Women's World Chess Championship 2001
Women's World Chess Championship 2001 was a knockout, 25 Nov – 14 Dec 2001. Won by Zhu, beating Alexandra 5–3 in the final. Last updated .
- Dates
Matches
Round of 64
- Alisa Galliamova1½–½Wissam Toubal
- Natalia Straub3–1Wang Yu
- Alexandra Kosteniuk2–0Jennifer Shahade
- Hoang Thanh Trang1½–½Huang Qian
- Almira Skripchenko2–0Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky
- Marta Michna3½–2½Nona Gaprindashvili
- Julia Ryjanova½–1½Tatiana Grabuzova
- Corina-Isabela Peptan2–0Nava Starr
- Wang Pin1½–½Joara Chaves
- Elisabeth Pähtz3½–2½Iweta Radziewicz
- Cristina Adela Foișor3–1Gu Xiaobing
- Tatiana Stepovaia-Dianchenko2½–3½Nisha Mohota
- Xu Yuhua2–0Farida Arouche
- Tatiana Shumiakina0–2Elina Danielian
- Svetlana Prudnikova2–4Camilla Baginskaite
- Nataša Bojković1½–½Maria Kouvatsou
- Maia Chiburdanidze1½–½Asma Houli
- Olga Alexandrova0–2Elena Sedina
- Xu Yuanyuan4–2Sulennis Piña Vega
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant1½–2½Dagnė Čiukšytė
- Nana Ioseliani1½–½Elina Groberman
- Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi½–1½Joanna Dworakowska
- Peng Zhaoqin2–0Maritza Arribas Robaina
- Antoaneta Stefanova1½–½Pallavi Shah
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1½–½Shadi Paridar
- Lilit Mkrtchian2–0Monika Soćko
- Anna Zatonskih1½–½Li Ruofan
- Nino Khurtsidze1½–½Aarthie Ramaswamy
- Zhu Chen1½–½Elisa Maggiolo
- Tatiana Kononenko0–2Svetlana Petrenko
- Inna Gaponenko2–0Genrieta Lagvilava
- Alisa Marić1½–½Elena Köpke
Round of 32
- Alisa Galliamova2–0Natalia Straub
- Alexandra Kosteniuk1½–½Hoang Thanh Trang
- Almira Skripchenko3–1Marta Michna
- Tatiana Grabuzova½–1½Corina-Isabela Peptan
- Wang Pin½–1½Elisabeth Pähtz
- Cristina Adela Foișor1½–½Nisha Mohota
- Xu Yuhua1½–½Elina Danielian
- Camilla Baginskaite1½–½Nataša Bojković
- Maia Chiburdanidze1½–½Elena Sedina
- Xu Yuanyuan½–1½Dagnė Čiukšytė
- Nana Ioseliani½–1½Joanna Dworakowska
- Peng Zhaoqin2–0Antoaneta Stefanova
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1½–½Lilit Mkrtchian
- Anna Zatonskih½–1½Nino Khurtsidze
- Zhu Chen1½–½Svetlana Petrenko
- Inna Gaponenko½–1½Alisa Marić
Round of 16
- Alisa Galliamova0–2Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Almira Skripchenko1½–½Corina-Isabela Peptan
- Elisabeth Pähtz½–1½Cristina Adela Foișor
- Xu Yuhua3–1Camilla Baginskaite
- Maia Chiburdanidze2–0Dagnė Čiukšytė
- Joanna Dworakowska1½–2½Peng Zhaoqin
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya½–1½Nino Khurtsidze
- Zhu Chen3–1Alisa Marić
Quarter-finals
- Alexandra Kosteniuk1½–½Almira Skripchenko
- Cristina Adela Foișor2–4Xu Yuhua
- Maia Chiburdanidze3½–2½Peng Zhaoqin
- Nino Khurtsidze3–4Zhu Chen
Semi-finals
- Alexandra Kosteniuk3–1Xu Yuhua
- Maia Chiburdanidze1½–2½Zhu Chen
Final
- Alexandra Kosteniuk3–5Zhu Chen
The winner is shown in bold once the match is over; in Armageddon a draw counts as a win for Black.
Results
Final – Game 3
- 1Alexandra Kosteniuk0–1Zhu Chen