Women's World Chess Championship 2020

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Women's World Chess Championship 2020
Shanghai, China & Vladivostok, Russia
5–24 January 2020
 
Defending champion
Challenger
  Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix Geneva 11-05-2013 - Ju Wenjun during the press conference.jpg Alexandra Goryachkina Satka 2018.jpg
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ju Wenjun Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Goryachkina
 
6 (2½)Scores6 (1½)
Game 1½97 move draw½
Game 2½40 move draw½
Game 3½85 move draw½
Game 41 63 moves0
Game 5051 moves 1
Game 6½105 move draw½
Game 7½67 move draw½
Game 8045 moves 1
Game 91 62 moves0
Game 101 62 moves0
Game 11½40 move draw½
Game 12060 moves 1
Tiebreak Game 13½67 move draw½
Tiebreak Game 14½72 move draw½
Tiebreak Game 151 45 moves0
Tiebreak Game 16½77 move draw½
  Born 31 January 1991
28 years old
Born 28 September 1998
21 years old
  Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2018 Winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2019
  Rating: 2584
(World No. 2)
Rating: 2578
(World No. 4)
  Nov 2018
2023  

The 2020 Women's World Chess Championship was a chess match for the Women's World Chess Championship title. It was contested by Ju Wenjun (world champion as winner of the 2018 knock-out championship) and her challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina, the winner of a newly established Candidates Tournament that was held in 2019. [1]

Contents

The match was planned in two parts, one held in Shanghai (China) and one in Vladivostok (Russia), from 3 to 24 January 2020. It marked a return to a match-only format for the title with a qualifying Candidates Tournament, after new FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich had expressed his dissatisfaction with the knock-out tournaments and resulting frequently changing world champions.

Ju Wenjun successfully defended her title.

Candidates Tournament

The newly-established Candidates Tournament was held from 29 May to 19 June 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The format was an eight-player double round-robin tournament. [2]

Three players qualified by virtue of reaching the semi-finals of the last championship. [3] All remaining players came from the rating list, by taking the average of all twelve monthly ratings in 2018. [4] Aleksandra Goryachkina replaced Hou Yifan, who declined an invitation. [5]

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. [6] [7]

Crosstable

Leading player after each round in green.

No.PlayerElo
(May 2019) [8]
12345678PtsTie-breaksResults by roundPlace
H2HWins1234567891011121314
1Flag of Russia.svg  Valentina Gunina  (RUS)25061000½½01½10010½½2238
2Flag of Russia.svg  Alexandra Kosteniuk  (RUS)254601½0½½1001½½½06½113367
3Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandra Goryachkina  (RUS)252211½11½1½½0½½1½½345891
4Flag of Russia.svg  Kateryna Lagno  (RUS)2554½½½½0½½½1½½01½7½112456673
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Nana Dzagnidze  (GEO)251010010½½½1½10½0½44465
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mariya Muzychuk  (UKR)2563½010½10½0½½½½1½½111356
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anna Muzychuk  (UKR)253911½½½½½101½½0½8½½½13582
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tan Zhongyi  (CHN)251301½10½0½½1½01½7½½1245674

Championship match

As in 2018, the match was divided into two parts, hosted by the countries of the players. One stage was held in Shanghai, China and the other in Vladivostok, Russia. [9] In Shanghai the match was played in the InterContinental Shanghai Jing'An Hotel, in Vladivostok at the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island. [10] The format was increased to twelve games, the last championships having consisted of only 10 scheduled games.

The classical time-control portion of the match ended with a tied score of 6-6, after 3 victories for Ju, 3 victories for Goryachkina, and 6 draws. On 24 January, 4 games of rapid chess were used as a tie-breaker; and Ju Wenjun retained the title with 1 win and 3 draws.

Schedule

The match started off in Shanghai and ended in Vladivostok.

Shanghai4 JanOpening ceremony
5–6 JanGames 1–2
8–9 JanGames 3–4
11–12 JanGames 5–6
Vladivostok15 JanOpening ceremony
16–17 JanGames 7–8
19–20 JanGames 9–10
22–23 JanGames 11–12
24 JanTiebreak games and closing ceremony

Results

Women's World Chess Championship 2020
PlayerRatingStandard Time ControlPointsRapid Tie-BreaksTie-Break
Points
123456789101112R1R2R3R4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ju Wenjun  (China)2584½½½10½½011½06½½1½
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandra Goryachkina  (Russia)2578½½½01½½100½16½½0½
Game Links [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

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