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The Womens World Championships took place August 29 to September 18.
There were five rounds of matches, with the winners progressing to the next round.
The 6th round (final round) was played to determine the women's world champion.
The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes
for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.
Top 20 Participants.
| Country | Rating |
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| Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2622 |
| Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2557 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2550 |
| Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2544 |
| Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2529 |
| Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2522 |
| Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2511 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2510 |
| Cmilyte, Viktoria | LTU | 2508 |
| Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2504 |
| Ruan, Lufei | CHN | 2499 |
| Chiburdanidze, Maya | GEO | 2489 |
| Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2489 |
| Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 2487 |
| Xu, Yuhua | CHN | 2483 |
| Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2481 |
| Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2476 |
| Socko, Monika | POL | 2473 |
| Krush, Irina | USA | 2470 |
| Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2468 |
Schedule.
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Round 1
Game 1 - Aug 29
| Xu | - | Solomons | 1-0 |
| Alaa el Din | - | Koneru | 0-1 |
| Hou | - | Mona | 1-0 |
| Zapata | - | Stefanova | 0-1 |
| Cramling | - | S.Castillo | 1-0 |
| Gasik | - | Sebag | 1-0 |
| Zhao | - | Zuriel | 1-0 |
| Muminova | - | Kosintseva,T | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk | - | Pourkashiyan | 1-0 |
| Golubenko | - | Cmilyte | 0-1 |
| Muzychuk | - | Velcheva | 1-0 |
| Zakurdjaeva | - | Ruan | 0-1 |
| Zhukova | - | Rohonyan | 0-1 |
| Nguyen | - | Chiburdanidze | 1-0 |
| H.T.Trang | - | A.Robaina | 1-0 |
| Kadimova | - | Paehtz | 1-0 |
| Ushenina | - | Le | 1-0 |
| Foisor | - | Socko | 1/2 |
| Krush | - | Sedina | 0-1 |
| Zhang | - | Gaponenko | 1/2 |
| Javakhishvili | - | Amura | 0-1 |
| Nebolsina | - | Harika | 0-1 |
| Kosintseva,N | - | Mohota | 1-0 |
| Zatonskih | - | Lanchava | 1-0 |
| K.-Gersinska | - | Shen | 1/2 |
| Mkrtchian | - | Moser | 1/2 |
| Tan | - | Sachdev | 1/2 |
| Bojkovic | - | Ju | 1/2 |
| Mongontuul | - | Rajlich | 1-0 |
| Matveeva | - | Khurtsidze | 1-0 |
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Round 1
Game 2 - Aug 30
| Solomons | - | Xu | 1/2 |
| Koneru | - | Alaa el Din | 1-0 |
| Mona | - | Hou | 0-1 |
| Stefanova | - | Zapata | 1-0 |
| S.Castillo | - | Cramling | 1/2 |
| Sebag | - | Gasik | 0-1 |
| Zuriel | - | Zhao | 0-1 |
| Kosintseva,T | - | Muminova | 1-0 |
| Pourkashiyan | - | Kosteniuk | 0-1 |
| Cmilyte | - | Golubenko | 1/2 |
| Velcheva | - | Muzychuk | 0-1 |
| Ruan | - | Zakurdjaeva | 1/2 |
| Rohonyan | - | Zhukova | 0-1 |
| Chiburdanidze | - | Nguyen | 0-1 |
| A.Robaina | - | H.T.Trang | 1/2 |
| Paehtz | - | Kadimova | 1-0 |
| Le | - | Ushenina | 1/2 |
| Socko | - | Foisor | 1/2 |
| Sedina | - | Krush | 1-0 |
| Gaponenko | - | Zhang | 1-0 |
| Amura | - | Javakhishvili | 1-0 |
| Harika | - | Nebolsina | 1-0 |
| Mohota | - | Kosintseva,N | 0-1 |
| Lanchava | - | Zatonskih | 0-1 |
| Shen | - | K.-Gersinska | 1-0 |
| Moser | - | Mkrtchian | 1/2 |
| Sachdev | - | Tan | 0-1 |
| Ju | - | Bojkovic | 1/2 |
| Rajlich | - | Mongontuul | 0-1 |
