Comp1: | Hou Yifan |
Comp2: | Humpy Koneru |
Title1: | Defending champion |
Title2: | Challenger |
Flag1: | China |
Flag2: | India |
Dob1: | 27 February 1994 |
Age1: | 17 years old |
Dob2: | 31 March 1987 |
Age2: | 24 years old |
Qual1: | Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 |
Qual2: | Runner-up of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011 |
Elo1: | 2578 |
Elo2: | 2600 |
Womens Rank1: | 3 |
Womens Rank2: | 2 |
Prev: | 2010 |
Prev Link: | Women's World Chess Championship 2010 |
Next: | 2012 |
Next Link: | Women's World Chess Championship 2012 |
Score1: | 5½ |
Score2: | 2½ |
Elo1 Ref: | [1] |
The Women's World Chess Championship 2011 was the 35th of its kind. It was organised by FIDE and was played in a match format between the defending champion and a challenger, determined via the FIDE Grand Prix series.[2]
On 8 August 2011 the match was awarded to Tirana, Albania. The prize fund was $200,000.[3] The match took place from 13 to 30 November 2011.[4] Champion Hou Yifan retained her title,[5] defeating challenger Koneru Humpy by 5½ - 2½.[6] [7] [8]
The match was scheduled to be played over 10 games with classical time controls: 90 minutes for first 40 moves with added 30 minutes for the rest of the game and a 30-second increment per move starting from the first move.
Koneru Humpy played White in the first game.[9] Colours then alternated, except after game 4. The two players were ranked second and third in the world at the time, behind only Judit Polgár.[10]
Should the match have been tied after ten games, tie-breaks would have kicked in. Those were:
Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=left | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2½ | |
align=left | Hou Yifan | 2578 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
After eight out of ten games the match was decided, by Hou Yifan drawing with Black and reaching 5½ points.
Prior to the match, Hou Yifan and Koneru Humpy had played 16 games against each other at classical time control with the following statistics:[11]
Hou Yifan | Draws | Koneru Humpy | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hou Yifan (White) – Koneru Humpy (Black) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Koneru Humpy (White) – Hou Yifan (Black) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Total | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |