Women's World Chess Championship 2017

{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox sports competition event | competition = [[Women's World Chess Championship]] 2017 | governing_body = [[FIDE]] | image = Tan Zhongyi receives her medal (29774252366).jpg | alt = Tan Zhongyi | caption = Tan Zhongyi at the [[2016 Chess Olympiad]]. | venue = | location = [[Tehran]], Iran | dates = 10 February – 4 March 2017 | competitors = 64 | nations = | champion = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]] | win_score = | previous = [[Women's World Chess Championship 2016|2016]] | next = [[Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (May)|2018 match]] }}

The '''[[Women's World Chess Championship]] 2017''' was a 64-player [[knock-out tournament]], to decide the women's world chess champion. The final was won by [[Tan Zhongyi]] over [[Anna Muzychuk]] in the rapid tie-breaks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chessdom.com/tan-zhongyi-is-the-women-world-chess-champion/ | title=Tan Zhongyi is the Women World Chess Champion! | publisher=chessdom.com | date=3 March 2017 | access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

At the FIDE General Assembly during the [[42nd Chess Olympiad]] in [[Baku]] in September 2016, the organizational rights to the event were awarded to [[Iran]], who held the Championship in [[Tehran]] from 10 February to 4 March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9838-general-assembly-2016-decisions.html|title=General Assembly 2016 Decisions|date=2016-09-27|website=FIDE|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-date=15 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115063516/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9838-general-assembly-2016-decisions.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some top female players decided not to attend the tournament. [[Hou Yifan]], the outgoing women's world champion and top ranked female player, decided not to enter the tournament because of dissatisfaction with [[FIDE]]'s Women's World Championship system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/why-hou-yifan-has-dropped-out-of-the-cycle|title=Why Hou Yifan has dropped out of the cycle|last=Friedel|first=Frederic|date=20 May 2016|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> The 2015 Women's World Champion, [[Mariya Muzychuk]], and US Women's Champion [[Nazí Paikidze]] also elected not to attend, out of protest at the tournament's location in Iran, where it is mandatory for all women to wear a [[hijab]] in public (a rule which also applied to the participating players). Other notable absentees were women's world number four [[Humpy Koneru]] and eight-time US Women's Champion [[Irina Krush]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/fide-announces-participants-of-wwch-2017|title=Women's World Championship 2017: Who plays, who doesn't?|last=Fischer|first=Johannes|date=2017-01-12|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref>

On 12 May 2017 FIDE suspended the Chess Federation of Iran for non-payment of Women's World Championship prizes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/fide-suspended-chess-federation-of-iran/|title = FIDE suspended Chess Federation of Iran – Chessdom}}</ref> On 2 June 2017, the ban was lifted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10235-sanctions-regarding-the-iranian-chess-federation-have-been-lifted.html|title=International Chess Federation – FIDE|access-date=28 July 2017|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170720/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10235-sanctions-regarding-the-iranian-chess-federation-have-been-lifted.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Hosting== The tournament was originally placed on the [[FIDE]] calendar for October 2016. However, the March 2016 meeting of the FIDE Presidential Board ultimately postponed the event to 2017 due to the lack of an organizer.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9549-list-of-decisions-of-the-2016-1st-quarter-fide-pb.html March 2016 FIDE PB decisions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917162759/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9549-list-of-decisions-of-the-2016-1st-quarter-fide-pb.html |date=2016-09-17 }} (1PB-2016/19 and 1PB-2016/14).</ref><ref name="agenda-5207">[https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2016/FIDE_News/GA_Agenda_2016/2016_General_Assembly_Agenda.pdf FIDE General Assembly Agenda] (5.20.7)</ref>

The original [[agenda (meeting)|agenda]] for the General Assembly made no explicit mention of Iran, only indicating that the event had been postponed until 2017 due to the lack of an organizer,<ref name="agenda-5207" /> similar to the situations in 2014 and 2015. When the agenda item (5.20.7) for Women's World Championship came up for discussion in Baku, Iran offered to host the event, and after a brief discussion of the applicable [[dress code]], none of the 159 attending delegates objected.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://chessdailynews.com/345635-2/|title=Official Statement From FIDE About The Women's World Championship in Iran|date=2016-10-02|newspaper=Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information|archive-date=15 December 2016|access-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215114758/https://chessdailynews.com/345635-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Only when FIDE published the General Assembly decisions two weeks later did the existence of the Iran offer become widely known, and the issue rapidly became explosive, in part due to the [[social media]] activity of [[Nigel Short]], who alternatively claimed that awarding the event to Iran was against FIDE Statutes<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/women-world-championship-in-iran-and-other-fide-decisions-2773|title=2017 Women's World Championship Awarded To Iran; Other FIDE Decisions - Chess.com|last=Doggers|first=Peter|date=2016-09-28|newspaper=Chess.com|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> or the Code of Ethics (or founding Principles) of the [[International Olympic Committee]].

