Women's World Chess Championship 1996
The 1996 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Hungarian Zsuzsa Polgar, who defeated the incumbent champion Xie Jun in the title match. Polgar was seeking American Citizenship at the time.[1]
1993 Interzonal Tournament
[edit]As part of the qualification process, an Interzonal tournament was held in Jakarta in July and August 1993, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. 39 players took part with the top seven qualifying for the Candidates Tournament (Sofieva was eliminated after a playoff against Cramling and Foisor). For the second time, the Interzonal was played as a 13-round Swiss system tournament.[2]
1993 Women's Interzonal Tournament Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Tie break 1 Ketevan Arakhamia (Georgia)
2440 +25 +32 +7 =6 =30 =3 +10 =2 +5 =9 +14 =4 =8 9½ 2 Alisa Galliamova-Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
2435 +31 +5 -6 +26 +4 +12 -3 =1 +13 -14 +9 =8 +10 9 3 2510 +14 =13 +10 =30 +6 =1 +2 =5 +8 -4 =15 =7 =12 8½ 65.75 4 Alisa Marić (Serbia and Montenegro)
2405 =15 +38 +13 =12 -2 +22 =11 =9 +18 +3 =5 =1 =6 8½ 61.00 5 Peng Zhaoqin (China)
2335 +35 -2 +19 =11 =22 +7 +6 =3 -1 +13 =4 +15 =17 8½ 61.00 6 Pia Cramling (Sweden)
2525 +18 +8 +2 =1 -3 =11 -5 +19 +12 -15 =7 +9 =4 8 61.75 7 Aynur Sofiyeva (Azerbaijan)
2390 +36 +23 -1 +31 -12 -5 -13 +32 +37 +11 =6 =3 +15 8 50.25 8 Cristina Adela Foișor (Romania)
2360 bye -6 =14 +15 -10 +38 =21 +26 -3 +18 +12 =2 =1 8 47.50 9 Anna-Maria Botsari (Greece)
2245 =12 -26 +33 =13 +17 =21 +30 =4 +11 =1 -2 -6 +20 7½ 51.25 10 Svetlana Matveeva (Russia)
2395 +24 +11 -3 =22 +8 +30 -1 -13 -15 +21 +20 +14 -2 7½ 50.75 11 2335 +37 -10 +17 =5 +38 =6 =4 =12 -9 -7 =16 +26 +13 7½ 49.00 12 2410 =9 =22 +18 =4 +7 -2 +14 =11 -6 =17 -8 +23 =3 7 51.25 13 2355 +29 =3 -4 =9 +28 =16 +7 +10 -2 -5 +19 =17 -11 7 49.00 14 2285 -3 +29 =8 =16 +34 =26 -12 +30 +21 +2 -1 -10 =18 7 46.50 15 Krystyna Dąbrowska (Poland)
2240 =4 =16 +36 -8 -21 +34 =17 +38 +10 +6 =3 -5 -7 7 46.00 16 2365 =38 =15 =33 =14 =31 =13 -19 +27 -17 +37 =11 =21 +28 7 42.75 17 Margarita Voiska (Bulgaria)
2345 =30 =19 -11 +39 -9 =27 =15 +36 +16 =12 =23 =13 =5 7 41.50 18 Anda Šafranska (Latvia)
2290 -6 +28 -12 =36 +32 +37 =26 +23 -4 -8 =31 +30 =14 7 40.25 19 2225 =26 =17 -5 =32 +24 =31 +16 -6 =23 +30 -13 -20 +34 6½ 39.75 20 2340 =28 +21 -30 -38 -37 =29 +35 =22 +24 +31 -10 +19 -9 6½ 39.75 21 2305 =27 -20 +39 =28 +15 =9 =8 =31 -14 -10 +34 =16 =23 6½ 38.25 22 2320 +39 =12 =26 =10 =5 -4 -23 =20 =28 =34 -30 +35 +33 6½ 37.00 23 2325 +34 -7 =16 -27 =36 +39 +22 -18 =19 +26 =17 -12 =21 6½ 36.50 24 Adrienn Csőke (Hungary)
2235 -10 =37 -27 +35 -19 -32 bye +25 -20 =33 +39 +31 =26 6½ 28.25 25 Yuliya Levitan (USA)
2270 -1 =33 -28 -34 =29 =35 +39 -24 bye -38 +37 +32 +31 6½ 27.00 26 Claudia Amura (Argentina)
2365 =19 +9 =22 -2 +27 =14 =18 -8 =31 -23 +28 -11 =24 6 39.00 27 – =21 -30 +24 +23 -26 =17 -31 -16 +29 -28 bye -33 +37 6 30.75 28 2160 =20 -18 +25 =21 -13 =36 -38 bye =22 +27 -26 +29 -16 6 30.75 29 Maria Lucia Ratna Sulistya (Indonesia)