| Khurtsidze | - | Matveeva | 0-1 |
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Round 1
Tiebreaks - Aug 31
| Zhukova | - | Rohonyan | 1.5-0.5 |
| Kadimova | - | Paehtz | 2.0-3.0 |
| Foisor | - | Socko | 2.0-3.0 |
| Mkrtchian | - | Moser | 2.5-1.5 |
| Bojkovic | - | Ju | 0.5-1.5 |
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Round 2
Game 1 - Sep 1
| Matveeva | - | Xu | 1-0 |
| Koneru | - | | 1-0 |
| Mongontuul | - | Hou | 0-1 |
| Stefanova | - | Ju | 1/2 |
| Tan | - | Cramling | 1/2 |
| Gasik | - | Mkrtchian | 1/2 |
| Shen | - | Zhao | 1-0 |
| Kosintseva,T | - | Zatonskih | 1-0 |
| | - | Kosteniuk | 0-1 |
| Chmilyte | - | Kosintseva,N | 1/2 |
| Harika | - | Muzychuk | 1/2 |
| Ruan | - | Amura | 1/2 |
| Gaponenko | - | Rohonyan | 1-0 |
| Nguyen | - | Sedina | 1/2 |
| Socko | - | H.T.Trang | 1/2 |
| Paehtz | - | Ushenina | 0-1 |
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Round 2
Game 2 - Sep 2
| Xu | - | Matveeva | 1/2 |
| | - | Koneru | 0-1 |
| Hou | - | Mongontuul | 1-0 |
| Ju | - | Stefanova | 1/2 |
| Cramling | - | Tan | 1-0 |
| Mkrtchian | - | Gasik | 1-0 |
| Zhao | - | Shen | 1/2 |
| Zatonskih | - | Kosintseva,T | 1/2 |
| Kosteniuk | - | | 1-0 |
| Kosintseva,N | - | Chmilyte | 1/2 |
| Muzychuk | - | Harika | 1/2 |
| Amura | - | Ruan | 0-1 |
| Rohonyan | - | Gaponenko | 1-0 |
| Sedina | - | Nguyen | 1/2 |
| H.T.Trang | - | Socko | 1-0 |
| Ushenina | - | Paehtz | 1/2 |
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Round 2
Tiebreaks - Sep 3
| Stefanova | - | Ju | 2.0-0.0 |
| Cmilyte | - | Kosintseva,N | 0.5-1.5 |
| Harika | - | Muzychuk | 1.5-0.5 |
| Gaponenko | - | Rohonyan | 1.5-0.5 |
| Nguyen | - | Sedina | 0.0-2.0 |
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Round 3
Game 1 - Sep 4
| Matveeva | - | Ushenina | 0-1 |
| H.T.Trang | - | Koneru | 1/2 |
| Hou | - | Sedina | 1-0 |
| Gaponenko | - | Stefanova | 0-1 |
| Cramling | - | Ruan | 1-0 |
| Harika | - | Mkrtchian | 1/2 |
| Shen | - | Kosintseva,N | 1/2 |
| Kosteniuk | - | Kosintseva,T | 1/2 |
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Round 3
Game 2 - Sep 5
| Ushenina | - | Matveeva | 1-0 |
| Koneru | - | H.T.Trang | 1-0 |
| Sedina | - | Hou | 1-0 |
| Stefanova | - | Gaponenko | 1-0 |
| Ruan | - | Cramling | 1/2 |
| Mkrtchian | - | Harika | 1-0 |
| Kosintseva,N | - | Shen | 1/2 |
| Kosintseva,T | - | Kosteniuk | 0-1 |
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Round 3
Tiebreaks - Sep 6
| Hou | - | Sedina | 2.0-0.0 |
| Shen | - | Kosintseva,N | 2.5-1.5 |
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Round 4
Game 1 - Sep 7
| Stefanova | - | Cramling | 0-1 |
| Mkrtchian | - | Hou | 1/2 |
| Koneru | - | Shen | 1-0 |
| Kosteniuk | - | Ushenina | 1/2 |
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Round 4
Game 2 - Sep 8
| Cramling | - | Stefanova | 1/2 |
| Hou | - | Mkrtchian | 1-0 |
| Shen | - | Koneru | 0-1 |
| Ushenina | - | Kosteniuk | 0-1 |
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Round 5
Game 1 - Sep 10
| Kosteniuk | - | Cramling | 1-0 |
| Hou | - | Koneru | 1-0 |
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Round 5
Game 2 - Sep 11
| Cramling | - | Kosteniuk | 1/2 |
| Koneru | - | Hou | 1-0 |
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Round 5
Tiebreaks - Sep 12
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Round 6
Game 1 - Sep 14
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Round 6
Game 2 - Sep 15
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Round 6
Game 3 - Sep 16
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Round 6
Game 4 - Sep 17
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