World Team Chess Championship / events (women)

This article provides information on the results and further details on the women 's team chess championships.

Women's World Cup 2007

The first women's world championship was held in May 2007 in Yekaterinburg .

Attendees

• Russia as the host
• Ukraine, China and Georgia after the result of the previous Chess Olympiad
• Poland and Vietnam as winners of the respective continental championships
• Botswana as a representative of Africa - At the Africa Championship, the team came fourth and last behind Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria.
• Germany, Armenia and the Czech Republic as successors, as the USA and Hungary (4th and 5th place in the Olympics) did not participate and America did not send a continental champion

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	People's Republic of China	30.5	17: 01
2.	Russia	24	15: 03
3.	Ukraine	23.5	14: 04
4th	Georgia	20th	11: 07
5.	Poland	19.5	09: 09
6th	Germany	18th	08:10
7th	Vietnam	16.5	08:10
8th.	Armenia	17th	05:13
9.	Czech Republic	11	03:15
10.	Botswana	00	00:18

Winning team

Zhao Xue , Hou Yifan , Ruan Lufei , Shen Yang and Huang Qian played for China .

particularities

• In contrast to the previous world championships, the first rating was the number of team points and only when they were equal the number of board points.
• China was far superior to all other teams. Already after the 4: 0 (!) Against Russia in the 2nd round there was hardly any doubt about the victory of the Chinese women. The team only lost a game in the 2-2 draw against Georgia.
• The representation from Botswana was nowhere near competitive and lost all 36 games after some drastic mistakes - u. a. due to the well-known loss of women after 5 moves in the Russian defense .

German team

Jessica Nill , Elisabeth Pähtz , Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska , Melanie Ohme and Maria Schöne played for the German national team .
The 6th place of the German team who jumped in at short notice is a remarkable success. Elisabeth Pähtz and Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska remained undefeated.

Women's World Cup 2009

The 2nd World Championship for women was held in Ningbo in September 2009 .

Attendees

• China as defending champions and hosts (with two teams)
• Russia, Poland, Armenia, Ukraine and Georgia as the best teams at the 2007 European Championship and at the same time best European teams at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
• India and Vietnam as second and third in the previous Asian championship (behind China)
• the USA came third in the 2008 Chess Olympiad

Africa did not send a representative.

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	People's Republic of China	21.5	12: 06
2.	Russia	21st	12: 06
3.	Ukraine	20.5	12: 06
4th	Georgia	20th	11: 07
5.	Armenia	18.5	10: 08
6th	Poland	17.5	10: 08
7th	India	17.5	09: 09
8th.	United States	16.5	06:12
9.	China II	16	06:12
10.	Vietnam	11	02:16

Winning team

Hou Yifan , Zhao Xue , Shen Yang , Ju Wenjun and Huang Qian played for China .

particularities

• The tournament was very balanced, which is also evident from the high number of minus points of the winning team. China lost to Ukraine and the USA.
• In the first half of the tournament, the team from Poland dominated, but they only got one team point from the last 4 rounds.
• The best single player was the Russian youth world champion from 2007 Valentina Gunina with 6.5 points from 7 games. In addition, there was a defeat without a fight when she was slightly delayed in the second round, which was punished according to the rules of FIDE with a loss of the game.

Women's World Cup 2011

The 3rd Women's World Championship was held in December 2011 in Mardin , Turkey.

Attendees

• Russia, China and Georgia as medal winners of the 2010 Chess Olympiad
• Ukraine came third in the European Championship in 2009 behind Russia and Georgia
• Vietnam and India as winners and runner-up in the 2009 Asian Championship
• Turkey as the host
• Armenia and Greece by invitation
• South Africa as a representative of Africa. The team took third place at the 2011 Pan-African Games . The teams from Egypt and Algeria placed in front of her took part in the Pan-Arab Games held at the same time instead of the World Cup.

The teams from Cuba and the USA eligible to start after the result of the Chess Olympiad waived. They were replaced by the invited teams.

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	People's Republic of China	27.5	16: 02
2.	Russia	21.5	13: 05
3.	Georgia	21.5	12: 06
4th	India	23	11: 07
5.	Ukraine	21st	11: 07
6th	Armenia	19.5	09: 09
7th	Vietnam	19th	09: 09
8th.	Greece	15th	05:13
9.	Turkey	11	04:14
10.	South Africa	01	00:18

Winning team

Hou Yifan , Ju Wenjun , Zhao Xue , Tan Zhongyi , and Zhang Xiaowen played for China .

particularities

• Despite a defeat against Ukraine, the Chinese were already certain as the winners before the final round. As in 2007, they won the direct duel against Russia 4-0.
• The best individual players on points were the Chinese Zhao Xue and Tan Zhongyi with 7 points each from 9 games. The Indian Humpy Koneru achieved the best rating .

Women's World Cup 2013

The 4th Women's World Cup was held in March 2013 in Astana , Kazakhstan.