[[Nazí Paikidze]], who qualified by finishing tied for 2nd in the 2015 [[U.S. Women's Chess Championship|US Women's Championship]], was the first female player to protest FIDE's decision to allow Iran to host the event. Through the media she announced that she would not participate most particularly because of Iran's dress code requiring women to wear a [[hijab]],<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/10/05/the-american-chess-champion-challenging-irans-hijab-fetish/ Nomani, Asra Q & Alinejad, Masih. “The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish.”] ''The Washington Post''. 5 October 2016</ref> though initially she also secondarily mentioned the risks to Americans and other foreigners of being detained in Iran because of their nationality. In a later petition on [[Change.org]] she included a third item, namely that there could be speech restrictions on women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/06/i-will-not-wear-a-hijab-u-s-chess-star-refuses-to-attend-world-championships-in-iran/|title='I will NOT wear a hijab': U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref>Speech restrictions on sporting participants are often mandated, for instance [[Rule 40]] at the [[Olympics]], conduct clauses in contracts as with [[Steve Clevenger]], and perhaps a close analogue would be the [[American Contract Bridge League]] having a [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/arts/14brid.html dispute] against some of its representatives at the 2007 World Bridge Championships, for using this as a platform to display a political message. However, Paikidze is noting that women have been arrested in Iran for speaking out on women's rights, for instance [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/22/iran-missing-womens-rights-activist Maryam Majd].</ref>

Chess, like other sports, has had a degree of controversy regarding women's attire. A statement from FIDE Press Officer [[Anastasiya Karlovich]] was published at [[Susan Polgar]]'s site ''Chess Daily News'' on October 1, 2016, indicating that FIDE has not received any official complaints to date (including from prior women's events held in Iran), but that they would be reviewing all possible solutions for the players’ comfort and would discuss all the issues with the organizers in Iran during meetings in the next few weeks.<ref name=":0" /> Polgar requested that concerned participants contact the FIDE Women's Commission, of which she is co-chair.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://chessdailynews.com/my-response-to-cnn-regarding-the-upcoming-womens-world-championship/|title=My response to CNN regarding the upcoming Women's World Championship|date=2016-09-29|newspaper=Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information|archive-date=2 October 2016|access-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002105320/https://chessdailynews.com/my-response-to-cnn-regarding-the-upcoming-womens-world-championship/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Emil Sutovsky]], the president of the [[Association of Chess Professionals]] (ACP), hosted discussions at his [[Facebook]] page on the matter, and wrote an official letter to [[FIDE]].<ref>[http://facebook.com/emil.sutovsky/posts/10154228376124681 Post 1] (Russian), [http://facebook.com/emil.sutovsky/posts/10154230667859681 Post 2], [http://facebook.com/emil.sutovsky/posts/10154236168169681 Post 3]</ref> He also noted that while he has talked to at least half the participants and the vast majority do not want to boycott, the ACP would respect the rights of others too.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/chess/reviews/sportsmenki-ustroili-boykot-protiv-hidzhabov-1051484/|title=Спортсменки устроили бойкот против хиджабов|date=2016-10-05|newspaper=[[Sport Express]]|access-date=2017-02-11|language=ru|trans-title=Athletes staged a boycott against hijab}}</ref> [[Natalia Zhukova]], [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], [[Anna Muzychuk]], and [[Elisabeth Paehtz]] have all made public comments to Sutovsky, but none to the degree of Nazí Paikidze.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}} Sutovsky was willing to entertain Nigel Short's claims regarding the illegality of FIDE's actions, but simultaneously would not pursue them (either personally or as ACP president) until a proper legal argument was made on the matter.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}

