Women’s World Chess Championship 2008 (R3 G1 result)

Result Round 3 (Game 1, 15.00 (GMT +3) – 4 September 2008
1. Matveeva, Svetlana RUS (2412) – Ushenina, Anna UKR (2476) - 0:1
2. Hoang Thanh Trang HUN (2487) – Koneru, Humpy IND (2622) – 1/2:1/2
3. Hou, Yifan CHN (2557) – Sedina, Elena ITA (2344) – 1:0
4. Gaponenko, Inna UKR (2468) – Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL (2550) – 0:1
5. Cramling, Pia [...]

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Women’s World Chess Championship 2008 (part 1)

The event will take place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria from 28 Aug to 18 Sep 2008.
List of Qualifiers per July 2008 (among top players)

Name
Title
Country
Rating

Xu, Yuhua
gm
CHN
2483

Koneru, Humpy
gm
IND
2622

Hou, Yifan
wgm
CHN
2557

Stefanova, Antoaneta
gm
BUL
2550

Cramling, Pia
gm
SWE
2544

Sebag, Marie
im
FRA
2529

Zhao, Xue
im
CHN
2522

Kosintseva Tatiana
im
RUS
2511

Kosteniuk Alexandra
g
RUS
2510

Cmilyte, Viktoria
im
LTU
2508

Muzychuk, Anna
wgm
SLO
2504

 
 
 

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Women’s World Chess Champions

Vera Menchik, 1927–1944 : Czechoslovakia / United Kingdom

Lyudmila Rudenko, 1950–1953 : Soviet Union / Ukraine

Elisabeth Bykova, 1953–1956 : Soviet Union / Russia

Olga Rubtsova, 1956–1958 : Soviet Union / Russia

Elisabeth Bykova, 1958–1962 : Soviet Union / Russia

Nona Gaprindashvili, 1962–1978 : Soviet Union / Georgia

Maya Chiburdanidze, 1978–1991 : Soviet Union / [...]

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