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The Women's World Chess Championships 2010 took place in Hatay, Turkey 2nd-24th December 2010. Losing finalist from 2008 Hou Yifan beat fellow countrywoman Ruan Lufei 3-1 in a rapid play-off in the final of this knockout tournament to take the title. The final itself was an error strewn nervy affair, Hou had already failed to hold a level position in game four of the normal time-rate games to win the match. Hou had by far the better of it in all the rapid playoff games too but she still had to play all 4 and hold herself together to take the title. She succeeds Alexandra Kosteniuk who was defeated in Round 3 and beat top seed Humpy Koneru in the semi-final and becomes the youngest women's champion at the age of 16. She vastly out-rated 23 year-old Ruan Lufei and the expectation of victory probably led to her nervy play, but in the end she showed herself to be clearly the better of the two. The play-off on 24th December saw four rapid games (25 minutes + 5 seconds per move). At least we were spared blitz (a pair of 5m + 10spm blitz games followed by (if needed) a final 5 minute to 4 minute sudden death game with 3 seconds per move after move 60 with black receiving draw odds.)

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World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010 Final
Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	G3	G4	Total
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	½	0	½	1	2
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	½	1	½	0	2

World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010 Round 5 Results:
Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
Round 5 Match 01
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	½	½	½	1				2½
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2474	½	½	½	0				1½
Round 5 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2600	0	½						½
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	1	½						1½

World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010 Round 4 Results:
Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
Round 4 Match 01
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	½	½	1	½				2½
Harika, Dronavalli	IND	IM	2525	½	½	0	½				1½
Round 4 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2600	1	½						1½
Ju, Wenjun	CHN	WGM	2524	0	½						½
Round 4 Match 03
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	1	½						1½
Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	GM	2522	0	½						½
Round 4 Match 04
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2474	½	1						1½
Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	IM	2460	½	0						½

World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010 Round 3 Results:
Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
Round 3 Match 01
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	GM	2507	½	½	0	½				1½
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	½	½	1	½				2½
Round 3 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2600	1	½						1½
Zatonskih, Anna	USA	IM	2478	0	½						½
Round 3 Match 03
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	1	0	½	1				2½
Zhu, Chen	QAT	GM	2477	0	1	½	0				1½
Round 3 Match 04
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2474	1	½						1½
Dembo, Yelena	GRE	IM	2454	0	½						½
Round 3 Match 05
Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	GM	2514	½	½	½	½	0	0		2
Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	IM	2460	½	½	½	½	1	1		4
Round 3 Match 06
Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	GM	2522	1	½						1½
Huang, Qian	CHN	WGM	2402	0	½						½
Round 3 Match 07
Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	IM	2530	0	½						½
Ju, Wenjun	CHN	WGM	2524	1	½						1½
Round 3 Match 08
Harika, Dronavalli	IND	IM	2525	½	½	1	0	0	1	1	4
Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	IM	2462	½	½	0	1	1	0	0	3

World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010 Round 2 Results:
Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
Round 2 Match 01
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	GM	2507	½	½	1	1				3
Khukhashvili, Sopiko	GEO	IM	2430	½	½	0	0				1
Round 2 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2600	1	½						1½
Houska, Jovanka	ENG	IM	2421	0	½						½
Round 2 Match 03
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	1	½						1½
Romanko, Marina	RUS	IM	2414	0	½						½
Round 2 Match 04
Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	GM	2581	0	½						½
Dembo, Yelena	GRE	IM	2454	1	½						1½
Round 2 Match 05
Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	GM	2551	½	½	0	0				1
Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	IM	2460	½	½	1	1				3
Round 2 Match 06
Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2548	1	0	0	0				1
Huang, Qian	CHN	WGM	2402	0	1	1	1				3
Round 2 Match 07
Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	IM	2530	1	½						1½
Ovod, Evgenija	RUS	IM	2387	0	½						½
Round 2 Match 08
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	TUR	WIM	2225	0	0						0
Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	IM	2462	1	1						2
Round 2 Match 09
Harika, Dronavalli	IND	IM	2525	1	1						2
Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	WGM	2384	0	0						0
Round 2 Match 10
Ju, Wenjun	CHN	WGM	2524	½	1						1½
Kovanova, Baira	RUS	WGM	2380	½	0						½
Round 2 Match 11
Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	GM	2522	½	½	1	1				3
Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	GM	2473	½	½	0	0				1
Round 2 Match 12
Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	GM	2514	0	1	½	1				2½
Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	IM	2474	1	0	½	0				1½
Round 2 Match 13
Chiburdanidze, Maia	GEO	GM	2502	0	½						½
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2474	1	½						1½
Round 2 Match 14
Socko, Monika	POL	GM	2495	½	½	0	0				1
Zhu, Chen	QAT	GM	2477	½	½	1	1				3
Round 2 Match 15
Sebag, Marie	FRA	GM	2494	0	0						0
Zatonskih, Anna	USA	IM	2478	1	1						2
Round 2 Match 16
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	1	0	1	1				3
Zhang, Xiaowen	CHN	WGM	2339	0	1	0	0				1