[[ChessBase]] India interviewed two of the three qualifiers from that country ([[Harika Dronavalli]] and [[Humpy Koneru]]), each of whom has played in Iran previously.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chessbase.in/news/humpy-and-harika-in-iran|title=Humpy, Harika and Padmini ready to play in Iran|last=Shah|first=Sagar|date=2016-10-01|website=chessbase.in|publisher=ChessBase India|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> They indicated a degree of awkwardness and discomfort with the physical aspects of the headscarf while playing (as had Zhukova), but declared the World Championship itself to be more important. Later articles quoted Kosteniuk and Koneru expanding on their views, with the former noting that even exercising for fitness in Iran can be difficult for a woman.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/world-women-chess-championship-iran-hijab-prison-3065905/|title=Iran's hijab law triggers scepticism among players before World Chess Championship|date=2016-10-05|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref>

''[[The Guardian]]'' featured 2015 Asian Women's Continental Champion [[Mitra Hejazipour]] (of Iran) in an article, describing how a boycott could harm Iranian women's sport.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/30/boycott-of-womens-world-chess-championship-iran-tehran|title=Boycott of world chess championship 'would hurt women in Iran'|date=2016-09-30|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-11|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Other Iranian players have also stated that a boycott would not be beneficial to Iranian women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/iranian-chess-players-insist-hijab-no-reason-for-boycott-of-womens-world-championship-3045716.html|title=Iranian chess players insist hijab no reason for boycott of Women's World Championship|date=2016-10-11|newspaper=Firstpost|access-date=2016-12-06}}</ref>

==Schedule== The schedule of the tournament: * 10 February: Opening ceremony * 11–13 February: Round 1 * 14–16 February: Round 2 * 17–19 February: Round 3 * 20–22 February: Round 4 (quarter-finals) * 23–25 February: Round 5 (semi-finals) * 26 February: Rest day * 27 February – 3 March: Round 6 (final) * 4 March: Closing ceremony

==Participants== The players are selected by five different means: reaching the semi-finals of the most recent knock-out Women's World Championship, junior championships, rating, zonal or continental chess championships, and FIDE wildcards.

Before the start of the tournament, 48th seed [[Cristina Adela Foișor]] died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/15-chess-news/10004-obituary-im-cristina-adela-foisor.html|title=Obituary – IM Cristina Adela Foișor|date=2017-01-23|website=www.fide.com|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171553/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/15-chess-news/10004-obituary-im-cristina-adela-foisor.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Because pairings were already announced, there was no replacement.

The participants,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9970-qualifiers-for-2017-womens-world-chess-championship.html|title=PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2017|publisher=FIDE|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> seeded by their FIDE rating of February 2017, are:

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]], GM (R) # {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]], GM (R) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], GM (R) # {{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]], GM (WC) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]], GM (E14) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valentina Gunina]], GM (E14) # {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Antoaneta Stefanova]], GM (E14) # {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhao Xue]], GM (R) # {{flagicon|CHN}} '''[[Tan Zhongyi]]''', WGM (Z3.5) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Batsiashvili]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natalia Pogonina]], WGM (WC) # {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shen Yang (chess player)|Shen Yang]], IM (R) # {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hoang Thanh Trang]], GM (E15) # {{flagicon|GER}} [[Elisabeth Paehtz]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]], WGM (J14) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Bodnaruk]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Girya]], WGM (E15) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Lela Javakhishvili]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Pia Cramling]], GM (WC) # {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Sarasadat Khademalsharieh]], IM (PN) # {{flagicon|POL}} [[Monika Soćko]], GM (E14) # {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Huang Qian]], WGM (Z3.5) # {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Natalia Zhukova]], GM (E14) # {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Ushenina]], GM (R) # {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Elina Danielian]], GM (E14) # {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ekaterina Atalik]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Lilit Mkrtchian]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Bela Khotenashvili]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dinara Saduakassova]], IM (Z3.4) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Kovalevskaya]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|PER}} [[Deysi Cori]], WGM (Z2.4) # {{flagicon|INA}} [[Irine Kharisma Sukandar]], IM (AS14) # {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Zhu Chen]], GM (Z3.1) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alina Kashlinskaya]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Inna Gaponenko]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marina Nechaeva]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Olga Zimina]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Shiqun]], WGM (Z3.5) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Salome Melia]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|IND}} [[Padmini Rout]], IM (Z3.7) # {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Nastassia Ziaziulkina]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Khurtsidze]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daria Charochkina]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Savina]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Sopiko Guramishvili]], IM (E15) # {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kateřina Němcová]], WGM (Z2.1) # {{flagicon|VIE}} [[Pham Le Thao Nguyen]], IM (Z3.3) # {{flagicon|ROU}} <s>[[Cristina-Adela Foisor]], IM</s> (E14) # {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Mitra Hejazipour]], WGM (AS15) # {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhai Mo]], WGM (Z3.5) # {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Atousa Pourkashiyan]], WGM (PN) # {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Nataliya Buksa]], WGM (J15) # {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Maritza Arribas Robaina]], WGM (AM) # {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Qiyu Zhou]], WGM (Z2.2) # {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Sopio Gvetadze]], IM (E14) # {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sabina Foisor]], WGM (Z2.1) # {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ayelén Martínez]], WIM (Z2.5) # {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Yaniet Marrero Lopez]], WGM (Z2.3) # {{flagicon|USA}} [[Viktorija Ni]], WIM (Z2.1) # {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Khaled Mona]], WGM (AF) # {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Akter Liza Shamima]], WIM (Z3.2) # {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Sabrina Latreche]], WIM (AF) # {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Amina Mezioud]], WIM (AF) # {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nancy Lane]], WIM (Z3.6) }}

