# Campionat del món d'escacs femení de 2001

El campionat del món d'escacs femení de 2001 es va celebrar entre el 25 de novembre i el 14 de desembre de 2001 a Moscou, Rússia. Fou guanyat per Zhu Chen, qui va vèncer Aleksandra Kosteniuk a la final per 5 a 3.
Per segon cop, el campionat es va disputar per sistema eliminatori amb 64 jugadores.

## Participants

Les jugadores estaven ordenades per Elo (segons la llista d'Elo de la FIDE d'octubre de 2001).
| Alissa Gal·liàmova (RUS), 2547, MI  Maia Txiburdanidze (Geòrgia), 2513, GM  Wang Pin (CHN), 2498, MIF  Zhu Chen (CHN), 2497, GM  Nana Ioseliani (Geòrgia), 2497, MI  Almira Skripchenko (MDA), 2497, GMF  Ekaterina Kovalévskaia (RUS), 2486, GMF  Xu Yuhua (CHN), 2485, GMF  Antoaneta Stéfanova (BUL), 2473, MI  Corina-Isabela Peptan (ROM), 2462, MI Alisa Maric (SiM), 2457, MI  Aleksandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2455, MI Natasa Bojkovic (SiM), 2452, GMF  Cristina Adela Foisor (ROM), 2444, MI  Peng Zhaoqin (NED), 2443, MI  Hoang Thanh Trang (VIE), 2439, MI Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Escòcia), 2437, MI  Tatiana Stepovaia Dianchenko (RUS), 2435, GMF  Nino Khurtsidze (Geòrgia), 2425, MI  Anna Zatonskih (UKR), 2419, GMF Svetlana Prudnikova (SiM), 2411, GMF  Inna Gaponenko (UKR), 2409, GMF  Xu Yuanyuan (CHN), 2409, GMF  Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (IND), 2405, MI  Marta Zielińska (POL), 2405, GMF  Tatiana Grabuzova (RUS), 2399, GMF  Elena Sedina (ITA), 2398, MI  Tatiana Kononenko (UKR), 2395, GMF  Elisabeth Pähtz (Alemanya), 2392, GMF  Olga Alexandrova (ESP), 2387, MI  Iweta Radziewicz (POL), 2387, GMF  Natalia Kiseleva (UKR), 2382, GMF | Lilit Mkertxian (ARM), 2382, GMF  Wang Yu (CHN), 2378, MIF  Monika Soćko (POL), 2375, GMF  Elina Danielian (ARM), 2373, GMF  Tatiana Shumiakina (RUS), 2371, GMF  Joanna Dworakowska (POL), 2358, GMF  Nona Gaprindaixvili (Geòrgia), 2349, GM  Li Ruofan (SIN), 2341 MFF  Svetlana Petrenko (MDA), 2336, GMF  Camilla Baginskaite (USA), 2336, MIF  Genrieta Lagvilava (BLR), 2326, GMF  Julia Galianina Ryjanova (RUS), 2320, GMF  Ramaswamy Aarthie (IND), 2301  Gu Xiaobing (CHN), 2299  Jennifer Shahade (USA), 2295  Elena Levushkina (GRE), 2280  Huang Qian (CHN), 2275  Dagne Ciuksyte (LTU), 2271, GMF  Nisha Mohota (IND), 2262, MIF  Maria Kouvatsou (GRE), 2234, GMF  Nava Starr (CAN), 2213, MIF  Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky (AUS), 2182, MFF  Pallavi Shah (IND), 2172, MIF  Elina Groberman (USA), 2103, MIF  Joara Chaves (BRA), 2079, MIF  Farida Arouche (ALG), 2077  Shadi Paridar (IRI), 2071  Maritza Arribas (CUB), GMF  Asma Houli (ALG)  Elisa Maggiolo (ARG)  Sulennis Pina Vega (CUB)  Wissam Toubal (ALG) |
Entre les absències destacades hi hagué Judit Polgár (la número u mundial), Xie Jun (2a), Wang Lei (4a), Pia Cramling (6a), Koneru Humpy (13a), Qin Kanying (15a), Sofia Polgar (16a), i Viktorija Cmilyte (20a).
Polgár, número 1 femenina i número 19 absoluta del món, va triar de participar en el campionat del món absolut.
La campiona regnant Xie Jun havia decidit fer un lapse en la seva carrera, i no va defensar el títol.

