FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship
starts on 10th
of September 2013
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| Defending Women World Champion GM Anna Ushenina from Ukraine |
Women’s World Chess Championship
Match 2013 between the current World Champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine and her
challenger, Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012), is scheduled
to start on 101h of September in the Taizhou Hotel (Taizhou, China).
The drawing of colours will be
conducted during the opening ceremony which will take place at 3 p.m. on 10th
of October in the Taizhou Hotel, and the colours reversed after game four (the
player getting the white colour in game one plays game five with the black
pieces). The time control is: 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
starting from move one.
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| The challenger GM Hou Yifan from China. She is former Women World Champion 2010-2012 |
The winner of the ten-game match
is the first player to reach 5.5 points or more. If the scores are level after
the regular ten games, after a new drawing of colours, four tie-break games
will be played, with 25 minutes for each player and an increment of ten seconds
after each move.
If the scores are level after
the four rapid games, then, after a new drawing of colours, a match of two
games will be played with a time control of five minutes plus three seconds'
increment after each move. In case of a level score, another two-game match
will be played to determine a winner. If there is still no winner after five
such matches (i.e. after ten games), one sudden-death game will be played. This
involves a drawing of lots, the winner being able to choose the colour. The
player with the white pieces receives five minutes, the player with the black
pieces four minutes, with an increment of three seconds per move from move 61
on. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.
The prize fund for this match is
200,000 Euros and will be split between the players as follows: 60% for the
winner and 40% to the loser if the match ends within the 10 regular games. In
case the winner is decided by tie-break games, she will receive 55% and loser
45%.
Anna
Ushenina is holding the title after 2012 Women World Championship in
Khanty-Mansiysk while Hou Yifan had a right to challenge her after she became
first in the Grand Prix Series 2011-2012.
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| First round match will start on 10th September 2013 |
Anna Ushenina and Hou Yifan played their first game in 2006 during World Chess Olympiad (Turin, Italy) and the game ended in a draw. In 2007 another peace was signed during Russian team championship. Hou Yifan took the lead in their encounter in 2007-2008 when she won three games in a raw. However, in the end of 2008 Anna Ushenina managed to outplay Chinese prodigy during the European Club Cup. Another draw in 2009 and the players stopped meeting over the board for the next 4 years, till 2013! Anna Ushenina defeated Hou Yifan with black pieces in their last encounter during Geneva Grand Prix.
Games between these two have
been consistently hard-fought. Hou Yifan is one point ahead according to
overall results. For her part, hoverer, Anna Ushenina played 7 out of 8 games
with Black and has victory in their last game at Geneva GP in 2013.
According to FIDE rating Hou
Yifan (2609) holds the second position among women after Judit Polgar. Anna
Ushenina (2500) is on 17th place.
The last game in Geneva GP:
The official hotel and playing
venue: http://www.chunlanhotel.com/
The official website:
taizhou2013.fide.com
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