=== Qualification paths === {{smalldiv|1= {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *WC: Semi-finalists of the [[Women's World Chess Championship 2015]] *J14 and J15: [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Junior Champions]] 2014 and 2015 *R: Rating (average of all published ratings from February 2015 to January 2016 was used) (6) *E14 and E15: [[European Individual Chess Championship|European Individual Championships]] 2014 and 2015 (28) *AM: [[American Continental Chess Championship]] 2016 {{col-2}} *AS14 and AS15: [[Asian Chess Championship]]s 2014 and 2015 *AF: [[African Chess Championship]] 2016 (3) *[[U.S. Women's Chess Championship|Z2.1]] (3), [[Canadian Chess Championship|Z2.2]], Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5 (4), [[Oceania Chess Championship|Z3.6]], [[Indian Chess Championship|Z3.7]]: Zonal tournaments *PN: [[FIDE]] President nominee (2) {{col-end}} }}

==Prize money== The prize money is US$3,750 for first round losers, $5,500 for second, $8,000 for third, $12,000 for fourth, $20,000 for losing semifinalists, $30,000 for runner-up, and $60,000 for champion ($450,000 overall), with 20% of such sums being taken by FIDE. All players pay their own costs (travel, accommodation and meals) for the duration.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/regulationsWWCC.pdf Regulations for the Women’s World Chess Championship Cycle] (PDF). FIDE.</ref>

==Final match== [[File:AMuzychuk1 Ukr Ch 2014.jpg|thumb|Muzychuk reached the final without playing a single tie-break.]] The final was the only match of the tournament which consisted of four classical games. Those were played on consecutive days with a rest-day between the semi-final tie-breaks and match 1. Eventual tie-breaks were played on 3 March 2017, in the same manner as the whole tournament. Two rapid games of 25+10 (i.e. 25 minutes for the whole game plus a 10-second increment), the two rapid games of 10+10, two blitz games of 5+3 and an armageddon decider.

[[Anna Muzychuk]], the reigning women's blitz and rapid world champion, had advanced to the final without playing a tie-break. [[Tan Zhongyi]] on the other hand played several, including two armageddon matches. One of those was in the semi-final against [[Harika Dronavalli]], who had been knocked out at the semi-final stage for the third straight time. Before the finals, Tan Zhongyi and Anna Muzychuk had met each other just two times at classical time control, with both games ending in a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=zhongyi+vs+anna+muzychuk|access-date=2023-09-28| title=zhongyi vs anna muzychuk search results}}</ref>

After a draw in the first game, Tan outplayed her opponent to win game 2. However, Muzychuk came back with a crushing early victory in game 3. Game 4 was a quiet draw, setting the stage for a rapid playoff. In the first pair of rapid games, Tan Zhongyi won the title. Consequently, she was also awarded the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] title.

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Women's World Chess Championship Final 2017 |- ! colspan=2| !! colspan=4|Classical games !! colspan=2|Tie-breaks !! rowspan=2| Total |- ! !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! R1 !! R2 |- | align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Tan Zhongyi]]|CHN}} || 2502 || style="background:black; color:white"| ½ || 1 ||style="background:black; color:white"| 0 || ½ ||style="background:black; color:white"|½ || 1 || '''3½''' |- | align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anna Muzychuk]]|UKR}} || 2558 || ½ ||style="background:black; color:white"| 0 || 1 ||style="background:black; color:white"| ½ || ½ ||style="background:black; color:white"|0 || '''2½''' |}

==Bracket== Player positions are determined by the January FIDE rating list. No. 1 plays no. 64, 2 plays 63, and so on.

