Women's World Chess Championship 2006

The Women's World Chess Championship 2006 took place from March 10–27, 2006 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. For the fourth time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.

The tournament was won by Xu Yuhua, who beat Alisa Galliamova in the final by 2½ to ½. Notably, Xu Yuhua was three months pregnant at the time.

Participants

Players were seeded by their Elo ratings (January 2006 list),^[1] except that defending champion Antoaneta Stefanova was the no. 1 seed.

Only two players from the top 20 were absent: Judit Polgár (ranked the no. 1 woman in the world - and 14th overall) who instead took part in the open championship events of 2005 and 2007, as well as Hoang Thanh Trang (ranked 11th).

Results

Final match

Women's World Chess Championship Final 2006

	1	2	3	Total
Alisa Galliamova (Russia)	0	½	0	½
Xu Yuhua (China)	1	½	1	2½

Bracket

	1st Round					2nd Round					3rd Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	44	Evgenija Ovod	2
	21	Nana Dzagnidze	4
						21	Nana Dzagnidze	1½
						53	Ju Wenjun	2½
	12	Monika Soćko	½
	53	Ju Wenjun	1½
											53	Ju Wenjun	2
											5	Maia Chiburdanidze	4
	60	Ingris Rivera	½
	5	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½
						5	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½
						28	Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	½
	28	Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	2½
	37	Marta Zielińska	1½
																5	Maia Chiburdanidze	1
																13	Viktorija Čmilytė	3
	36	Cristina Adela Foisor	1½
	29	Elina Danielian	2½
						29	Elina Danielian	0
						4	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2
	4	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2
	61	Natalia Khoudgarian	0
											4	Alexandra Kosteniuk	½
											13	Viktorija Čmilytė	1½
	52	Atousa Pourkashiyan	½
	13	Viktorija Čmilytė	1½
						13	Viktorija Čmilytė	4
						45	Ruan Lufei	2
	20	Lilit Mkrtchian	1½
	45	Ruan Lufei	2½
																					14	Viktorija Čmilytė	½
																					16	Alisa Galliamova	1½
	48	Carolina Lujan	1½
	17	Yelena Dembo	½
						48	Carolina Lujan	1
						16	Alisa Galliamova	3
	16	Alisa Galliamova	1½
	49	Maka Purtseladze	½
											16	Alisa Galliamova	2½
											32	Iweta Radziewicz	1½
	64	Amina Mezioud	½
	1	Antoaneta Stefanova	1½
						1	Antoaneta Stefanova	1
						32	Iweta Radziewicz	3
	32	Iweta Radziewicz	2
	33	Tatiana Kononenko	0
																16	Alisa Galliamova	2
																25	Nino Khurtsidze	0
	40	Wang Yu	1½
	25	Nino Khurtsidze	2½
						25	Nino Khurtsidze	1½
						57	Maritza Arribas	½
	8	Zhu Chen	0
	57	Maritza Arribas	2
											25	Nino Khurtsidze	2
											56	Hou Yifan	0
	56	Hou Yifan	1½
	9	Nadezhda Kosintseva	½
						56	Hou Yifan	2
						24	Natalia Zhukova	0
	24	Natalia Zhukova	3½
	41	Shen Yang	2½
																										16	Alisa Galliamova	½
																										6	Xu Yuhua	2½
	42	Irina Slavina-Turova	½
	23	Lela Javakhishvili	1½
						23	Lela Javakhishvili	1
						10	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	3
	10	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	1½
	55	Irina Berezina-Feldman	½
											10	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	½
											26	Svetlana Matveeva	1½
	58	Karen Zapata	1½
	7	Kateryna Lahno	½
						58	Karen Zapata	½
						26	Svetlana Matveeva	1½
	26	Svetlana Matveeva	2
	39	Irina Vasilevich	0
																26	Svetlana Matveeva	1½
																34	Marie Sebag	½
	34	Marie Sebag	1½
	31	Elena Zaiatz	½
						34	Marie Sebag	3
						2	Humpy Koneru	1
	2	Humpy Koneru	2
	63	Tuduetso Sabure	0
											34	Marie Sebag	4
											15	Qin Kanying	2
	50	Dana Aketayeva	½
	15	Qin Kanying	1½
						15	Qin Kanying	2½
						47	Jovanka Houska	1½
	18	Almira Skripchenko	½
	47	Jovanka Houska	1½
																					26	Svetlana Matveeva	½
																					6	Xu Yuhua	1½
	46	Sulennis Pina	½
	19	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	1½
						19	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	1½
						51	Maria Kursova	½
	14	Zhao Xue	½
	51	Maria Kursova	1½
											19	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2½
											35	Peng Zhaoqin	1½
	62	Farid Basta Sohair	0
	3	Pia Cramling	2
						3	Pia Cramling	½
						35	Peng Zhaoqin	1½
	30	Elisabeth Pähtz	2
	35	Peng Zhaoqin	4
																19	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	1½
																6	Xu Yuhua	2½
	38	Anna Ushenina	3
	27	Ekaterina Korbut	1
						38	Anna Ushenina	½
						6	Xu Yuhua	1½
	6	Xu Yuhua	1½
	59	Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet	½
											6	Xu Yuhua	1½
											11	Tatiana Kosintseva	1
	54	Subbaraman Meenakshi	0
	11	Tatiana Kosintseva	2
						11	Tatiana Kosintseva	1½
						22	Irina Krush	½
	22	Irina Krush	2½
	43	Claudia Amura	1½

References

External links

• Chessbase Reports