## Resultats
### Matx final

    Matx final del campionat del món d'escacs femení de 2001 12345678Total  Zhu Chen (Xina) 011010115  Aleksandra Kosteniuk (Rússia) 100101003

### Rondes i emparellaments previs

| Primera ronda | Primera ronda | Primera ronda | Segona ronda | Segona ronda | Tercera ronda | Tercera ronda | Quarts de final | Quarts de final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 1 | Alissa Gal·liàmova | 1½ |
| 64 | Wissam Toubal | ½ |
| 64 | Wissam Toubal | ½ | Alissa Gal·liàmova | 2 |
| | | | Natalia Kiseleva | 0 |
| 32 | Natalia Kiseleva | 3 | Natalia Kiseleva | 0 |
| 33 | Wang Yu | 1 | | |
| 33 | Wang Yu | 1 | | | Alissa Gal·liàmova | 0 |
| | | | | | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 2 |
| 16 | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 2 | | | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 2 |
| 49 | Jennifer Shahade | 0 | | | | |
| 49 | Jennifer Shahade | 0 | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 1½ | | |
| | | | Hoang Thanh Trang | ½ | | |
| 17 | Hoang Thanh Trang | 1½ | Hoang Thanh Trang | ½ | | |
| 48 | Huang Qian | ½ | | | | |
| 48 | Huang Qian | ½ | | | | | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 1½ |
| | | | | | | | Almira Skripchenko | ½ |
| 8 | Almira Skripchenko | 2 | | | | | Almira Skripchenko | ½ |
| 57 | Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky | 0 | | | | | | |
| 57 | Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky | 0 | Almira Skripchenko | 3 | | | | |
| | | | Marta Zielińska | 1 | | | | |
| 25 | Marta Zielińska | 3½ | Marta Zielińska | 1 | | | | |
| 40 | Nona Gaprindaixvili | 2½ | | | | | | |
| 40 | Nona Gaprindaixvili | 2½ | | | Almira Skripchenko | 1½ | | |
| | | | | | Corina-Isabela Peptan | ½ | | |
| 9 | Julia Galianina Ryjanova | ½ | | | Corina-Isabela Peptan | ½ | | |
| 56 | Tatiana Grabuzova | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 56 | Tatiana Grabuzova | 1½ | Tatiana Grabuzova | ½ | | | | |
| | | | Corina-Isabela Peptan | 1½ | | | | |
| 24 | Corina-Isabela Peptan | 2 | Corina-Isabela Peptan | 1½ | | | | |
| 41 | Nava Starr | 0 | | | | | | |
| 41 | Nava Starr | 0 | | | | | | | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Xu Yuhua | 1 |
| 4 | Wang Pin | 1½ | | | | | | | Xu Yuhua | 1 |
| 61 | Joara Chaves | ½ | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Joara Chaves | ½ | Wang Pin | ½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Elisabeth Pähtz | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 29 | Elisabeth Pähtz | 3½ | Elisabeth Pähtz | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 36 | Iweta Radziewicz | 2½ | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Iweta Radziewicz | 2½ | | | Elisabeth Pähtz | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | Cristina Adela Foisor | 1½ | | | | |
| 13 | Cristina Adela Foisor | 3 | | | Cristina Adela Foisor | 1½ | | | | |
| 52 | Gu Xiaobing | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Gu Xiaobing | 1 | Cristina Adela Foisor | 1½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Nisha Mohota | ½ | | | | | | |
| 20 | Tatiana Stepovaia Dianchenko | 2½ | Nisha Mohota | ½ | | | | | | |
| 45 | Nisha Mohota | 3½ | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Nisha Mohota | 3½ | | | | | Cristina Adela Foisor | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | | Xu Yuhua | 4 | | |
| 5 | Xu Yuhua | 2 | | | | | Xu Yuhua | 4 | | |
| 60 | Farida Arouche | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Farida Arouche | 0 | Xu Yuhua | 1½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Elina Danielian | ½ | | | | | | |
| 28 | Tatiana Shumiakina | 0 | Elina Danielian | ½ | | | | | | |
| 37 | Elina Danielian | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Elina Danielian | 2 | | | Xu Yuhua | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | Camilla Baginskaite | 1 | | | | |
| 12 | Svetlana Prudnikova | 2 | | | Camilla Baginskaite | 1 | | | | |
| 53 | Camilla Baginskaite | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Camilla Baginskaite | 4 | Camilla Baginskaite | 1½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Natasa Bojkovic | ½ | | | | | | |
