Women's World Chess Championship 2010
womens world chess championship took place antakya turkey december tournament like previous one played player knockout format pairing consisted two game one white one black winner advanced case tie tiebreaks played next day consisting two rapid game and—if still tied—an armageddon match final consisted four game classical time control necessary followed four rapid tiebreak game title hou yifan china beat compatriot ruan lufei final – year age making youngest womens world chess champion history player seeded elo rating november list except defending champion alexandra kosteniuk seed number one woman world judit polgár never competed womens title enter time either world number five nadezhda kosintseva play either although sister tatiana ranked th name missing top irina krush th former finalist alisa galliamova th exchampion xu yuhua th iweta rajlich arianne caoili listed participant unable attend scheduled opponent jovanka houska ju wenjun given bye second round official website chessbase womens world chess championship – preview fide initial list qualifier archived wayback machine fide calendar continental zonal championship standing