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The Women's World Chess Championship 2010 took place in Antakya, Turkey from December 2 through 24, 2010.

The tournament, like the previous ones, was played in a 64-player knock-out format. Each pairing consisted of two games, one with white and one with black, from which the winner advanced. In case of a tie, tiebreaks were played the next day, consisting of two rapid games and—if still tied—an Armageddon match. The final consisted of four games at classical time control, if necessary followed by four rapid tiebreak games.

The title was won by Hou Yifan from China who beat her compatriot Ruan Lufei in the final by 5–3, at 16 years of age making her the youngest Women's World Chess Champion in history.^[1]

Participants

Players were seeded by their Elo ratings (November 2010 list),^[2] except that defending champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was the No. 1 seed.

Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2507, GM (WC)
Humpy Koneru (IND), 2600, GM (WC)
Hou Yifan (CHN), 2591, GM (WC)
Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS), 2581, GM (E09)
Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), 2551, GM (E08)
Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), 2548, GM (R)
Anna Muzychuk (SLO), 2530, IM (R)
Pia Cramling (SWE), 2526, GM (WC)
Dronavalli Harika (IND), 2525, IM (J08)
Ju Wenjun (CHN), 2524, WGM (Z3.5)
Kateryna Lahno (UKR), 2522, GM (E08)
Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU), 2514, GM (E08)
Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), 2502, GM (R)
Monika Soćko (POL), 2495, GM (E08)
Marie Sebag (FRA), 2494, GM (R)
Ruan Lufei (CHN), 2480, WGM (Z3.5)
Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM), 2479, IM (E08)
Anna Zatonskih (USA), 2478, IM (Z2.1)
Zhu Chen (QAT), 2477, GM (Z3.1)
Elisabeth Paehtz (GER), 2474, IM (E09)
Zhao Xue (CHN), 2474, GM (R)
Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN), 2473, GM (E09)
Natalija Pogonina (RUS), 2472, WGM (E08)
Elina Danielian (ARM), 2466, GM (E08)
Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), 2462, IM (E09)
Shen Yang (CHN), 2461, WGM (Z3.5)
Almira Skripchenko (FRA), 2460, IM (E08)
Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2460, IM (E08)
Yelena Dembo (GRE), 2454, IM (E08)
Natalia Zhukova (UKR), 2447, GM (E08)
Iweta Rajlich (POL), 2446, IM (E09)
Irina Turova (RUS), 2439, IM (E09)
Sopiko Khukhashvili (GEO), 2430, IM (E09)
Jovanka Houska (ENG), 2421, IM (E08)
Marina Romanko (RUS), 2414, IM (E09)
Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL), 2409, IM (Z3.3)
Cristina Adela Foișor (ROU), 2403, IM (E09)
Huang Qian (CHN), 2402, WGM (Z3.5)
Evgenija Ovod (RUS), 2387, IM (E09)
Tatiana Shadrina (RUS), 2384, WGM (E09)
Deysi Cori (PER), 2384, WGM (AM)
Baira Kovanova (RUS), 2380, WGM (E09)
Ding Yixin (CHN), 2370, WGM (AS)
Jolanta Zawadzka (POL), 2368, WGM (E09)
Martha Fierro Baquero (ECU), 2363, IM (AM)
Nafisa Muminova (UZB), 2360, WIM (Z3.4)
Maia Lomineishvili (GEO), 2347, IM (E08)
Zhang Xiaowen (CHN), 2339, WGM (AS)
Camilla Baginskaite (USA), 2336, WGM (Z2.1)
Irina Vasilevich (RUS), 2333, IM (E09)
Soumya Swaminathan (IND), 2332, WGM (J09)
Meenakshi Subbaraman (IND), 2328, WGM (AS)
Julia Demina (RUS), 2323, WGM (E08)
Kübra Öztürk (TUR), 2264, WIM (PN)
Arianne Caoili (AUS), 2242, WIM (Z3.6)
Nadig Kruttika (IND), 2230, WGM (Z3.2)
Betül Cemre Yıldız (TUR), 2252, WIM (PN)
Marisa Zuriel (ARG), 2208, WIM (Z2.5)
Ingrid Aliaga Fernández (PER), 2154, WFM (Z2.4)
Dina Kagramanov (CAN), 2101, WIM (Z2.2)
Mona Khaled (EGY), 2093, WGM (AF)
Carla Heredia Serrano (ECU), 2087, WIM (Z2.3)
Melissa Greeff (RSA), 2082, WGM (AF)
Amina Mezioud (ALG), 2029, WIM (AF)

Qualification paths

WC: finalists and semifinalists of Women's World Chess Championship 2008 (4)
J08 and J09: World Junior Champions 2008 and 2009
R: Rating (average of the FIDE rating lists of July 2006 and January 2007) (5)
E08 and E09: European Individual Championships 2008 and 2009 (28)
AM: American Continental Chess Championship 2009 (2)
AS: Asian Chess Championship 2009 (3)
AF: African Chess Championship 2009 (3)
Z2.1 (2), Z2.2, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5 (4), Z3.6: Zonal tournaments 2009
PN: FIDE President nominee (2)

Notable absentees

The number one woman in the world, Judit Polgár, never competed for the women's title and did not enter this time either. World number five, Nadezhda Kosintseva, did not play either, although her sister Tatiana (ranked 4th) did. Other names missing from the top 20 were: Irina Krush (17th), former finalist Alisa Galliamova (19th) and ex-champion Xu Yuhua (20th).

