FIDE is publishing the player’s contract for the Women’s World Chess Championship to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 9 November (arrivals) to 3 December 2012 (departures). The qualified players are expected to fax or email scanned the original document of their signed contract to the FIDE Secretariat’s fax number +30 2109212859 or email office@fide.com no later than midnight of Tuesday 28 August 2012. FIDE is also publishing the initial list of qualifiers as per regulations.
The full technical regulations of the event are on the FIDE handbook.
Women’s WCC 2012 Player’s Contract
QUALIFIERS for the WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2012
a) From World Women’s Championships 2010-2011:
01. Hou, Yifan (CHN) – World Champion
02. Koneru, Humpy (IND) – Finalist 2011
03. Ruan, Lufei (CHN) – Semi finals 2010
04. Zhao Xue (CHN) – Semi finals 2010
b) World Girl Junior Champions 2010-2011:
05. Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) 2010
06. Cori T Deysi (PER) 2011
c) Rating List 7/2011 & 1/2012:
07. Polgar, Judit (HUN) 2704,50
08. Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO) 2536,00
09. Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2500,00
10. Gunina, Valentina (RUS) 2498,50
11. Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2491,00
d) 28 players from European Women’s Championships 2010 & 2011
12. Cramling, Pia (SWE) 2010
13. Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2010
14. Socko Monika (POL) 2010
15. Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2010
16. Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS) 2010
17. Zhukova Natalia (UKR) 2010
18. Dembo Elena (GRE) 2010
19. Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL) 2010
20. Kosintseva Nadezhda (RUS) 2010
21. Muzychuk Mariya (UKR) 2010
22. Rajlich Iweta (POL) 2010
23. Ziaziulkina Nastassia (BLR) 2010
24. Kovalevskaya Ekaterina (RUS) 2010
25. Khurtsidze Nino (GEO) 2010
26. Danielian, Elina (ARM) 2011
27. Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2011
28. Khotenashvili, Bela (GEO) 2011
29. Lahno, Kateryna (UKR) 2011
30. Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) 2011
31. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (SCO) 2011
32. Foisor, Cristina-Adela (ROU) 2011
33. Bodnaruk Anastasia (RUS) 2011
34. Pogonina Natalija (RUS) 2011
35. Ovod Evgenija (RUS) 2011
36. Romanko Marina (RUS) 2011
37. Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) 2011
38. Mkrtchian Lilit (ARM) 2011
39. Khukhashvili Sopiko (GEO) 2011
e) 8 players from Americas
40. Linares Napoles Oleiny (CUB) (Continental)
41. Lujan Carolina (ARG) (Zonal 2.5)
42. Castrillon Gomez Melissa (COL) (Zonal 2.3)
43. Zatonskih, Anna (USA) (Zonal 2.1)
44. Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid (PER) (Zonal 2.4)
45. Natalia Khoudgarian (CAN) (Zonal 2.2)
46. Abrahamyan, Tatev (USA) (Zonal 2.1)
47. Krush, Irina (USA) (Zonal 2.1)
f) 12 players from Asia/Oceania
48. Berezina, Irina (AUS) (Zonal 3.6)
49. Ju Wenjun (CHN) (Zonal 3.5)
50. Shen Yang (CHN) (Zonal 3.5)
51. Huang Qian (CHN) (Zonal 3.5)
52. Wang Yu (CHN) (Zonal 3.5)
53. Harika, Dronavalli (IND) (Continental 2011)
54. Pourkashiyan, Atousa (IRI) (Continental 2010)
55. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh (IRI) (Zonal 3.1)
56. Ranasinghe, S D (SRI) (Zonal 3.2)
57. Li, Ruofan (SIN) (Zonal 3.3)
58. Davletbayeva, Madina (KAZ) (Zonal 3.4)
59. Soumya, Swaminathan (IND) (Zonal 3.7)
g) 3 players from Africa
60. Mona, Khaled (EGY) (Continental 2011)
61. Mezioud, Amina (ALG) (Continental 2011)
62. Greeff, Melissa (RSA) (Continental 2011)
h) 2 nominees of the FIDE President
63. (TBA)
64. (TBA)
TOTAL: 64 players
Last year the Women Championship was a match between Yifan and Humpy. Yifan won the champion title. Doesn’t she have the right to keep the title until she is challenged by someone in match?