Weltmeisterschaft der Damen 2004 in Elista

Die Bulgarin Antoaneta Stefanova ist neue Weltmeisterin. Im auf 4 Partien angesetzen Finale setzte sie sich vorzeitig mit 2,5-0,5 gegen die Russin Kovalevskaya durch, die im Halbfinale die favorisierte Inderin Humpy aus dem Rennen warf.

               
Endstand

Finale
 
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 0-1 1/2

Halbfinale

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1-0 1/2
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 1-0

Runde 4 

Koneru, Humpy - Xu, Yuhua 1-0 1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Dzagnidze, Nana 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 1-0 1-0
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Kachiani-G., Ketino 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1-0 1/2

Runde 3 

Kosintseva, Tatiana - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 1-0 Playoff 0-1 0-1
Lomineishvili, Maia - Dzagnidze, Nana 0-1 0-1
Jackova, Jana - Chiburdanidze, Maia 0-1 1/2
Bojkovic, Natasa - Kachiani-G., Ketino 0-1 1/2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Cramling, Pia - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Xu, Yuhua 1/2 0-1

Runde 2

Koneru, Humpy - Peng, Zhaoqin 1-0 1/2
Lomineishvili, Maia - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Sebag, Marie 1-0 1-0
Bojkovic, Natasa - Matveeva, Svetlana 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Lahno, Kateryna - Polovnikova, Ekaterina 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1-0
Mkrtchian, Lilit - Cramling, Pia 1/2 0-1
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Vasilevich, Tatjana 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Zhao, Xue 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Xu, Yuhua - Danielian, Elina 1-0 1/2
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Cmilyte, Viktorija 0-1 1/2
Alexandrova, Olga - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 0-1
Krush, Irina - Kachiani-G., Ketino 1/2 0-1
Peptan, Corina-Isabela - Jackova, Jana 0-1 1/2
Dzagnidze, Nana - Radziewicz, Iweta 1-0 1/2
Hoang, Thanh Trang - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1/2 0-1

Runde 1 

Van Der Merwe, Cecile H . - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 0-1
Galliamova, Alisa - Khaziyeva, Dinara 1-0 1-0
Arouche, Farida - Chiburdanidze, Maia 0-1 1/2
Matveeva, Svetlana - Houli, Asma 1-0 1-0
Morales, Mendoza Luciana - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 1/2
Cramling, Pia - Hahn, Anna 1-0 1/2
Tan, Zhongyi - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 0-1
Zhao, Xue - Paridar, Shadi 1-0 1-0
Tkeshelashvili, Sopio - Xu, Yuhua 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia - Petrenko, Svetlana 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Sergeeva, Maria - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 0-1
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Lujan, Carolina 1-0 1-0
Arribas, Maritza - Krush, Irina 0-1 1/2
Skripchenko, Almira - Jackova, Jana 1/2 0-1
Shahade, Jennifer - Dzagnidze, Nana 0-1 1/2
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Huang, Qian 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Le, Kieu Thien Kim - Hoang Thanh, Trang 1/2 0-1
Radziewicz, Iweta - Meenakshi, S. 1/2 1-0
Goletiani, Rusudan - Peptan, Corina-Isabela 0-1 1/2
Kachiani-G., Ketino - Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1/2 
Matnadze, Ana - Alexandrova, Olga 1/2 0-1
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Harika, Dronavalli 1-0 1-0
Javakhishvili, Lela - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 0-1
Danielian, Elina - Sedina, Elena 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Wang, Pin 1-0 1-0
Xu, Yuanyuan - Vasilevich, Tatjana 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
Mkrtchian, Lilit - Socko, Monika 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 1-0
Polovnikova, Ekaterina - Khurtsidze, Nino 1-0 1/2
Wang, Yu - Bojkovic, Natasa 1/2 0-1
Sebag, Marie - Pogonina, Natalija 1/2 1-0
Slavina, Irina - Lomineishvili, Maia 1/2 0-1
Peng, Zhaoqin - Dworakowska, Joanna 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 1-0 1/2 1/2 1-0

Ein Blick in die Geschichte

• Vera Menchik 1927-1944
• Ludmilla Rudenko 1950-1953
• Elisabeth Bikova 1953-1956 und 1958-1962
• Olga Rubzowa 1956-1958
• Nona Gaprindashvili 1962-1978
• Maya Chiburdanidze 1978-1991
• Xie Jun 1991-1996 und 1999-2001
• Zsuzsa Polgar 1996-1999
• Zhu Chen 2001-2004
• Antoaneta Stefanova 2004-