Iweta Rajlich and Arianne Caoili were listed as participants but unable to attend; their scheduled opponents, Jovanka Houska and Ju Wenjun, were given byes through to the second round.

Results

Final match

Women's World Chess Championship Final 2010
	1	2	3	4	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
Ruan Lufei (China)	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	0	3
Hou Yifan (China)	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5

Bracket

1st Round			2nd Round			3rd Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2

64	Amina Mezioud	0
			1	Alexandra Kosteniuk	3

			33	Sopiko Khukhashvili	1
33	Irina Turova	½

32	Sopiko Khukhashvili	1½
						1	Alexandra Kosteniuk	1½

						16	Ruan Lufei	2½
17	Ruan Lufei	2½

48	Camilla Baginskaite	1½
			16	Ruan Lufei	3

			48	Zhang Xiaowen	1
49	Lilit Mkrtchian	1

16	Zhang Xiaowen	3
									16	Ruan Lufei	2½

									9	Dronavalli Harika	1½
9	Pia Cramling	½

56	Betül Cemre Yıldız	1½
			57	Betül Cemre Yıldız	0

			25	Mariya Muzychuk	2
41	Mariya Muzychuk	2

24	Deysi Cori	0
						25	Mariya Muzychuk	3

						9	Dronavalli Harika	4
25	Dronavalli Harika	1½

40	Nadig Kruttika	½
			9	Dronavalli Harika	2

			41	Tatiana Shadrina	0
57	Elina Danielian	0

8	Tatiana Shadrina	2
												16	Ruan Lufei	2½

												20	Zhao Xue	1½
5	Tatiana Kosintseva	2

60	Mona Khaled	0
			4	Tatiana Kosintseva	½

			29	Yelena Dembo	1½
37	Yelena Dembo	2½

28	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	1½
						29	Yelena Dembo	½

						20	Zhao Xue	1½
21	Maia Chiburdanidze	2

44	Meenakshi Subbaraman	0
			13	Maia Chiburdanidze	½

			20	Zhao Xue	1½
53	Zhao Xue	1½

12	Martha Fierro Baquero	½
									20	Zhao Xue	1½

									28	Almira Skripchenko	½
13	Nana Dzagnidze	2

52	Dina Kagramanov	0
			5	Nana Dzagnidze	1

			28	Almira Skripchenko	3
45	Almira Skripchenko	3½

20	Cristina Adela Foișor	2½
						28	Almira Skripchenko	4

						12	Viktorija Čmilytė	2
29	Viktorija Čmilytė	2

36	Julia Demina	0
			12	Viktorija Čmilytė	2½

			21	Elisabeth Paehtz	1½
61	Elisabeth Paehtz	3

4	Jolanta Zawadzka	1
															16	Ruan Lufei	3

															3	Hou Yifan	5
3	Hou Yifan	2

62	Carla Heredia Serrano	0
			3	Hou Yifan	1½

			35	Marina Romanko	½
35	Natalia Zhukova	½

30	Marina Romanko	1½
						3	Hou Yifan	2½

						19	Zhu Chen	1½
19	Zhu Chen	2

46	Nafisa Muminova	0
			19	Zhu Chen	3

			14	Monika Soćko	1
51	Monika Soćko	1½

14	Soumya Swaminathan	½
									3	Hou Yifan	1½

									11	Kateryna Lahno	½
11	Antoaneta Stefanova	2

54	Ingrid Aliaga Fernández	0
			6	Antoaneta Stefanova	1

			38	Huang Qian	3
43	Anna Ushenina	1½

22	Huang Qian	2½
						38	Huang Qian	½

						11	Kateryna Lahno	1½
27	Hoang Thanh Trang	2½

38	Ding Yixin	1½
			22	Hoang Thanh Trang	1

			11	Kateryna Lahno	3
59	Kübra Öztürk	½

6	Kateryna Lahno	1½
												3	Hou Yifan	1½

												2	Humpy Koneru	½
7	Anna Muzychuk	2

58	Marisa Zuriel	0
			7	Anna Muzychuk	1½

			39	Evgenija Ovod	½
39	Shen Yang	½

26	Evgenija Ovod	1½
						7	Anna Muzychuk	½

						10	Ju Wenjun	1½
23	Baira Kovanova	2

42	Natalija Pogonina	0
			42	Baira Kovanova	½

			10	Ju Wenjun	1½
55	Arianne Caoili

10	Ju Wenjun	w/o
									10	Ju Wenjun	½

									2	Humpy Koneru	1½
15	Marie Sebag	2

50	Irina Vasilevich	0
			15	Marie Sebag	0

			18	Anna Zatonskih	2
47	Maia Lomineishvili	0

18	Anna Zatonskih	2
						18	Anna Zatonskih	½

						2	Humpy Koneru	1½
31	Iweta Rajlich

34	Jovanka Houska	w/o
			34	Jovanka Houska	½

			2	Humpy Koneru	1½
63	Melissa Greeff	0

2	Humpy Koneru	2