2190 -13 -14 =35 =33 =25 =20 =36 =34 -27 bye +32 -28 +30 6 28.25 30 Bhagyashree Thipsay (India)
2175 =17 +27 +20 =3 =1 -10 -9 -14 +38 -19 +22 -18 -29 5½ 36.00 31 Fliura Uskova (Kazakhstan)
2260 -2 +35 +32 -7 =16 =19 +27 =21 =26 -20 =18 -24 -25 5½ 33.50 32 Vera Peicheva-Jürgens (Germany)
2350 +33 -1 -31 =19 -18 +24 =37 -7 =36 +35 -29 -25 +39 5½ 28.25 33 2185 -32 =25 -9 =29 -39 bye =34 -37 =35 =24 +38 +27 -22 5½ 25.50 34 2080 -23 -36 bye +25 -14 -15 =33 =29 +39 =22 -21 +38 -19 5½ 22.50 35 2155 -5 -31 =29 -24 bye =25 -20 +39 =33 -32 +36 -22 +38 5½ 21.00 36 Nava Starr (Canada)
2210 -7 +34 -15 =18 =23 =28 =29 -17 =32 =39 -35 bye FF* 5 22.25 37 2090 -11 =24 -38 bye +20 -18 =32 +33 -7 -16 -25 +39 -27 5 20.50 38 Martina Holoubkova (Czech Republic)
2235 =16 -4 +37 +20 -11 -8 +28 -15 -30 +25 -33 -34 -35 4½ 39 Caroline Bijoux (South Africa)
– -22 bye -21 -17 +33 -23 -25 -35 -34 =36 -24 -37 -32 2½
Starr forfeited her last round game, so no bye was needed for that round.
1994–95 Candidates Tournament
[edit]The seven qualifiers from the Interzonal Tournament were joined by the two finalists from the previous tournament, Ioseliani and Polgar. These nine players contested a double round-robin tournament in Tilburg in September 1994, from which the top two would advance to the final to determine the challenger. Polgar and ex-champion Chiburdanidze shared first place two points ahead of the competition. The final was played in Saint Petersburg in March 1995 and dominated by Polgar who won the match 5½–1½ without losing a single game.[3]
1994 Women's Candidates Tournament Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Tie break 1 2550 - 1 1½ 1½ 2 1 1 1½ 1 10½ 81.25 2 2520 1 - 1½ ½ 1½ 1½ 1 2 1½ 10½ 79.00 3 2525 ½ ½ - 1 0 2 1½ 1½ 1½ 8½ 4 2475 ½ 1½ 1 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 8 61.75 5 2400 0 ½ 2 1 - 1 1 1 1½ 8 59.25 6 2370 1 ½ 0 1½ 1 - 1 1½ 1 7½ 7 2435 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 - 1 ½ 7 58.25 8 2405 ½ 0 ½ 1½ 1 ½ 1 - 2 7 50.25 9 2450 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1½ 0 – 5
Women's Candidates Final 1995 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½
1996 Championship Match
[edit]The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.[4] The match was set for 16 matches, but ended early, when Polgar reached 8.5 points. The organizer apparently threatened to fine both players after draws in game 2 and 3.[5]
Women's World Championship Match 1996 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 8½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 4½
References
[edit]- ^ "Chess". NY Times. 12 March 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1993 Jakarta Interzonal Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1994 Tilburg Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1996 Polgar – Xie". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 113".
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