=== Finals === {{8TeamBracket | legs= 3/3/5 | aggregate= y

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]] | RD1-shade1-1= black | RD1-shade1-2= white | RD1-score1-1= {{font color|white|½}} | RD1-score1-2= {{font color|black|0}} | RD1-score1-agg= ½ | RD1-seed2= 9 | RD1-team2= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD1-shade2-1= white | RD1-shade2-2= black | RD1-score2-1= {{font color|black|½}} | RD1-score2-2= {{font color|white|1}} | RD1-score2-agg= '''1½''' | RD1-seed3= 4 | RD1-team3= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]]''' | RD1-shade3-1= white | RD1-shade3-2= black | RD1-score3-1= {{font color|black|1}} | RD1-score3-2= {{font color|white|0}} | RD1-score3-3= ''1½'' | RD1-score3-agg= '''2½''' | RD1-seed4= 5 | RD1-team4= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]] | RD1-shade4-1= black | RD1-shade4-2= white | RD1-score4-1= {{font color|white|0}} | RD1-score4-2= {{font color|black|1}} | RD1-score4-3= ''½'' | RD1-score4-agg= 1½ | RD1-seed5= 2 | RD1-team5= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]''' | RD1-shade5-1= white | RD1-shade5-2= black | RD1-score5-1= {{font color|black|1}} | RD1-score5-2= {{font color|white|½}} | RD1-score5-agg= '''1½''' | RD1-seed6= 7 | RD1-team6= {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Antoaneta Stefanova]] | RD1-shade6-1= black | RD1-shade6-2= white | RD1-score6-1= {{font color|white|0}} | RD1-score6-2= {{font color|black|½}} | RD1-score6-agg= ½ | RD1-seed7= 3 | RD1-team7= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]''' | RD1-shade7-1= black | RD1-shade7-2= white | RD1-score7-1= {{font color|white|½}} | RD1-score7-2= {{font color|black|1}} | RD1-score7-agg= '''1½''' | RD1-seed8= 38 | RD1-team8= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Shiqun]] | RD1-shade8-1= white | RD1-shade8-2= black | RD1-score8-1= {{font color|black|½}} | RD1-score8-2= {{font color|white|0}} | RD1-score8-agg= ½

| RD2-seed1= 9 | RD2-team1= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD2-shade1-1= white | RD2-shade1-2= black | RD2-score1-1= {{font color|black|1}} | RD2-score1-2= {{font color|white|0}} | RD2-score1-3= ''4'' | RD2-score1-agg= '''5''' | RD2-seed2= 4 | RD2-team2= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]] | RD2-shade2-1= black | RD2-shade2-2= white | RD2-score2-1= {{font color|white|0}} | RD2-score2-2= {{font color|black|1}} | RD2-score2-3= ''3'' | RD2-score2-agg= 4 | RD2-seed3= 2 | RD2-team3= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]''' | RD2-shade3-1= black | RD2-shade3-2= white | RD2-score3-1= {{font color|white|1}} | RD2-score3-2= {{font color|black|1}} | RD2-score3-agg= '''2''' | RD2-seed4= 3 | RD2-team4= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]] | RD2-shade4-1= white | RD2-shade4-2= black | RD2-score4-1= {{font color|black|0}} | RD2-score4-2= {{font color|white|0}} | RD2-score4-agg= 0

| RD3-seed1= 9 | RD3-team1= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD3-shade1-1= black | RD3-shade1-2= white | RD3-shade1-3= black | RD3-shade1-4= white | RD3-score1-1= {{font color|white|½}} | RD3-score1-2= {{font color|black|1}} | RD3-score1-3= {{font color|white|0}} | RD3-score1-4= {{font color|black|½}} | RD3-score1-5= ''1½'' | RD3-score1-agg= '''3½''' | RD3-seed2= 4 | RD3-team2= {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]] | RD3-shade2-1= white | RD3-shade2-2= black | RD3-shade2-3= white | RD3-shade2-4= black | RD3-score2-1= {{font color|black|½}} | RD3-score2-2= {{font color|white|0}} | RD3-score2-3= {{font color|black|1}} | RD3-score2-4= {{font color|white|½}} | RD3-score2-5= ''½'' | RD3-score2-agg= 2½ }}

