Women's World Chess Championship 2010
Women's World Chess Championship 2010 was a knockout, 2–24 Dec 2010. Won by Hou, beating Ruan 5–3 in the final. Last updated .
- Dates
Matches
Round of 64
- Alexandra Kosteniuk2–0Amina Mezioud
- Irina Turova½–1½Sopiko Khukhashvili
- Ruan Lufei2½–1½Camilla Baginskaite
- Lilit Mkrtchian1–3Zhang Xiaowen
- Pia Cramling½–1½Betül Cemre Yıldız
- Mariya Muzychuk2–0Deysi Cori
- Dronavalli Harika1½–½Nadig Kruttika
- Elina Danielian0–2Tatiana Shadrina
- Tatiana Kosintseva2–0Mona Khaled
- Yelena Dembo2½–1½Batkhuyag Munguntuul
- Maia Chiburdanidze2–0Meenakshi Subbaraman
- Zhao Xue1½–½Martha Fierro Baquero
- Nana Dzagnidze2–0Dina Kagramanov
- Almira Skripchenko3½–2½Cristina Adela Foișor
- Viktorija Čmilytė2–0Julia Demina
- Elisabeth Paehtz3–1Jolanta Zawadzka
- Hou Yifan2–0Carla Heredia Serrano
- Natalia Zhukova½–1½Marina Romanko
- Zhu Chen2–0Nafisa Muminova
- Monika Soćko1½–½Soumya Swaminathan
- Antoaneta Stefanova2–0Ingrid Aliaga Fernández
- Anna Ushenina1½–2½Huang Qian
- Hoang Thanh Trang2½–1½Ding Yixin
- Kübra Öztürk½–1½Kateryna Lahno
- Anna Muzychuk2–0Marisa Zuriel
- Shen Yang½–1½Evgenija Ovod
- Baira Kovanova2–0Natalija Pogonina
- Arianne Caoili0–0Ju Wenjun
- Marie Sebag2–0Irina Vasilevich
- Maia Lomineishvili0–2Anna Zatonskih
- Iweta Rajlich0–0Jovanka Houska
- Melissa Greeff0–2Humpy Koneru
Round of 32
- Alexandra Kosteniuk3–1Sopiko Khukhashvili
- Ruan Lufei3–1Zhang Xiaowen
- Betül Cemre Yıldız0–2Mariya Muzychuk
- Dronavalli Harika2–0Tatiana Shadrina
- Tatiana Kosintseva½–1½Yelena Dembo
- Maia Chiburdanidze½–1½Zhao Xue
- Nana Dzagnidze1–3Almira Skripchenko
- Viktorija Čmilytė2½–1½Elisabeth Paehtz
- Hou Yifan1½–½Marina Romanko
- Zhu Chen3–1Monika Soćko
- Antoaneta Stefanova1–3Huang Qian
- Hoang Thanh Trang1–3Kateryna Lahno
- Anna Muzychuk1½–½Evgenija Ovod
- Baira Kovanova½–1½Ju Wenjun
- Marie Sebag0–2Anna Zatonskih
- Jovanka Houska½–1½Humpy Koneru
Round of 16
- Alexandra Kosteniuk1½–2½Ruan Lufei
- Mariya Muzychuk3–4Dronavalli Harika
- Yelena Dembo½–1½Zhao Xue
- Almira Skripchenko4–2Viktorija Čmilytė
- Hou Yifan2½–1½Zhu Chen
- Huang Qian½–1½Kateryna Lahno
- Anna Muzychuk½–1½Ju Wenjun
- Anna Zatonskih½–1½Humpy Koneru
Quarter-finals
- Ruan Lufei2½–1½Dronavalli Harika
- Zhao Xue1½–½Almira Skripchenko
- Hou Yifan1½–½Kateryna Lahno
- Ju Wenjun½–1½Humpy Koneru
Semi-finals
- Ruan Lufei2½–1½Zhao Xue
- Hou Yifan1½–½Humpy Koneru
Final
- Ruan Lufei3–5Hou Yifan
The winner is shown in bold once the match is over; in Armageddon a draw counts as a win for Black.
Results
Final – Tiebreak 4
- 1Hou Yifan1–0Ruan Lufei