Women's Candidates Tournament 2019

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Women's Candidates Tournament 2019
Alexandra Goryachkina Satka 2018.jpg
Aleksandra Goryachkina, the winner of the tournament, advanced to the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match.
Location Kazan, Russia
Dates29 May to 19 June 2019
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Champion
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Goryachkina
2022–23  

The Women's Candidates Tournament 2019 was held from 29 May to 19 June 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The format was an eight-player double round-robin tournament. [1] The winner took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match.

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Summary

Opening ceremony of the tournament Lagno, Goryachkina, Tan, Dzagnidze, Gunina in 2019.jpg
Opening ceremony of the tournament

Three players qualified by virtue of reaching the semi-finals of the last championship. [2] All remaining players came from the rating list, by taking the average of all twelve monthly ratings in 2018. [3] Aleksandra Goryachkina replaced Hou Yifan, who declined an invitation. [4]

Qualifiers

PlacePlayerPointsWomen's
world no.
Elo
(May 2019)
Women's World champion
1 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Goryachkina 9.592522
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk 872539
3 Flag of Russia.svg Kateryna Lagno 742554
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi 71025132017
5 Flag of Georgia.svg Nana Dzagnidze 6.5112510
6 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Muzychuk 6.5325632015
7 Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Kosteniuk 6625462008
8 Flag of Russia.svg Valentina Gunina 5.5132506

Goryachkina won with two rounds to spare. [5] [6]

Results

By round

Leading player after each round in green.

PlacePlayerResults by round
1234567891011121314
1Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandra Goryachkina  (RUS)½34589
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anna Muzychuk  (UKR)½½½1358
3Flag of Russia.svg  Kateryna Lagno  (RUS)½11245667
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tan Zhongyi  (CHN)½124567
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Nana Dzagnidze  (GEO)½4446
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mariya Muzychuk  (UKR)½11135
7Flag of Russia.svg  Alexandra Kosteniuk  (RUS)½11336
8Flag of Russia.svg  Valentina Gunina  (RUS)½½223

Crosstable

No.PlayerElo
(May 2019) [7]
12345678PtsTie-breaksPlace
H2H
1Flag of Russia.svg  Valentina Gunina  (RUS)25061000½½01½100108
2Flag of Russia.svg  Alexandra Kosteniuk  (RUS)254601½0½½1001½½½067
3Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandra Goryachkina  (RUS)252211½11½1½½0½½1½1
4Flag of Russia.svg  Kateryna Lagno  (RUS)2554½½½½0½½½1½½01½73
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Nana Dzagnidze  (GEO)251010010½½½1½10½05
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mariya Muzychuk  (UKR)2563½010½10½0½½½½1½6
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anna Muzychuk  (UKR)253911½½½½½101½½0½82
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tan Zhongyi  (CHN)251301½10½0½½1½01½7½4

References

  1. "Rules book" (PDF). www.fide.com. 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. "Women's World Ch: Tension". Chess News. November 14, 2018.
  3. "Frauen-WM: Die FIDE ändert den Modus". Schach Nachrichten. November 29, 2018.
  4. "International Chess Federation - FIDE". www.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  5. "Goryachkina is the new World Championship challenger". Chess News. June 14, 2019.
  6. Houska (JovankaHouska), Jovanka (17 June 2019). "Goryachkina Wins Women's Candidates' Ahead Of Anna Muzychuk". Chess.com.
  7. "Top 100 Women May 2019 – Archive". FIDE.