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The Women's World Chess Championship 2012 was a knockout tournament, to decide the women's world champion.^[1]

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African Chess Championship

The first African Chess Championship was played in 1998.

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Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (Алекса́ндра Константи́новна Костеню́к; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was the Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010 and Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021.

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Alisa Galliamova

Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (Алиса Михайловна Галлямова, Алисә Михаил кызы Галләмова; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Almira Skripchenko

Almira Skripchenko (born 17 February 1976) is a Moldovan-French chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Amina Mezioud

Amina Mezioud (born 1988) is an Algerian chess player, and a woman grandmaster.

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Anastasia Bodnaruk

Anastasia Mikhailovna Bodnaruk (Анастасия Михайловна Боднарук; born 30 March 1992) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Anna Muzychuk

Anna Olehivna Muzychuk (Анн́а Оле́гівна Музичу́к; Ana Muzičuk; born 28 February 1990) is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM).

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Anna Ushenina

Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina (born 30 August 1985) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was Women's World Chess Champion from November 2012 to September 2013.

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Anna Zatonskih

Anna Zatonskih (Ганна Затонських; July 17, 1978) is a Ukrainian American chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Antoaneta Stefanova

Antoaneta Stefanova (Антоанета Стефанова; born 19 April 1979) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2004 to 2006.

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Asian Chess Championship

The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations (FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.8).

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Atousa Pourkashiyan

Atousa Pourkashiyan (آتوسا پورکاشیان.;; born 16 May 1988) is an Iranian-American chess player.

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Bella Khotenashvili

Bella Khotenashvili (ბელა ხოტენაშვილი; born 1 June 1988), known prior to 2023 as Bela Khotenashvili, is a Georgian chess grandmaster.

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Canadian Chess Championship

This is the list of all the winners of the Canadian Chess Championship, often referred to as the Canadian Closed Championship to distinguish it from the annual Canadian Open tournament.

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Carolina Luján

María Carolina Luján (born May 13, 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine chess player holding the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

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Cristina Adela Foișor

Cristina Adela Foișor (Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017).

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Denise Frick

Denise Bouah (born 26 November 1980), formerly known as Denise Frick, is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master.

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Deysi Cori

Deysi Estela Cori Tello (born 2 July 1993) is a Peruvian chess player, who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and is a three-time American Continental women's champion.

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Draw (chess)

In chess, there are a number of ways that a game can end in a draw, neither player winning.

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Ekaterina Kovalevskaya

Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Екатерина Ковалевская; born 17 April 1974, in Rostov-on-Don) is a Russian chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Elina Danielian

Elina Danielian (Էլինա Դանիելյան; born 16 August 1978 in Baku) is an Armenian chess grandmaster and six-time Armenian women's champion (1993, 1994. 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004).

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Elo rating system

The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess or esports.

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European Individual Chess Championship

The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union.

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Evgenija Ovod

Evgenija Ovod (born 10 November 1982) is a Russian chess player, an International Master and a Woman Grandmaster.

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Fast chess

Fast chess, also known as speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than classical chess time controls allow.

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FIDE

The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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FIDE titles

FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance.

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FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–12

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–12 was a series of six chess tournaments exclusively for women, which formed part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2013. Women's World Chess Championship 2012 and FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–12 are 2012 in chess.

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Grandmaster (chess)

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Gu Xiaobing

Gu Xiaobing (born July 12, 1985) is a chess player from China.

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Guo Qi

Guo Qi (born January 27, 1995) is a Chinese chess player.

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Harika Dronavalli

Harika Dronavalli (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

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Hoang Thanh Trang

Hoàng Thanh Trang (born 25 April 1980) is a Vietnamese-born Hungarian chess grandmaster.

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Hou Yifan

Hou Yifan (born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Shenzhen University.

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Huang Qian

Huang Qian (born July 18, 1986) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Ingrid Aliaga Fernández

Ingrid Yadyra Aliaga Fernández (born 15 December 1991) is a Peruvian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master.

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Irina Berezina

Irina Berezina (also known as Irina Feldman and Irina Berezina-Feldman; born 7 July 1965) is an Australian chess International Master and trainer, and five-time Oceania women's chess champion.

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Irina Krush

Irina Borisivna Krush (Ірина Борисівна Круш; born December 24, 1983) is an American chess Grandmaster.

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Iweta Rajlich

Iweta Rajlich (born Radziewicz, 16 March 1981) is a Polish chess International Master and Woman Grandmaster, multiple winner of Women Chess Championships of Poland.

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Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun (born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

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Judit Polgár

Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time.

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Kateryna Lagno

Kateryna Aleksandrovna Lagno (Екатерина Александровна Лагно,; born 27 December 1989) is a Russian (formerly Ukrainian) chess grandmaster.

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Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (née Arakhamia; born) is a Georgian (former Soviet Union)-born Scottish Chess Grandmaster.

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Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk (Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. Khanty-Mansi Town; Khanty: Ёмвоҷ, Jomvoćś; Mansi: Абга, Abga) is a city in west-central Russia.