=== Rounds 1-4 === {{64TeamBracket | maxround= 4

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]]''' | RD1-score1= '''2''' | RD1-seed2= 64 | RD1-team2= {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nancy Lane]] | RD1-score2= 0 | RD1-seed3= 32 | RD1-team3= {{flagicon|INA}} [[Irine Kharisma Sukandar]] | RD1-score3= ½ | RD1-seed4= 33 | RD1-team4= '''{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Zhu Chen]]''' | RD1-score4= '''1½''' | RD1-seed5= 16 | RD1-team5= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Bodnaruk]]''' | RD1-score5= '''5''' | RD1-seed6= 49 | RD1-team6= {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mitra Hejazipour]] | RD1-score6= 4 | RD1-seed7= 17 | RD1-team7= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Girya]]''' | RD1-score7= '''w/o''' | RD1-seed8= 48 | RD1-team8= {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Cristina-Adela Foisor]] | RD1-score8= | RD1-seed9= 8 | RD1-team9= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhao Xue]]''' | RD1-score9= '''3''' | RD1-seed10= 57 | RD1-team10= {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ayelén Martínez]] | RD1-score10= 1 | RD1-seed11= 25 | RD1-team11= {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Elina Danielian]] | RD1-score11= ½ | RD1-seed12= 40 | RD1-team12= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Padmini Rout]]''' | RD1-score12= '''1½''' | RD1-seed13= 9 | RD1-team13= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD1-score13= '''1½''' | RD1-seed14= 56 | RD1-team14= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sabina Foisor]] | RD1-score14= ½ | RD1-seed15= 24 | RD1-team15= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Ushenina]]''' | RD1-score15= '''1½''' | RD1-seed16= 41 | RD1-team16= {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Nastassia Ziaziulkina]] | RD1-score16= ½ | RD1-seed17= 4 | RD1-team17= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]]''' | RD1-score17= '''2½''' | RD1-seed18= 61 | RD1-team18= {{flagicon|BGD}} [[Akter Liza Shamima]] | RD1-score18= 1½ | RD1-seed19= 29 | RD1-team19= '''{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dinara Saduakassova]]''' | RD1-score19= '''1½''' | RD1-seed20= 36 | RD1-team20= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marina Nechaeva]] | RD1-score20= ½ | RD1-seed21= 13 | RD1-team21= {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hoang Thanh Trang]] | RD1-score21= 1½ | RD1-seed22= 52 | RD1-team22= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Nataliya Buksa]]''' | RD1-score22= '''2½''' | RD1-seed23= 20 | RD1-team23= {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Sarasadat Khademalsharieh]] | RD1-score23= 1½ | RD1-seed24= 45 | RD1-team24= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Sopiko Guramishvili]]''' | RD1-score24= '''2½''' | RD1-seed25= 5 | RD1-team25= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]]''' | RD1-score25= '''4''' | RD1-seed26= 60 | RD1-team26= {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Khaled Mona]] | RD1-score26= 2 | RD1-seed27= 28 | RD1-team27= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Bela Khotenashvili]] | RD1-score27= 1 | RD1-seed28= 37 | RD1-team28= '''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Olga Zimina]]''' | RD1-score28= '''3''' | RD1-seed29= 12 | RD1-team29= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shen Yang (chess player)|Shen Yang]]''' | RD1-score29= '''3''' | RD1-seed30= 53 | RD1-team30= {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Maritza Arribas Robaina]] | RD1-score30= 1 | RD1-seed31= 21 | RD1-team31= {{flagicon|POL}} [[Monika Soćko]] | RD1-score31= 1½ | RD1-seed32= 44 | RD1-team32= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Savina]]''' | RD1-score32= '''2½''' | RD1-seed33= 2 | RD1-team33= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]''' | RD1-score33= '''2''' | RD1-seed34= 63 | RD1-team34= {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Amina Mezioud]] | RD1-score34= 0 | RD1-seed35= 31 | RD1-team35= {{flagicon|PER}} [[Deysi Cori]] | RD1-score35= ½ | RD1-seed36= 34 | RD1-team36= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alina Kashlinskaya]]''' | RD1-score36= '''1½''' | RD1-seed37= 15 | RD1-team37= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]]''' | RD1-score37= '''1½''' | RD1-seed38= 50 | RD1-team38= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhai Mo]] | RD1-score38= ½ | RD1-seed39= 18 | RD1-team39= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Lela Javakhishvili]] | RD1-score39= ½ | RD1-seed40= 47 | RD1-team40= '''{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Pham Le Thao Nguyen]]''' | RD1-score40= '''1½''' | RD1-seed41= 7 | RD1-team41= '''{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Antoaneta Stefanova]]''' | RD1-score41= '''2''' | RD1-seed42= 58 | RD1-team42= {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Yaniet Marrero Lopez]] | RD1-score42= 0 | RD1-seed43= 26 | RD1-team43= {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ekaterina Atalik]] | RD1-score43= 1½ | RD1-seed44= 39 | RD1-team44= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Salome Melia]]''' | RD1-score44= '''2½''' | RD1-seed45= 10 | RD1-team45= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Batsiashvili]]''' | RD1-score45= '''2''' | RD1-seed46= 55 | RD1-team46= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Sopio Gvetadze]] | RD1-score46= 0 | RD1-seed47= 23 | RD1-team47= {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Natalia Zhukova]] | RD1-score47= ½ | RD1-seed48= 42 | RD1-team48= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Khurtsidze]]''' | RD1-score48= '''1½''' | RD1-seed49= 3 | RD1-team49= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]''' | RD1-score49= '''2''' | RD1-seed50= 62 | RD1-team50= {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Sabrina Latreche]] | RD1-score50= 0 | RD1-seed51= 30 | RD1-team51= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Kovalevskaya]] | RD1-score51= ½ | RD1-seed52= 35 | RD1-team52= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Inna Gaponenko]]''' | RD1-score52= '''1½''' | RD1-seed53= 14 | RD1-team53= '''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Elisabeth Paehtz]]''' | RD1-score53= '''1½''' | RD1-seed54= 51 | RD1-team54= {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Atousa Pourkashiyan]] | RD1-score54= ½ | RD1-seed55= 19 | RD1-team55= '''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Pia Cramling]]''' | RD1-score55= '''1½''' | RD1-seed56= 46 | RD1-team56= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kateřina Němcová]] | RD1-score56= ½ | RD1-seed57= 6 | RD1-team57= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valentina Gunina]]''' | RD1-score57= '''2''' | RD1-seed58= 59 | RD1-team58= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Viktorija Ni]] | RD1-score58= 0 | RD1-seed59= 27 | RD1-team59= {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Lilit Mkrtchian]] | RD1-score59= ½ | RD1-seed60= 38 | RD1-team60= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Shiqun]]''' | RD1-score60= '''1½''' | RD1-seed61= 11 | RD1-team61= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natalia Pogonina]]''' | RD1-score61= '''1½''' | RD1-seed62= 54 | RD1-team62= {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Qiyu Zhou]] | RD1-score62= ½ | RD1-seed63= 22 | RD1-team63= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Huang Qian]]''' | RD1-score63= '''3''' | RD1-seed64= 43 | RD1-team64= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daria Charochkina]] | RD1-score64= 1