Attendees

• Russia, China and Ukraine as medal winners of the 2012 Chess Olympiad
• Georgia finished third in the 2011 European Championships. European Champions Russia qualified via the Olympic result. The second-placed Poland apparently did without.
• France finished fifth in the European Championship behind Ukraine, who had already qualified via the Olympic result
• the USA as representative of America
• India finished second in the 2012 Asian Championship behind China and fourth in the Chess Olympiad
• Romania as fifth in the Chess Olympiad
• Kazakhstan as a host
• Turkey at the invitation of the FIDE President

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	Ukraine	24.5	16: 02
2.	People's Republic of China	25.5	15: 03
3.	Russia	24	13: 05
4th	Georgia	21.5	12: 06
5.	India	18th	09: 09
6th	United States	15.5	08:10
7th	Kazakhstan	15.5	06:12
8th.	Romania	14.5	06:12
9.	France	12	04:14
10.	Turkey	09	01:17

Winning team

Kateryna Lahno , Anna Uschenina , Marija Musytschuk , Natalja Schukowa and Inna Janowskaja played for the Ukraine .

particularities

Ukraine was the only team to remain unbeaten, winning the top game against defending champions China 3-1. The Russians drew 2: 2 each against Ukraine, China and Georgia and lost to the USA 1.5: 2.5. Besides the win against Turkey, this was the only team win for the USA women.

The best individual players were based on their Elo performance

• the Chinese Ju Wenjun with a performance of 2651 and
• the US American Irina Krush with 2607 points.

Both players achieved 7 points each from nine rounds. The Chinese Tan Zhongyi has the same score . Olga Girja from Russia got 6.5 points from eight games.

World Cup 2015

The 5th World Championship took place from April 18-28, 2015 in Chengdu , China.

Attendees

• China as host and runner-up at the 2014 Chess Olympiad
• Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan as the best-placed teams in the 2014 Chess Olympiad
• Poland as the best next-placed team at both the 2013 European Championship and the 2014 Chess Olympiad
• USA as the winner of the Pan American Championship 2013
• Egypt won the 2011 African Games
• India at the invitation of the FIDE President - The team finished second in the Asian Championship behind World Cup hosts China.

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	Georgia	25th	17: 01
2.	Russia	25th	15: 03
3.	People's Republic of China	22nd	11: 07
4th	India	22nd	10: 08
5.	Ukraine	20th	10: 08
6th	Kazakhstan	17.5	09: 09
7th	Armenia	16	07:11
8th.	Poland	15.5	06:12
9.	United States	13	05:13
10.	Egypt	04th	00:18

Winning team

Georgia played Bela Chotenaschwili , Lela Javakhishvili , meri arabidze , Nino Baziaschwili and Salome Melia .

particularities

Georgia and Russia met in the first round and parted 2-2. The future world champion then won all other competitions. Russia already tied another draw against Armenia and later against Kazakhstan in Round 2. Defending champion Ukraine with individual world champion Marija Musytschuk was already clearly defeated at the start against outsider Poland and was subsequently unable to intervene in the fight for the title.

The best single player was Bela Chotenashvili with 7.5 points from 9 games on the top board. The Russian Olga Girja got the best percentage yield with 6.5 points from 7 games. Lilit Mkrtchjan (Armenia) and Lei Tingjie (China) also got 6.5 points each .

World Cup 2017

The 6th World Championship took place in Khanty-Mansiysk in June 2017 .

Attendees

• Russia as the host
• China, Poland, Ukraine, India, the USA, Vietnam and Azerbaijan as the best-placed teams at the 2016 Chess Olympiad
• Egypt as a representative of Africa
• Georgia by invitation

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	Russia	25.5	16: 02
2.	People's Republic of China	22nd	13: 05
3.	Georgia	21.5	12: 06
4th	India	20th	12: 06
5.	Ukraine	19.5	12: 06
6th	Poland	18.5	09: 09
7th	United States	16.5	06:12
8th.	Vietnam	16	05:13
9.	Azerbaijan	15.5	05:13
10.	Egypt	05	00:18

Winning team

Alexandra Kostenjuk , Kateryna Lagno , Walentina Gunina , Alexandra Gorjatschkina and Olga Girja played for the Russian team .

particularities

• The best individual players were the Chinese Lei Tingjie with 8 points from 9 rounds and an Elo performance of 2687 and Alexandra Kostenjuk, whose 6 points from 8 games on the top board mean an Elo performance of 2633.
• Only the team from Russia remained undefeated. She drew against the USA and Azerbaijan.

World Cup 2019

The 7th World Championship took place in March 2019 in Astana .

Attendees

• Russia as defending champion (and at the same time European champion 2017)
• China as the winner of the Asian Nations Cup 2018
• the USA as the American team with the highest average rating
• Egypt as the African team with the highest average rating
• Kazakhstan as a host
• Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary and Armenia as the best-placed and not otherwise qualified teams of the 2018 Chess Olympiad
• India at the invitation of the FIDE President

Result

Pl.	team	B points	M points
1.	People's Republic of China	26.5	18: 00
2.	Russia	26th	14: 04
3.	Georgia	23	12: 06
4th	Ukraine	20.5	12: 06
5.	Kazakhstan	18.5	10: 08
6th	India	20th	09: 09
7th	United States	15th	07:11
8th.	Armenia	15th	04:14
9.	Hungary	11.5	04:14
10.	Egypt	04th	00:18

Winning team

For China, Tan Zhongyi , Shen Yang , Huang Qian , Lei Tingjie and Ding Yixin competed in this world championship .

particularities

• The most successful single player was the Russian Alexandra Gorjatschkina with eight points from nine games. Two players from the victorious Chinese team got seven points each: Lei Tingjie in only eight games and Tan Zhongyi on the top board from all nine rounds.

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