Women's World Chess Championship 2011
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
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 Hou Yifan |
 Humpy Koneru | |||||
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Born 27 February 1994 17 years old |
Born 31 March 1987 24 years old | |||||
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Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 |
Runner-up of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011 | |||||
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Rating: 2578 (Women's World No. 3)[1] |
Rating: 2600 (Women's World No. 2)[1] | |||||
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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]
Match stats
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)
Women's World Chess Championship 2011 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 
Koneru Humpy2600 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2½ 
Hou Yifan2578 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.
