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Xu Yuhua is a new Women's World Chess Champion. Round 6 (final) 23-27 March: Gm1 Galliamova - Xu Yuhua 0-1 Gm2 Xu Yuhua - Galliamova 1/2 Gm3 Galliamova - Xu Yuhua 0-1

The Women`s World Chess Championship 2006 took place in Ekaterinburg, Russia 10th-27th March 2006. 64 paricipants in knockout system: Stefanova Antoaneta GM BUL 2499, Koneru Humpy GM IND 2537, Cramling Pia GM SWE 2515, Kosteniuk Alexandra GM RUS 2514, Chiburdanidze Maia GM GEO 2511, Xu Yuhua WGM CHN 2502, Lahno Kateryna IM UKR 2500, Zhu Chen GM CHN 2482, Kosintseva Nadezhda IM RUS 2480, Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IM/WG IND 2479, Kosintseva Tatiana IM RUS 2479, Socko Monika IM POL 2475, Cmilyte Viktorija IM LTU 2475, Zhao Xue WGО CHN 2473, Qin Kanying WGM CHN 2469, Galliamova Alisa IM RUS 2467, Dembo Yelena IM GRE 2461, Skripchenko Almira IM FRA 2461, Kovalevskaya Ekaterina IM RUS 2458, Mkrtchian Lilit IM ARM 2453, Dzagnidze Nana IM GEO 2452, Krush Irina IM USA 2447, Javakhishvili Lela IM GEO 2444, Zhukova Natalia WGM UKR 2432, Khurtsidze Nino IM GEO 2430, Matveeva Svetlana IM RUS 2428, Korbut Ekaterina WGM RUS 2427, Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan IM GEO 2426, Danielian Elina IM ARM 2423, Paehtz Elisabeth IM GER 2422, Zaiatz Elena IM RUS 2422, Radziewicz Iweta IM POL 2421, Kononenko Tatiana WGM UKR 2417, Sebag Marie IM FRA 2415, Peng Zhaoqin GM NED 2407, Foisor Cristina Adela IM ROM 2402, Zielinska Marta WGM POL 2398, Ushenina Anna WGM UKR 2398, Vasilevich Irina IM RUS 2386, Wang Yu A. WGM CHN 2385, Shen Yang CHN 2380, Turova IM RUS 2379, Amura Claudia N. WGM ARG 2366, Ovod Evgenija IM RUS 2366, Ruan Lufei CHN 2361, Pina Sulennis WGM CUB 2358, Houska Jovanka IM ENG 2355, Lujan Carolina WGM ARG 2346, Purtseladze Maka IM GEO 2341, Aketaeva Dana WIM KAZ 2330, Kursova Maria WIM RUS 2319, Pourkashiyan Atousa WIM IRI 2296, Ju Wenjun CHN 2290, Meenakshi S. WGM IND 2289, Berezina Irina IM AUS 2285, Hou Yifan WFM CHN 2269, Arribas Maritza WGM CUB 2261, Zapata Karen WIM PER 2218, Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet WIM VIE 2196, Rivera Ingris COL 2128, Khoudgarian Natalia WIM CAN 2106, Basta-Sohair F. WIM EGY 2083, Sabure Tuduetso WGM BOT 2072, Mezioud Amina ALG 1989
Round 5 (semifinal):
Cmilyte - Galliamova 1/2,0-1
Matveeva - Xu Yuhua 1/2,0-1
Round 4 (quarterfinal):
Galliamova - Khurtsidze 1-0,1-0
Matveeva - Sebag 1/2,1-0
Kovalevskaya - Xu 1/2,1/2,0-1,1/2
Chiburdanidze - Cmilyte 1-0,0-1,0-1,0-1
/News/2006/Ekaterinburg/round1.html"> 1-3 rounds results
/Java/2006/Ekaterinburg/viewer.html"> View games
/Java/2006/Ekaterinburg/ekaterin.zip"> Games in PGN
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