Women's World Chess Championship 2011

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]

Defending champion Challenger
 Hou Yifan (China)  Humpy Koneru (India)
5½ 2½
Born 27 February 1994
17 years old 		Born 31 March 1987
24 years old
Winner of the
Women's World Chess Championship 2010 		Runner-up of the
FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011
FIDE rating: 2578
(Women's World No. 3)[1] 		FIDE rating: 2600
(Women's World No. 2)[1]
← 2010 2012 →

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]

Match format
Women's World Chess Championship, Tirana 2011

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:

  • Up to four rapid games (25 minutes per player with a 10-second increment from the first move)
  • two rapid games (5 minutes per player with a 3-second increment from the first move)
  • One armageddon game that Black only needs to draw to win the match (5 minutes for White and 4 minutes for Black with a 3-second increment from move 61)

Match stats
Women's World Chess Championship 2011
Rating12345678Total
India Koneru Humpy 2600 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2½
China 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.

Head-to-head record

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)5207
Koneru Humpy (White) – Hou Yifan (Black)3429
Total 8 6 2 16

References
  1. "Top 100 Women November 2011". FIDE. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. "Women's World Championship Match 2011". FIDE. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. "FIDE Awards Anand v Gelfand Match To Moscow". chess.com. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. "2011 Women's World Chess Championship".
  5. "WWCC R08: Draw, Hou Yifan retains World Championship title". chessbase. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  6. ChessBase (March 5, 2011). "Humpy pulls it off – wins Doha GM and qualifies".
  7. chessvibes.com (March 6, 2011). "Koneru shares first with Danielian in Doha, qualifies for title match".
  8. chess.co.uk (March 5, 2011). "Koneru ties for first with Danielian in Doha and qualifies for World Title Match".
  9. "Opening ceremony: Koneru gets white pieces". wwcc2011tirana.com. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  10. "Women's November 2011 rating list". FIDE. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  11. "yifan-koneru search results". Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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