FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2017

WGM Tan Zhongyi is the new Women's World Chess Champion.

Finals

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) 3.5-2.5

Semi-Finals

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) 5-4
GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) 2-0

Quaterfinals

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) 1.5-0.5
GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) 2.5-1.5
GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) 1.5-0.5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) 1.5-0.5

Round 3

GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) defeated WGM Girya, Olga - Russia (2458) 3.5-2.5
WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated IM Padmini, Rout - India (2387) 3.5-2.5
GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated IM Guramishvili, Sopiko - Georgia (2370) 3.5-2.5
GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) defeated IM Shen, Yang - China (2479) 1.5-0.5
GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen - Vietnam (2351) 2-0
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) defeated IM Khurtsidze, Nino - Georgia (2383) 1.5-0.5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated GM Cramling, Pia - Sweden(2454) 4-2
WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) defeated WGM Pogonina, Natalija - Russia (2487) 1.5-0.5

Round 2

GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) defeated GM Zhu, Chen - Qatar (2419) 1.5-0.5

WGM Girya, Olga - Russia (2458) defeated IM Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Russia (2463) 2-0

IM Padmini, Rout - India (2387) defeated GM Zhao, Xue - China (2505) 2.5-1.5

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Ushenina, Anna - Ukraine (2444) 4.5-4.5
(Zhongyi progresses due to Armageddon draw as black)

GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated WGM Saduakassova, Dinara - Kazakhstan (2428) 2.5-1.5

IM Guramishvili, Sopiko - Georgia (2370) defeated WGM Buksa, Nataliya - Ukraine (2300) 4.5-3.5

GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) defeated IM Zimina, Olga - Russia (2406) 2-0

IM Shen, Yang - China (2479) defeated IM Savina, Anastasia - Russia (2372) 1.5-0.5

GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated IM Kashlinskaya, Alina - Russia (2418) 1.5-0.5

IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen - Vietnam (2351) defeated WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Russia (2466) 1.5-0.5

GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) defeated IM Melia, Salome - Georgia (2394)2.5-1.5

IM Khurtsidze, Nino - Georgia (2383) defeated IM Batsiashvili, Nino - Georgia (2492) 5-4

GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated IM Gaponenko, Inna - Ukraine (2407) 2.5-1.5

GM Cramling, Pia - Sweden(2454) defeated IM Paehtz, Elisabeth - Germany (2468) v 3-1

WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) defeated GM Gunina, Valentina - Russia(2524) 2-0

WGM Pogonina, Natalija - Russia (2487) defeated WGM Huang, Qian - China (2451) 3.5-2.5

Round 1

GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) defeated WIM Lane, Nancy L - Australia (1902) 2-0

GM Zhu, Chen - Qatar (2419) defeated IM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Indonesia (2421) 1.5-0.5

IM Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Russia (2463) defeated WGM Hejazipour, Mitra - Iran (2307) 5-4

WGM Girya, Olga - Russia (2458) W/O

GM Zhao, Xue - China (2505) defeated WIM Martinez, Ayelen - Argentina (2255) 3-1

IM Padmini, Rout - India (2387) defeated GM Danielian, Elina - Armenia (2444) 1.5-0.5

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - USA (2270) 1.5-0.5

GM Ushenina, Anna - Ukraine (2444) defeated IM Ziaziulkina, Nastassia - Belarus (2386) 1.5-0.5

GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated WIM Shamima, Akter Liza - Bangladesh (2077) 2.5-1.5

WGM Saduakassova, Dinara - Kazakhstan (2428) defeated IM Nechaeva, Marina - Russia (2406) 1.5-0.5

WGM Buksa, Nataliya - Ukraine (2300) defeated GM Hoang, Thanh Trang - Vietnam (2468) 2.5-1.5

IM Guramishvili, Sopiko - Georgia (2370) defeated IM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Iran (2452) 3-1

GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) defeated WGM Mona, Khaled - Egypt (2150) 4-2

IM Zimina, Olga - Russia (2406) defeated GM Khotenashvili, Bela - Georgia (2430) 3-1

IM Shen, Yang - China (2479) defeated WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza -Cuba (2295) 3-1

IM Savina, Anastasia - Russia (2372) defeated GM Socko, Monika - Poland (2452) 2.5-1.5

GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated WIM Mezioud, Amina - Algeria (2055) 2-0

IM Kashlinskaya, Alina - Russia (2418) defeated WGM Cori T., Deysi - Peru (2422) 1.5-0.5

WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Russia (2466) defeated WGM Zhai, Mo - China (2304) 1.5-0.5

IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen - Vietnam (2351) defeated IM Javakhishvili, Lela - Georgia (2455) 1.5-0.5

GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) defeated WGM Marrero Lopez, Yaniet - Cuba (2255) 2-0

IM Melia, Salome - Georgia (2394) defeated IM Atalik, Ekaterina - Russia (2435) 2.5-1.5

IM Batsiashvili, Nino - Georgia (2492) defeated IM Gvetadze, Sofio - Georgia (2285) 2-0

IM Khurtsidze, Nino - Georgia (2383) defeated GM Zhukova, Natalia - Ukraine (2447) 1.5-0.5

GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated WIM Latreche, Sabrina - Algeria (2057) 2-0

IM Gaponenko, Inna - Ukraine (2407) defeated IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Russia (2423) 1.5-0.5

IM Paehtz, Elisabeth - Germany (2468) defeated WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa - Iran (2303) 1-5-0-5

GM Cramling, Pia - Sweden(2454) defeated WGM Nemcova, Katerina - Czech Republic (2359) 1.5-0.5

GM Gunina, Valentina - Russia(2524) defeated WIM Ni, Viktorija - USA(2199) 2-0

WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) defeated IM Mkrtchian, Lilit - Armenia (2431) 1.5-0.5

WGM Pogonina, Natalija - Russia (2487) defeated FM Zhou, Qiyu - Canada (2287) 1.5-0.5

WGM Huang, Qian - China (2451) defeated IM Charochkina, Daria - Russia (2383) 3-1

Fed Cup - 2017

Final

United States defeated Belarus 3-2
1st singles: Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) 6-4 6-4
2nd Singles: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) defeated Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-3 3-6 6-4
3rd Singles: Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 7-6(5) 6-1
4th Singles: Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) defeated Sloane Stephens (USA) 4-6 6-1 8-6
Doubles: Coco Vandeweghe & Shelby Rogers(USA) defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich & Aryna Sabalenka(Belarus) 6-3 7-6 (3)

Semifinal

United States defeated Czech Republic[1] 3-2
1st singles: Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-4
2nd Singles: Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) defeated Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-3 6-3
3rd Singles: Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-0
4th Singles: Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) defeated Lauren Davis (USA) 6-2 7-5
Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Kristyna Pliskova & Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-3

Belarus defeated Switzerland 3-2
1st singles: Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) defeated Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 6-3 5-7 7-5
2nd Singles: Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) defeated Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 6-4 7-5
3rd Singles: Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) defeated Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 6-2 7-6 (7-2)
4th Singles: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) defeated Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Doubles: Belinda Bencis & Martina Hingis (Switzerland) defeated Olga Govortsova & Vera Lapko (Belarus) 6-0 6-1

QuaterFinal

Czech Republic [1] defeated Spain 3-2
Will be played in Ostrava, Czech Republic (hard, indoor)

Karolina Pliskova

1st singles: Garbine Muguruza (Spain) defeated Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) 6-0 3-6 6-1
2nd Singles: Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) defeated Lara Arruabarrena (Spain) 6-4 7-5
3rd Singles: Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) defeated Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 6-2 6-2
4th Singles: Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) defeated Lara Arruabarrena (Spain) 6-4 6-4
Doubles: Lucie Safarova & Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) defeated Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez & Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) 6-3 4-6 10-7

United States defeated Germany [3] 4-0
Will be played in Maui, Hawaii, United States (hard, outdoor)

1st singles: Alison Riske (USA) defeated Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 7-6(10) 6-2
2nd Singles: Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-3 3-1 Retd.
3rd Singles: Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 3-6 6-4 6-0
4th Singles: Not Played
Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Shelby Rogers (USA) defeated Laura Siegemund / Carina Witthoeft (Germany) 4-1 Retd.

Belarus defeated Netherlands [4] 4-1
Will be played in Minsk, Belarus (hard, indoor)

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

1st singles: Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) defeated Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) 4-6 6-3 6-2
2nd Singles: Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) defeated Arya Sabalenka (Belarus) 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4
3rd Singles: Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) defeated Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-3 6-4
4th Singles: Arya Sabalenka (Belarus) defeated Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) 7-6(5) 6-4
Doubles: lga Govortsova & Vera Lapko (Belarus) defeated Cindy Burger & Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) 6-4 6-2

Switzerland vs France [2] 4-1
Will be played in Geneva, Switzerland (hard, indoor)

Timea Bacsinszky

1st singles: Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) defeated Alize Cornet (France) 7-5 6-4
2nd Singles: Kristina Mladenovic (France) defeated Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 6-3 6-4
3rd Singles:Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) defeated Kristina Mladenovic (France) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5
4th Singles: Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) defeated Pauline Paremtier (France) 6-3 6-4
Doubles: Timea Bacsinszky & Matina Hingis (Switzerland) defeated Amandine Hesse & Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-4 6-4