2004 Women's World Chess Championship

The 2004 Women's World Chess Championship was held in a knockout system. In the absence of defending champion Zhu Chen , Antoaneta Stefanowa became the first Bulgarian chess player to become world champion. The venue for the World Cup was Elista , where the title fights took place from May 22nd to June 7th, 2004. The main referee was Geurt Gijssen from the Netherlands . 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 seventh game was played as an Armageddon game , so that a winner could be determined even with a score of 3½: 3½. The numbers before or after the player's name in the following table indicate their position in the seeding list.

1 round

held on May 22nd and 23rd, 2004

1	K. Humpy	2 - 0	Cecile van der Merwe	64
32	Peng Zhaoqin	4 - 3	Joanna Dworakowska	33
16	Tatiana Kossinzewa	2½ - ​​1½	Huang Qian	49
17th	Hoàng Thanh Trang	1½ - ½	Lê Kiều Thiên Kim	48
8th	Zhao Xue	2 - 0	Shadi Paridar	57
25th	Wang Pin	0 - 2	Elisabeth Pähtz	40
9	Xu Yuhua	3 - 1	Sopio Tkeshelashvili	56
24	Elina Danieljan	2½ - ​​1½	Elena Sedina	41
4th	Svetlana Matveyeva	2 - 0	Asma Houli	61
29	Nataša Bojković	1½ - ½	Wang Yu	36
13	Irina Krush	1½ - ½	Maritza Arribas Robaina	52
20th	Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska	3½ - 3½	Nguyễn Thị Thanh An	45
5	Kateryna Lahno	1½ - ½	Luciana Morales Mendoza	60
28	Ekaterina Polovnikova	1½ - ½	Nino Khurzidze	37
12	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2 - 0	Carolina Luján	53
21st	Olga Alexandrowa	1½ - ½	Ana Matnadze	44
2	Alissa Galljamova	2 - 0	Dinara Khaziyeva	63
31	Maia Lomineishvili	1½ - ½	Irina Slavina	34
15th	Nana Dzagnidze	1½ - ½	Jennifer Shahade	50
18th	Iweta Radziewicz	1½ - ½	Subbaraman Meenakshi	47
7th	Antoaneta Stefanova	2 - 0	Tan Zhongyi	58
26th	Xu Yuanyuan	3 - 4	Tetjana Vasylevytsch	39
10	Natalia Schukova	2½ - ​​1½	Svetlana Petrenko	55
23	Nadezhda Kosinzeva	3 - 1	Lela Javakhishvili	42
3	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½ - ½	Farida Arouche	62
30th	Marie Sebag	1½ - ½	Natalia Pogonina	35
14th	Almira Scripcenco	½ - 1½	Jana Jacková	51
19th	Corina-Isabela Peptan	1½ - ½	Rusudan Goletiani	46
6th	Pia Cramling	1½ - ½	Anna Hahn	59
27	Monika Soćko	3 - 4	Lilit Mkrtchjan	38
11	Alexandra Kostenjuk	2 - 0	Mariya Sergeyeva	54
22nd	Viktorija Čmilytė	2 - 0	D. Harika	43

2nd round

held on May 24th and 25th, 2004

1	K. Humpy	1½ - ½	Peng Zhaoqin	32
16	Tatiana Kossinzewa	1½ - ½	Hoàng Thanh Trang	17th
8th	Zhao Xue	1½ - 2½	Elisabeth Pähtz	40
9	Xu Yuhua	1½ - ½	Elina Danieljan	24
4th	Svetlana Matveyeva	1½ - 2½	Nataša Bojković	29
13	Irina Krush	½ - 1½	Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska	20th
5	Kateryna Lahno	4 - 3	Ekaterina Polovnikova	28
12	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	1½ - ½	Olga Alexandrowa	21st
2	Alissa Galljamova	0 - 2	Maia Lomineishvili	31
15th	Nana Dzagnidze	1½ - ½	Iweta Radziewicz	18th
7th	Antoaneta Stefanova	3½ - 2½	Tetjana Vasylevytsch	39
10	Natalia Schukova	4 - 3	Nadezhda Kosinzeva	23
3	Maia Chiburdanidze	2 - 0	Marie Sebag	30th
19th	Corina-Isabela Peptan	½ - 1½	Jana Jacková	51
6th	Pia Cramling	1½ - ½	Lilit Mkrtchjan	38
11	Alexandra Kostenjuk	½ - 1½	Viktorija Čmilytė	22nd

3rd round

held on May 26th and 27th, 2004

1	K. Humpy	3 - 1	Tatiana Kossinzewa	16
9	Xu Yuhua	1½ - ½	Elisabeth Pähtz	40
20th	Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska	1½ - ½	Nataša Bojković	29
5	Kateryna Lahno	1½ - 2½	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	12
15th	Nana Dzagnidze	2 - 0	Maia Lomineishvili	31
7th	Antoaneta Stefanova	3 - 1	Natalia Schukova	10
3	Maia Chiburdanidze	1½ - ½	Jana Jacková	51
6th	Pia Cramling	2 - 4	Viktorija Čmilytė	22nd

Quarter finals

held on May 29 and 30, 2004

1	K. Humpy	2 - 0	Xu Yuhua	9
12	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2½ - ​​1½	Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska	20th
7th	Antoaneta Stefanova	2½ - ​​1½	Nana Dzagnidze	15th
3	Maia Chiburdanidze	3½ - 2½	Viktorija Čmilytė	22nd

Semifinals

held on May 31st and 1.6.2004

12	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2½ - ​​1½	K. Humpy	1
7th	Antoaneta Stefanova	1½ - ½	Maia Chiburdanidze	3

World championship fight

The world championship match was held from June 3 to 7, 2004. Scheduled for four games with a classic cooling-off time, it was decided after the third round.

	1	2	3	Points
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	0	0	½	½
Antoaneta Stefanova	1	1	½	2½

Web links

• World Championship at mark-weeks.com