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]]''' | RD2-score1= '''1½''' | RD2-seed2= 33 | RD2-team2= {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Zhu Chen]] | RD2-score2= ½ | RD2-seed3= 16 | RD2-team3= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Bodnaruk]] | RD2-score3= 0 | RD2-seed4= 17 | RD2-team4= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Girya]]''' | RD2-score4= '''2''' | RD2-seed5= 8 | RD2-team5= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhao Xue]] | RD2-score5= 1½ | RD2-seed6= 40 | RD2-team6= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Padmini Rout]]''' | RD2-score6= '''2½''' | RD2-seed7= 9 | RD2-team7= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD2-score7= '''4½''' | RD2-seed8= 24 | RD2-team8= {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Ushenina]] | RD2-score8= 4½ | RD2-seed9= 4 | RD2-team9= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]]''' | RD2-score9= '''2½''' | RD2-seed10= 29 | RD2-team10= {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dinara Saduakassova]] | RD2-score10= 1½ | RD2-seed11= 52 | RD2-team11= {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Nataliya Buksa]] | RD2-score11= 3½ | RD2-seed12= 45 | RD2-team12= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Sopiko Guramishvili]]''' | RD2-score12= '''4½''' | RD2-seed13= 5 | RD2-team13= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]]''' | RD2-score13= '''2''' | RD2-seed14= 37 | RD2-team14= {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Olga Zimina]] | RD2-score14= 0 | RD2-seed15= 12 | RD2-team15= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shen Yang (chess player)|Shen Yang]]''' | RD2-score15= '''1½''' | RD2-seed16= 44 | RD2-team16= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Savina]] | RD2-score16= ½ | RD2-seed17= 2 | RD2-team17= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]''' | RD2-score17= '''1½''' | RD2-seed18= 34 | RD2-team18= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alina Kashlinskaya]] | RD2-score18= ½ | RD2-seed19= 15 | RD2-team19= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]] | RD2-score19= ½ | RD2-seed20= 47 | RD2-team20= '''{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Pham Le Thao Nguyen]]''' | RD2-score20= '''1½''' | RD2-seed21= 7 | RD2-team21= '''{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Antoaneta Stefanova]]''' | RD2-score21= '''2½''' | RD2-seed22= 39 | RD2-team22= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Salome Melia]] | RD2-score22= 1½ | RD2-seed23= 10 | RD2-team23= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Batsiashvili]] | RD2-score23= 4 | RD2-seed24= 42 | RD2-team24= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Khurtsidze]]''' | RD2-score24= '''5''' | RD2-seed25= 3 | RD2-team25= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]''' | RD2-score25= '''2½''' | RD2-seed26= 35 | RD2-team26= {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Inna Gaponenko]] | RD2-score26= 1½ | RD2-seed27= 14 | RD2-team27= {{flagicon|GER}} [[Elisabeth Paehtz]] | RD2-score27= 1 | RD2-seed28= 19 | RD2-team28= '''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Pia Cramling]]''' | RD2-score28= '''3''' | RD2-seed29= 6 | RD2-team29= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valentina Gunina]] | RD2-score29= 0 | RD2-seed30= 38 | RD2-team30= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Shiqun]]''' | RD2-score30= '''2''' | RD2-seed31= 11 | RD2-team31= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natalia Pogonina]]''' | RD2-score31= '''3½''' | RD2-seed32= 22 | RD2-team32= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Huang Qian]] | RD2-score32= 2½