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Koneru Humpy

Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019.

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Lela Javakhishvili

Lela Javakhishvili (born 23 April 1984) is a Georgian chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster.

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Li Ruofan

Li Ruofan (born April 30, 1978) is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Lilit Mkrtchian

Lilit Mkrtchian (Լիլիթ Մկրտչյան; born 9 August 1982) is an Armenian chess player.

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Madina Davletbayeva

Madina Davletbayeva (Мәдина Дәулетбаева, Mädina Däuletbaeva; born 19 August 1989) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.

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Maia Chiburdanidze

Maia Chiburdanidze (მაია ჩიბურდანიძე; born 17 January 1961) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster.

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Marie Sebag

Marie Rachel Sebag (born 15 October 1986) is a French chess grandmaster.

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Marina Guseva

Marina Guseva (also known as Marina Romanko and Marina Nechaeva; born 5 August 1986) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Maritza Arribas Robaina

Maritza Arribas Robaina (born 2 July 1971) is a Cuban chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.

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Mariya Muzychuk

Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk (Марі́я Оле́гівна Музичу́к; born 21 September 1992) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from April 2015 to March 2016.

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Melissa Castrillón Gómez

Melissa Castrillón Gómez (born 1995) is a Colombian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master.

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Mona Khaled

Mona Khaled (born 9 April 1994) is an Egyptian chess player.

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Monika Soćko

Monika Soćko (née Bobrowska; born 24 March 1978) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Grandmaster (GM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Nadezhda Kosintseva

Nadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva (Надежда Анатольевна Косинцева; born 14 January 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Nana Dzagnidze

Nana Dzagnidze (ნანა ძაგნიძე; born 1 January 1987) is a Georgian chess player.

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Nastassia Ziaziulkina

Nastassia Alyakseeўna Ziaziulkina (Настасься Аляксееўна Зязюлькіна; born 6 October 1995) is a Belarusian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Natalia Khoudgarian

Natalia Khoudgarian (born 1973) is a Russian-born Canadian chess player.

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Natalia Pogonina

Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (Ната́лья Андре́евна Пого́нина; born 9 March 1985) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Natalia Zhukova

Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova (Наталія Олександрівна Жукова; born 5 June 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and two-time European women's champion.

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Nino Khurtsidze

Nino Khurtsidze (28 September 1975 – 22 April 2018) was a Georgian chess player.

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Oceania Chess Championship

Leading chess players from the FIDE Oceania Zone 3.6 are allowed to play in the Oceania Chess Championships.

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Olga Girya

Olga Alexandrovna Girya (Ольга Александровна Гиря; born 4 June 1991) is a Russian chess player.

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Pia Cramling

Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling (born 23 April 1963) is a Swedish chess grandmaster.

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Ruan Lufei

Ruan Lufei (born October 2, 1987) is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and Women's World Championship runner-up in 2010.

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Sachini Ranasinghe

Sachini D. Ranasinghe (born 1994), also known as S.D. Ranasinghe, is a Sri Lankan chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2011).

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Shayesteh Ghaderpour

Shayesteh Ghaderpour (شایسته قادرپور; born 10 April 1984), also known as Shayesteh Ghader Pour, is an Iranian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master.

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Shen Yang (chess player)

Shen Yang (born January 23, 1989 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Sopiko Khukhashvili

Sopiko Khukhashvili (born 4 January 1985) is a Georgian chess player.

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Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)

Soumya Swaminathan (born 1989) is a chess player holding the title of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) from India.

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Svetlana Matveeva

Svetlana Vladislavovna Matveeva (Светлана Владиславовна Матвеева; born 4 July 1969) is a Russian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

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Tatev Abrahamyan

Tatev Abrahamyan (Տաթև Աբրահամյան; born January 13, 1988) is an Armenian-American chess player.

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Tatiana Kosintseva

Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva (Татьяна Анатольевна Косинцева; born 11 April 1986) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Time control

A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed.

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U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Following are the results of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship from 1937 to date.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Valentina Gunina

Valentina Evgenyevna Gunina (Валентина Евгеньевна Гунина; born February 4, 1989, in Murmansk) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (born 6 August 1983) is a Lithuanian politician and chess player who is currently the speaker of the Seimas.

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Women's World Chess Championship

The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. Women's World Chess Championship 2012 and Women's World Chess Championship are women's World Chess Championships.

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Women's World Chess Championship 2010

The Women's World Chess Championship 2010 took place in Antakya, Turkey from December 2 through 24, 2010. Women's World Chess Championship 2012 and Women's World Chess Championship 2010 are women's World Chess Championships.

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Women's World Chess Championship 2011

The Women's World Chess Championship 2011 was the 35th of its kind. Women's World Chess Championship 2012 and Women's World Chess Championship 2011 are women's World Chess Championships.

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Women's World Chess Championship 2013

The Women's World Chess Championship 2013 was a chess match for the championship. Women's World Chess Championship 2012 and Women's World Chess Championship 2013 are women's World Chess Championships.

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World Junior Chess Championship

The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

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