| 21 | Natasa Bojkovic | 1½ | Natasa Bojkovic | ½ | | | | | | |
| 44 | Maria Kouvatsou | ½ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Aleksandra Kosteniuk | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Zhu Chen | 5 |
| 3 | Maia Txiburdanidze | 1½ | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Asma Houli | ½ | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Asma Houli | ½ | Maia Txiburdanidze | 1½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Elena Sedina | ½ | | | | | | |
| 30 | Olga Alexandrova | 0 | Elena Sedina | ½ | | | | | | |
| 35 | Elena Sedina | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Elena Sedina | 2 | | | Maia Txiburdanidze | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | Dagne Ciuksyte | 0 | | | | |
| 19 | Xu Yuanyuan | 4 | | | Dagne Ciuksyte | 0 | | | | |
| 46 | Sulennis Pina Vega | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Sulennis Pina Vega | 2 | Xu Yuanyuan | ½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Dagne Ciuksyte | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 14 | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant | 1½ | Dagne Ciuksyte | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 51 | Dagne Ciuksyte | 2½ | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Dagne Ciuksyte | 2½ | | | | | Maia Txiburdanidze | 3½ | | |
| | | | | | | | Peng Zhaoqin | 2½ | | |
| 6 | Nana Ioseliani | 1½ | | | | | Peng Zhaoqin | 2½ | | |
| 59 | Elina Groberman | ½ | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Elina Groberman | ½ | Nana Ioseliani | ½ | | | | | | |
| | | | Joanna Dworakowska | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 27 | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | ½ | Joanna Dworakowska | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 38 | Joanna Dworakowska | 1½ | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Joanna Dworakowska | 1½ | | | Joanna Dworakowska | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | Peng Zhaoqin | 2½ | | | | |
| 22 | Peng Zhaoqin | 2 | | | Peng Zhaoqin | 2½ | | | | |
| 33 | Maritza Arribas | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Maritza Arribas | 0 | Peng Zhaoqin | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Antoaneta Stéfanova | 0 | | | | | | |
| 54 | Antoaneta Stéfanova | 1½ | Antoaneta Stéfanova | 0 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Pallavi Shah | ½ | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Pallavi Shah | ½ | | | | | | | Maia Txiburdanidze | 1½ |
| | | | | | | | | | Zhu Chen | 2½ |
| 7 | Ekaterina Kovalévskaia | 1½ | | | | | | | Zhu Chen | 2½ |
| 58 | Shadi Paridar | ½ | | | | | | |
| 58 | Shadi Paridar | ½ | Ekaterina Kovalévskaia | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | Lilit Mkertxian | ½ | | | | |
| 26 | Lilit Mkertxian | 2 | Lilit Mkertxian | ½ | | | | |
| 39 | Monika Soćko | 0 | | | | | | |
| 39 | Monika Soćko | 0 | | | Ekaterina Kovalévskaia | ½ | | |
| | | | | | Nino Khurtsidze | 1½ | | |
| 42 | Anna Zatonskih | 1½ | | | Nino Khurtsidze | 1½ | | |
| 23 | Li Ruofan | ½ | | | | | | |
| 23 | Li Ruofan | ½ | Anna Zatonskih | ½ | | | | |
| | | | Nino Khurtsidze | 1½ | | | | |
| 55 | Nino Khurtsidze | 1½ | Nino Khurtsidze | 1½ | | | | |
| 10 | Ramaswamy Aarthie | ½ | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ramaswamy Aarthie | ½ | | | | | Nino Khurtsidze | 3 |
| | | | | | | | Zhu Chen | 4 |
| 15 | Zhu Chen | 1½ | | | | | Zhu Chen | 4 |
| 50 | Elisa Maggiolo | ½ | | | | |
| 50 | Elisa Maggiolo | ½ | Zhu Chen | 1½ | | |
| | | | Svetlana Petrenko | ½ | | |
| 47 | Tatiana Kononenko | 0 | Svetlana Petrenko | ½ | | |
| 18 | Svetlana Petrenko | 2 | | | | |
| 18 | Svetlana Petrenko | 2 | | | Zhu Chen | 3 |
| | | | | | Alisa Maric | 1 |
| 31 | Inna Gaponenko | 2 | | | Alisa Maric | 1 |
| 34 | Genrieta Lagvilava | 0 | | |
| 34 | Genrieta Lagvilava | 0 | Inna Gaponenko | ½ |
| | | | Alisa Maric | 1½ |
| 63 | Alisa Maric | 1½ | Alisa Maric | 1½ |
| 2 | Elena Levushkina | ½ |

## Referències

* ↑ http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=22