Women's Candidates Tournament 2019
| Women's Candidates Tournament 2019 | |
|---|---|
 Aleksandra Goryachkina, the winner of the tournament, advanced to the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match. | |
| Location | Kazan, Russia |
| Dates | 29 May to 19 June 2019 |
| Competitors | 8 from 4 nations |
| Champion | |
 Aleksandra Goryachkina | |
The Women's Candidates Tournament 2019 was held from 29 May to 19 June 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The format was an eight-player double round-robin tournament.[1] The winner took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match.
Summary[edit]
Three players qualified by virtue of reaching the semi-finals of the last championship.[2] All remaining players came from the rating list, by taking the average of all twelve monthly ratings in 2018.[3] Aleksandra Goryachkina replaced Hou Yifan, who declined an invitation.[4]
Qualifiers[edit]
| Place | Player | Points | Women's world no. |
Elo (May 2019) |
Women's World champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
9.5 | 9 | 2522 | |
| 2 |  Anna Muzychuk |
8 | 7 | 2539 | |
| 3 | Kateryna Lagno |
7 | 4 | 2554 | |
| 4 |  Tan Zhongyi |
7 | 10 | 2513 | 2017 |
| 5 |  Nana Dzagnidze |
6.5 | 11 | 2510 | |
| 6 | Mariya Muzychuk |
6.5 | 3 | 2563 | 2015 |
| 7 | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
6 | 6 | 2546 | 2008 |
| 8 | Valentina Gunina |
5.5 | 13 | 2506 |
Goryachkina won with two rounds to spare.[5][6]
Results[edit]
By round[edit]
Leading player after each round in green.
| Place | Player | Results by round | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1 | Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
|
½ | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5½ | 6½ | 7½ | 8 | 8½ | 9 | 9½ | 9½ |
| 2 | Anna Muzychuk (UKR)
|
½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6½ | 7½ | 8 |
| 3 | Kateryna Lagno (RUS)
|
½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 6 | 6½ | 7 |
| 4 | Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
|
½ | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)
|
½ | 1½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4½ | 4½ | 5½ | 6 | 6½ |
| 6 | Mariya Muzychuk (UKR)
|
½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 5½ | 5½ | 6½ |
| 7 | Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
|
½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 4½ | 5½ | 6 |
| 8 | Valentina Gunina (RUS)
|
½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4½ | 5½ | 5½ | 5½ |
Crosstable[edit]
| No. | Player | Elo (May 2019)[7] |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | Tie-breaks | Place | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2H | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Valentina Gunina (RUS)
|
2506 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5½ | 8 | |||
| 2 | Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
|
2546 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
|
2522 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ | 1 | |||
| 4 | Kateryna Lagno (RUS)
|
2554 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7 | 1½ | 3 | ||
| 5 | Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)
|
2510 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 6½ | 1½ | 5 | ||
| 6 | Mariya Muzychuk (UKR)
|
2563 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | ½ | 6 | ||
| 7 | Anna Muzychuk (UKR)
|
2539 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 8 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
|
2513 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7 | ½ | 4 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Rules book" (PDF). www.fide.com. 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ "Women's World Ch: Tension". Chess News. November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Frauen-WM: Die FIDE ändert den Modus". Schach Nachrichten. November 29, 2018.
- ^ "International Chess Federation - FIDE". www.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Goryachkina is the new World Championship challenger". Chess News. June 14, 2019.
- ^ Houska (JovankaHouska), Jovanka. "Goryachkina Wins Women's Candidates' Ahead Of Anna Muzychuk". Chess.com.
- ^ "Top 100 Women May 2019 – Archive". FIDE.