| RD3-seed1= 1 | RD3-team1= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]]''' | RD3-score1= '''3½''' | RD3-seed2= 17 | RD3-team2= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Girya]] | RD3-score2= 2½ | RD3-seed3= 40 | RD3-team3= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Padmini Rout]] | RD3-score3= 2½ | RD3-seed4= 9 | RD3-team4= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD3-score4= '''3½''' | RD3-seed5= 4 | RD3-team5= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]]''' | RD3-score5= '''3½''' | RD3-seed6= 45 | RD3-team6= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Sopiko Guramishvili]] | RD3-score6= 2½ | RD3-seed7= 5 | RD3-team7= '''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]]''' | RD3-score7= '''1½''' | RD3-seed8= 12 | RD3-team8= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shen Yang (chess player)|Shen Yang]] | RD3-score8= ½ | RD3-seed9= 2 | RD3-team9= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]''' | RD3-score9= '''2''' | RD3-seed10= 47 | RD3-team10= {{flagicon|VIE}} [[Pham Le Thao Nguyen]] | RD3-score10= 0 | RD3-seed11= 7 | RD3-team11= '''{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Antoaneta Stefanova]]''' | RD3-score11= '''1½''' | RD3-seed12= 42 | RD3-team12= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nino Khurtsidze]] | RD3-score12= ½ | RD3-seed13= 3 | RD3-team13= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]''' | RD3-score13= '''4''' | RD3-seed14= 19 | RD3-team14= {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Pia Cramling]] | RD3-score14= 2 | RD3-seed15= 38 | RD3-team15= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Shiqun]]''' | RD3-score15= '''1½''' | RD3-seed16= 11 | RD3-team16= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natalia Pogonina]] | RD3-score16= ½

| RD4-seed1= 1 | RD4-team1= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]] | RD4-score1= ½ | RD4-seed2= 9 | RD4-team2= '''{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]''' | RD4-score2= '''1½''' | RD4-seed3= 4 | RD4-team3= '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]]''' | RD4-score3= '''2½''' | RD4-seed4= 5 | RD4-team4= {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]] | RD4-score4= 1½ | RD4-seed5= 2 | RD4-team5= '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]''' | RD4-score5= '''1½''' | RD4-seed6= 7 | RD4-team6= {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Antoaneta Stefanova]] | RD4-score6= ½ | RD4-seed7= 3 | RD4-team7= '''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]''' | RD4-score7= '''1½''' | RD4-seed8= 38 | RD4-team8= {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Shiqun]] | RD4-score8= ½ }}

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

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