Women's World Chess Championship 2000
The Women's World Chess Championship 2000 was a change from previous championship cycle in that, for the first time, it consisted of a 64-player knock-out tournament which took place from November 27 to December 16, 2000 in New Delhi, India. Despite the change in format, the tournament was still won by defending champion Xie Jun of China, who beat her compatriot Qin Kanying in the final by 2½ to 1½.[1]
Participants
This is the list of participants, ranked according to their Elo ratings on the October 2000 list.[2] Due to a few late withdrawals, the final number of competitors was only 61.
Xie Jun (CHN), 2567, GM Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), 2550, GM Alisa Galliamova (RUS), 2550, IM Zhu Chen (CHN), 2534, WGM Xu Yuhua (CHN), 2507, WFM Pia Cramling (SWE), 2505, GM Nana Ioseliani (GEO), 2500, IM Hoang Thanh Trang (VIE), 2493, IM Qin Kanying (CHN), 2484, WGM Wang Lei (CHN), 2483, WGM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS), 2468, WGM Natalia Zhukova (UKR), 2467, WGM Almira Skripchenko (MDA), 2451, IM Anna Zatonskih (UKR), 2446, WGM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (GER), 2444, IM Svetlana Matveeva (RUS), 2440, WGM Corina Peptan (ROM), 2439, IM Alisa Marić (SCG), 2435, IM Nino Khurtsidze (GEO), 2432, IM Nataša Bojković (SCG), 2429, WGM Tatjana Vasilevich (UKR), 2420, WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (GEO), 2414, IM Peng Zhaoqin (NED), 2413, IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (IND), 2402, WIM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO), 2390, GM Maria Manakova (SCG), 2384, WGM Irina Krush (USA), 2378, WGM Nino Gurieli (GEO), 2373, IM Julia Demina (RUS), 2366, WGM Elena Zayac (RUS), 2359, WGM Viktorija Čmilytė (LIT), 2352, IM Masha Klinova (ISR), 2350, WGM Joanna Dworakowska (POL), 2347, WGM Rakhil Eidelson (BLR), 2345, WGM Nikoletta Lakos (HUN), 2337, WGM Olga Stjazhkina (RUS), 2337, WGM Rusudan Goletiani (GEO), 2324, WGM Genrieta Lagvilava (BLR), 2318, WGM Erika Sziva (NED), 2307, WIM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO), 2296, WIM Dana Reizniece (LAT), 2285, WGM Mónica Calzetta (ESP), 2282, WIM Nguyen Thi Thanh An (VIE), 2281 Ella Pitam (ISR), 2279, WGM Sopio Tkeshelashvili (GEO), 2274, WIM Subbaraman Meenakshi (IND), 2260 Anna Hahn (USA), 2255, WIM Inga Khurtsilava (GEO), 2243, WIM Bagyashree Thipsay (IND), 2234, WIM Niina Koskela (FIN), 2226 Jennifer Shahade (USA), 2222 Johanne Charest (CAN), 2136, WIM Marany Meyer (RSA), 2087 Geraldine Johns-Putra (AUS), 2065, WFM Joara Chaves (BRA), 2057, WIM Marta Zielińska (POL), 2054 Claudia Amura (ARG), WGM Maritza Arribas (CUB), WGM Fliura Uskova (KAZ), WIM Zahira El Ghabi (MAR), WFM Asma Houli (ALG)
Notable top players not taking part were Judit Polgár (ranked the no. 1 woman in the world), Wang Pin (ranked 7th), Antoaneta Stefanova (11th), Sofia Polgar (14th), and Harriet Hunt (18th).
As Women's World Champion, Xie Jun was invited to participate in the concurrent open event, but chose to try to defend her title instead.
Results
Final match
Women's World Championship Final 2000 Rating 1 2 3 4 Total Qin Kanying (China) 2484 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½ Xie Jun (China) 2567 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½