2001 World Women's Chess Championship

The 2001 World Chess Championship for women was held in a knockout system. Defending champion Xie Jun did not take part in the championship. Your compatriot Zhu Chen became world champion. The venue for the World Cup was Moscow , where the title fights took place from November 27th to December 14th, 2001. The main judge was Juri Awerbach from the Soviet Union , supported by Zsuzsa Verőci ( Hungary ). 64 players took part. With the exception of the final, these met in mini matches over two games each. In the event of a tie, games with a shorter reflection period were extended. The numbers before or after the player's name in the following table indicate their position in the seeding list.

1 round

held on November 27th and 28th, 2001

1	Alissa Galljamova	1½ - ½	Wissam Toubal	64
32	Natalia Kisseljowa	3 - 1	Wang Yu	34
12	Alexandra Kostenjuk	2 - 0	Jennifer Shahade	48
16	Hoàng Thanh Trang	1½ - ½	Huang Qian	51
4th	Almira Scripcenco	2 - 0	Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky	56
25th	Marta Zielińska	3½ - 2½	Nona Gaprindashvili	39
26th	Tatiana Grabusova	1½ - ½	Julia Galianina-Ryjanova	45
10	Corina-Isabela Peptan	2 - 0	Nava Starr	55
3	Wang Pin	1½ - ½	Joara Chaves	60
29	Elisabeth Pähtz	3½ - 2½	Iweta Radziewicz	31
14th	Cristina-Adela Foișor	3 - 1	Gu Xiaobing	47
18th	Tatiana Stepovaya	2½ - ​​3½	Nisha Mohota	53
8th	Xu Yuhua	2 - 0	Farida Arouche	61
36	Elina Danieljan	2 - 0	Tatiana Shumyakina	37
22nd	Svetlana Prudnikova	2 - 4	Camilla Baginskaite	43
13	Nataša Bojković	1½ - ½	Maria Kouvatsou	54
2	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½ - ½	Asma Houli	63
27	Elena Sedina	2 - 0	Olga Alexandrowa	30th
21st	Xu Yuanyuan	4 - 2	Sulennis Piña Vega	50
17th	Ketewan Arachamia-Grant	1½ - 2½	Dagnė Čiukšytė	52
5	Nana Iosseliani	1½ - ½	Elina Groberman	58
24	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	½ - 1½	Joanna Dworakowska	38
15th	Peng Zhaoqin	2 - 0	Maritza Arribas Robaina	49
9	Antoaneta Stefanova	1½ - ½	Pallavi Shah	57
7th	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	1½ - ½	Shadi Paridar	62
33	Lilit Mkrtchjan	2 - 0	Monika Soćko	35
20th	Anna Zatonskih	1½ - ½	Li Ruofan	41
19th	Nino Khurzidze	1½ - ½	Aarthie Ramaswamy	46
6th	Zhu Chen	1½ - ½	Elisa Maggiolo	46
28	Tatiana Kononenko	0 - 2	Svetlana Petrenko	42
23	Inna Gaponenko	2 - 0	Genrieta Lagvilava	44
11	Alisa Marić	1½ - ½	Elena Levuschkina	50

2nd round

held on November 29th and 30.11. 2001

1	Alissa Galljamova	2 - 0	Natalia Kisseljowa	32
12	Alexandra Kostenjuk	1½ - ½	Hoàng Thanh Trang	16
4th	Almira Scripcenco	3 - 1	Marta Zielińska	25th
10	Corina-Isabela Peptan	1½ - ½	Tatiana Grabusova	26th
3	Wang Pin	½ - 1½	Elisabeth Pähtz	29
14th	Cristina-Adela Foișor	1½ - ½	Nisha Mohota	53
8th	Xu Yuhua	1½ - ½	Elina Danieljan	36
13	Nataša Bojković	½ - 1½	Camilla Baginskaite	43
2	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½ - ½	Elena Sedina	27
30th	Xu Yuanyuan	½ - 1½	Dagnė Čiukšytė	52
5	Nana Iosseliani	½ - 1½	Joanna Dworakowska	38
9	Antoaneta Stefanova	0 - 2	Peng Zhaoqin	15th
7th	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	1½ - ½	Lilit Mkrtchjan	33
19th	Nino Khurzidze	1½ - ½	Anna Zatonskih	19th
6th	Zhu Chen	1½ - ½	Svetlana Petrenko	42
11	Alisa Marić	1½ - ½	Inna Gaponenko	23

3rd round

held on 1 and 2 December 2001

1	Alissa Galljamova	0 - 2	Alexandra Kostenjuk	12
4th	Almira Scripcenco	1½ - ½	Corina-Isabela Peptan	10
14th	Cristina-Adela Foișor	1½ - ½	Elisabeth Pähtz	29
8th	Xu Yuhua	3 - 1	Camilla Baginskaite	43
2	Maia Chiburdanidze	2 - 0	Dagnė Čiukšytė	52
15th	Peng Zhaoqin	2½ - ​​1½	Joanna Dworakowska	38
7th	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	½ - 1½	Nino Khurzidze	19th
6th	Zhu Chen	3 - 1	Alisa Marić	11

Quarter finals

held on December 3rd to 5th, 2001

4th	Almira Scripcenco	½ - 1½	Alexandra Kostenjuk	12
8th	Xu Yuhua	4 - 2	Cristina-Adela Foișor	14th
2	Maia Chiburdanidze	3½ - 2½	Peng Zhaoqin	15th
6th	Zhu Chen	4 - 3	Nino Khurzidze	19th

Semifinals

held on December 6th and 7th, 2001

8th	Xu Yuhua	1 - 3	Alexandra Kostenjuk	12
2	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½ - 2½	Zhu Chen	6th

World championship fight

The world championship match was held from December 8-14, 2001. After a 2-2 draw in the games with classic cooling time, the decision was made in four rapid chess games.

	Classic				Rapid chess				Points
	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Zhu Chen	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	5
Alexandra Kostenjuk	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Web links

• World Championship at mark-weeks.com