World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010 Round 1 Results:
Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
Round 1 Match 01
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	GM	2507	1	1						2
Mezioud, Amina	ALG	WIM	2029	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 02
Greeff, Melissa	RSA	WGM	2082	0	0						0
Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2600	1	1						2
Round 1 Match 03
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	1	1						2
Heredia Serrano, Carla	ECU	WIM	2087	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 04
Mona, Khaled	EGY	WGM	2093	0	0						0
Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	GM	2581	1	1						2
Round 1 Match 05
Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	GM	2551	1	1						2
Kagramanov, Dina	CAN	WIM	2101	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 06
Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y	PER	WFM	2154	0	0						0
Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2548	1	1						2
Round 1 Match 07
Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	IM	2530	1	1						2
Zuriel, Marisa	ARG	WIM	2208	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 08
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	TUR	WIM	2225	½	1						1½
Cramling, Pia	SWE	GM	2526	½	0						½
Round 1 Match 09
Harika, Dronavalli	IND	IM	2525	½	1						1½
Nadig, Kruttika	IND	WGM	2230	½	0						½
Round 1 Match 10
Caoili, Arianne	AUS	WIM	2242	-	-						0
Ju, Wenjun	CHN	WGM	2524	+	+						2
Round 1 Match 11
Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	GM	2522	1	½						1½
Ozturk, Kubra	TUR	WIM	2264	0	½						½
Round 1 Match 12
Demina, Julia	RUS	WGM	2323	0	0						0
Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	GM	2514	1	1						2
Round 1 Match 13
Chiburdanidze, Maia	GEO	GM	2502	1	1						2
Meenakshi Subbaraman	IND	WGM	2328	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 14
Soumya, Swaminathan	IND	WGM	2332	0	½						½
Socko, Monika	POL	GM	2495	1	½						1½
Round 1 Match 15
Sebag, Marie	FRA	GM	2494	1	1						2
Vasilevich, Irina	RUS	IM	2333	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 16
Baginskaite, Camilla	USA	WGM	2336	0	1	0	½				1½
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	1	0	1	½				2½
Round 1 Match 17
Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	IM	2479	½	½	0	0				1
Zhang, Xiaowen	CHN	WGM	2339	½	½	1	1				3
Round 1 Match 18
Lomineishvili, Maia	GEO	IM	2347	0	0						0
Zatonskih, Anna	USA	IM	2478	1	1						2
Round 1 Match 19
Zhu, Chen	QAT	GM	2477	1	1						2
Muminova, Nafisa	UZB	WIM	2360	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 20
Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	ECU	IM	2363	0	½						½
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2474	1	½						1½
Round 1 Match 21
Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	IM	2474	½	½	1	1				3
Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	WGM	2368	½	½	0	0				1
Round 1 Match 22
Ding, Yixin	CHN	WGM	2370	1	0	½	0				1½
Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	GM	2473	0	1	½	1				2½
Round 1 Match 23
Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	WGM	2472	0	0						0
Kovanova, Baira	RUS	WGM	2380	1	1						2
Round 1 Match 24
Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	WGM	2384	1	1						2
Danielian, Elina	ARM	GM	2466	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 25
Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	IM	2462	1	1						2
Cori T., Deysi	PER	WGM	2384	0	0						0
Round 1 Match 26
Ovod, Evgenija	RUS	IM	2387	1	½						1½
Shen, Yang	CHN	WGM	2461	0	½						½
Round 1 Match 27
Ushenina, Anna	UKR	IM	2460	½	½	0	½				1½
Huang, Qian	CHN	WGM	2402	½	½	1	½				2½
Round 1 Match 28
Foisor, Cristina-Adela	ROU	IM	2403	½	½	0	1	½	0		2½
Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	IM	2460	½	½	1	0	½	1		3½
Round 1 Match 29
Dembo, Yelena	GRE	IM	2454	½	½	½	1				2½
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	IM	2409	½	½	½	0				1½
Round 1 Match 30
Romanko, Marina	RUS	IM	2414	½	1						1½
Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	GM	2447	½	0						½
Round 1 Match 31
Rajlich, Iweta	POL	IM	2446	-	-						0
Houska, Jovanka	ENG	IM	2421	+	+						2
Round 1 Match 32
Khukhashvili, Sopiko	GEO	IM	2430	½	1						1½
Turova, Irina	RUS	IM	2439	½	0						½

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World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Sun 24th Dec 2010 Final Playoff
Name	FED	T	Rtg	Rp1	Rp2	Rp3	Rp4	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	½	0	½	0				1
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	½	1	½	1				3

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