Women's World Chess Championship 2006
Women's World Chess Championship 2006 was a knockout, 10–27 Mar 2006. Won by Xu, beating Alisa 2½–½ in the final. Last updated .
- Dates
Matches
Round of 64
- Evgenija Ovod2–4Nana Dzagnidze
- Monika Soćko½–1½Ju Wenjun
- Ingris Rivera½–1½Maia Chiburdanidze
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant2½–1½Marta Michna
- Cristina Adela Foișor1½–2½Elina Danielian
- Alexandra Kosteniuk2–0Natalia Khoudgarian
- Atousa Pourkashiyan½–1½Viktorija Čmilytė
- Lilit Mkrtchian1½–2½Ruan Lufei
- Carolina Lujan1½–½Yelena Dembo
- Alisa Galliamova1½–½Maka Purtseladze
- Amina Mezioud½–1½Antoaneta Stefanova
- Iweta Radziewicz2–0Tatiana Kononenko
- Wang Yu1½–2½Nino Khurtsidze
- Zhu Chen0–2Maritza Arribas Robaina
- Hou Yifan1½–½Nadezhda Kosintseva
- Natalia Zhukova3½–2½Shen Yang
- Irina Slavina-Turova½–1½Lela Javakhishvili
- Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi1½–½Irina Berezina-Feldman
- Karen Zapata1½–½Kateryna Lagno
- Svetlana Matveeva2–0Irina Vasilevich
- Marie Sebag1½–½Elena Zaiatz
- Humpy Koneru2–0Tuduetso Sabure
- Dana Tuleyeva-Aketayeva½–1½Qin Kanying
- Almira Skripchenko½–1½Jovanka Houska
- Sulennis Piña Vega½–1½Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
- Zhao Xue½–1½Maria Kursova
- Faridah Basta Sohair0–2Pia Cramling
- Elisabeth Pähtz2–4Peng Zhaoqin
- Anna Ushenina3–1Ekaterina Korbut
- Xu Yuhua1½–½Hoàng Xuân Thanh Khiết
- Subbaraman Meenakshi0–2Tatiana Kosintseva
- Irina Krush2½–1½Claudia Amura
Round of 32
- Nana Dzagnidze1½–2½Ju Wenjun
- Maia Chiburdanidze1½–½Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
- Elina Danielian0–2Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Viktorija Čmilytė4–2Ruan Lufei
- Carolina Lujan1–3Alisa Galliamova
- Antoaneta Stefanova1–3Iweta Radziewicz
- Nino Khurtsidze1½–½Maritza Arribas Robaina
- Hou Yifan2–0Natalia Zhukova
- Lela Javakhishvili1–3Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
- Karen Zapata½–1½Svetlana Matveeva
- Marie Sebag3–1Humpy Koneru
- Qin Kanying2½–1½Jovanka Houska
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1½–½Maria Kursova
- Pia Cramling½–1½Peng Zhaoqin
- Anna Ushenina½–1½Xu Yuhua
- Tatiana Kosintseva1½–½Irina Krush
Round of 16
- Ju Wenjun2–4Maia Chiburdanidze
- Alexandra Kosteniuk½–1½Viktorija Čmilytė
- Alisa Galliamova2½–1½Iweta Radziewicz
- Nino Khurtsidze2–0Hou Yifan
- Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi½–1½Svetlana Matveeva
- Marie Sebag4–2Qin Kanying
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya2½–1½Peng Zhaoqin
- Xu Yuhua1½–1Tatiana Kosintseva
Quarter-finals
- Maia Chiburdanidze1–3Viktorija Čmilytė
- Alisa Galliamova2–0Nino Khurtsidze
- Svetlana Matveeva1½–½Marie Sebag
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya1½–2½Xu Yuhua
Semi-finals
- Viktorija Čmilytė½–1½Alisa Galliamova
- Svetlana Matveeva½–1½Xu Yuhua
Final
- Alisa Galliamova½–2½Xu Yuhua
The winner is shown in bold once the match is over; in Armageddon a draw counts as a win for Black.
Results
Final – Game 2
- 1Xu Yuhua½–½Alisa Galliamova