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Round 1 Results: (red = forfeit, bold = tie matches, blue = upsets)
CHN Xu, Yuhua 2483 1.5
RSA Solomons, Anzel 1895 0.5
EGY Alaa El Din, Yorsa 1959 0
IND Koneru, Humpy 2622 2
CHN Hou, Yifan 2557 2
EGY Khaled, Mona 2007 0
PER Zapata, Karen 2180 0 F
BUL Stefanova, Antoaneta 2550 2 F
SWE Cramling, Pia 2544 1.5
VEN Sanchez Castillo, Sarai 2202 0.5
POL Gasik, Anna 2211 2 F
FRA Sebag, Marie 2529 0 F
CHN Zhao, Xue 2522 2 ARG
Zuriel, Marisa 2231 0
UZB Muminova, Nafisa 2242 0
RUS Kosintseva, Tatjana 2511 2
RUS Kosteniuk, Aleksandra 2510 2
IRI Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2269 0
CRO Golubenko, Valentina 2271 0.5
LTU Chmilyte, Viktorija 2508 1.5
SLO Muzychuk, Anna 2504 2
BUL Velcheva, Maria 2281 0
RUS Zakurdjaeva, Irina 2308 0.5
CHN Ruan, Lufei 2499 1.5
UKR Zhukova, Natalia 2489 1
USA Rohonyan, Katerine 2321 1
VIE Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 2323 2
GEO Chiburdanidze, Maya 2489 0
HUN Hoang Thanh Trang 2487 1.5
CUB Arribas Robaina, Matza 2323 0.5
AZE Kadimova, Ilaha 2324 1
GER Paehtz, Elisabeth 2481 1
UKR Ushenina, Anna 2476 1.5
VIE Le Thanh Tu 2325 0.5
ROM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2337 1
POL Socko, Monika 2473 1
USA Krush, Irina 2470 0 F
ITA Sedina, Elena 2344 2 F
CHN Zhang, Jilin 2344 0.5
UKR Gaponenko, Inna 2468 1.5
GEO Javakhishvili, Leta 2461 0 F
ARG Amura, Claudia 2345 2 F
RUS Nebolsina, Vera 2350 0
IND Harika, Dronavalli 2461 2
RUS Kosintseva, Nadezhda 2460 2
IND Mohota, Nisha 2354 0
GEO Gvetadze, Sopio 2355 0 F
RUS Korbut, Ekaterina 2459 0 F
USA Zatonskih, Anna 2446 2 F
NED Bosboom Lanchava, Tea 2358 0 F
GER Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2374 0.5
CHN Shen, Yang 2445 1.5
ARM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2436 1
AUT Moser, Eva 2383 1
CHN Tan, Zongyi 2387 1.5
IND Tania, Sachdev 2432 0.5
SRB Bojkovic, Natasa 2423 1
CHN Ju, Wenjun 2389 1
MGL Mongontuul, Bathuyang 2406 2
POL Rajlich, Iweta 2417 0
GEO Lomineishvili, Maya 2414 0 F
GEO Khukhashvili, Sopiko 2408 0 F
RUS Matveeva, Svetlana 2412 2 F
GEO Khurtsidze, Nino 2413 0 F
Maybe I do not get it, but to me — The outcome of this tournament now seems tainted.
Should not have the players been re-paired before the first round, to exclude the boycotting players? Instead as it is, a subset of players were staked to a free full point. This was known before the round.
What was the reasoning for not re-pairing? This is not a round-robin. Will every participating player get the same number of pairings with boycotting players (meaning the same number of free points)? Of course not.
Matches are more valid for so-called “world champion” events.
Yes there was a reason for not re-pairing the players – a thing called Women World Champinship regulations that were writen a year ago.
Among others it says:
3. 3. 4. Any player that withdraws after the pairings are announced shall not be replaced.
3. 3. 5. Players that fail to provide a satisfactory reason for withdrawal, after they have signed the player’s undertaking, may be excluded from the next World Championship cycle.
I don’t see why it sshould be tainted. Because one nation politically boycotted the competition (and few foolish players felt to theirs “it’s unsafe” talk?
Let me re-type the last paragraph:
I don’t see why it should be a tainted tournament. Because one nation politically boycotted the competition and few other foolish players fell for their “it’s unsafe there” talk?
looks like the chinese have an excellent chance to defend the crown.