Women's World Chess Championship 2008
Women's World Chess Championship 2008 was a knockout, 28 Aug – 18 Sep 2008. Won by Alexandra, beating Hou 2½–1½ in the final. Last updated .
- Dates
Matches
Round of 64
- Xu Yuhua1½–½Anzel Solomons
- Nino Khurtsidze0–0Svetlana Matveeva
- Elisabeth Pähtz4–3Ilaha Kadimova
- Anna Ushenina1½–½Le Thanh Tu
- Tatiana Kosintseva2–0Nafisa Muminova
- Anna Zatonskih0–0Tea Bosboom-Lanchava
- Alexandra Kosteniuk2–0Atousa Pourkashiyan
- Ekaterina Korbut0–0Sopio Gvetadze
- Antoaneta Stefanova0–0Karen Zapata
- Natasa Bojkovic1½–2½Ju Wenjun
- Natalia Zhukova1½–2½Katerina Rohonyan
- Inna Gaponenko1½–½Zhang Jilin
- Pia Cramling1½–½Sarai Sanchez Castillo
- Tania Sachdev½–1½Tan Zhongyi
- Ruan Lufei1½–½Irina Zakurdjaeva
- Lela Javakhishvili0–0Claudia Amura
- Hou Yifan2–0Mona Khaled
- Iweta Rajlich0–2Batkhuyag Munguntuul
- Irina Krush0–0Elena Sedina
- Nguyen Thi Thanh An0–0Maia Chiburdanidze
- Marie Sebag0–0Anna Gasik
- Lilit Mkrtchian3½–2½Eva Moser
- Dronavalli Harika2–0Vera Nebolsina
- Maria Velcheva0–2Anna Muzychuk
- Zhao Xue2–0Marisa Zuriel
- Shen Yang1½–½Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska
- Nisha Mohota0–2Nadezhda Kosintseva
- Valentina Golubenko½–1½Viktorija Čmilytė
- Hoang Thanh Trang1½–½Maritza Arribas Robaina
- Sabina-Francesca Foisor3–4Monika Soćko
- Maia Lomineishvili0–0Sopiko Khukhashvili
- Yorsa Alaa El Din0–2Humpy Koneru
Round of 32
- Xu Yuhua½–1½Svetlana Matveeva
- Elisabeth Pähtz½–1½Anna Ushenina
- Tatiana Kosintseva1½–½Anna Zatonskih
- Antoaneta Stefanova3–1Ju Wenjun
- Katerina Rohonyan1½–2½Inna Gaponenko
- Pia Cramling1½–½Tan Zhongyi
- Ruan Lufei1½–½Claudia Amura
- Hou Yifan2–0Batkhuyag Munguntuul
- Elena Sedina3–1Nguyen Thi Thanh An
- Anna Gasik½–1½Lilit Mkrtchian
- Dronavalli Harika2½–1½Anna Muzychuk
- Zhao Xue½–1½Shen Yang
- Nadezhda Kosintseva2½–1½Viktorija Čmilytė
- Hoang Thanh Trang1½–½Monika Soćko
Round of 16
- Svetlana Matveeva0–2Anna Ushenina
- Tatiana Kosintseva½–1½Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Antoaneta Stefanova2–0Inna Gaponenko
- Pia Cramling1½–½Ruan Lufei
- Hou Yifan3–1Elena Sedina
- Lilit Mkrtchian1½–½Dronavalli Harika
- Shen Yang3½–2½Nadezhda Kosintseva
- Hoang Thanh Trang½–1½Humpy Koneru
Quarter-finals
- Anna Ushenina½–1½Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Antoaneta Stefanova½–1½Pia Cramling
- Hou Yifan1½–½Lilit Mkrtchian
- Shen Yang0–2Humpy Koneru
Semi-finals
- Alexandra Kosteniuk1½–½Pia Cramling
- Hou Yifan4–2Humpy Koneru
Final
- Alexandra Kosteniuk2½–1½Hou Yifan
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
- 1Alexandra Kosteniuk½–½Hou Yifan