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), except that defending champion Antoaneta Stefanova was the no. 1 seed.

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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).

Qualification paths

• WC: Women's World Champion, runner-up and semifinalists of Women's World Chess Championship 2004 (4)
• J04 and J05: World Junior Champions 2004 and 2005
• R: Rating (average of all published ratings from July 2004 to January 2005 was used) (5)
• E04 and E05: European Individual Championships 2004 and 2005 (29)

• AM: American Continental Chess Championship 2005 (3)
• AS: Asian Chess Championship 2004 (3)
• AF: African Chess Championship 2005 (2)
• Z2.1, Z2.2, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5 (4), Z3.6, Z4.1: Zonal tournaments
• PN: FIDE President nominee

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

External links

• ChessBase reports