 |
| Sebag, Marie (FRA) |
2415 |
½ |
0 |
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0,5 |
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Round 4 Match 03 |
| Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) |
2458 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
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1,5 |
| Xu, Yuhua (CHN) |
2502 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
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2,5 |
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Round 4 Match 04 |
| Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) |
2511 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
| Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) |
2475 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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3 |
Schedule
| Opening Ceremony/Players' meeting |
10 March |
| Round 1: |
2 days play + tiebreaks |
11-12 March |
| Round 2: |
2 days play + tiebreaks |
13-14 March |
| Round 3: |
2 days play + tiebreaks |
15-16 March |
| Free Day |
1 day free |
17 March |
| Round 4: |
2 days play + tiebreaks |
18-19 March |
| Round 5: |
2 days play + tiebreaks |
20-21 March |
| Free Day |
1 day free |
22 March |
| Round 6: |
4 days play |
23-26 March |
| Tie-breaks/Closing Ceremony: |
27 March |
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