Women's World Chess Championship 2012: First Round Pairings Announced

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FIDE has announced the first-round pairings for the upcoming Women's World Chess Championship to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk from November 9 to December 3, 2012.

First Round Pairings, 2012 Women's World Chess Championship

name country title Rating - name country title Rating

1 Hou, Yifan CHN g 2606 - Ranasinghe, S D SRI wm 1821
2 Koneru, Humpy IND g 2610 - Frick, Denise RSA wm 1871
3 Muzychuk, Anna SLO g 2586 - Mezioud, Amina ALG wm 2055
4 Zhao, Xue CHN g 2565 - Khoudgarian, Natalia CAN wm 2138
5 Lahno, Kateryna UKR g 2553 - Mona, Khaled EGY wg 2155
6 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS g 2539 - Castrillon Gomez, Melissa COL wm 2159
7 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU g 2524 - Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y PER wf 2175
8 Sebag, Marie FRA g 2521 - Berezina, Irina AUS m 2190
9 Gunina, Valentina RUS m 2517 - Gu, Xiaobing CHN wg 2209
10 Cramling, Pia SWE g 2516 - Ghader Pour, Shayesteh IRI wm 2219
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS g 2515 - Davletbayeva, Madina KAZ wm 2220
12 Harika, Dronavalli IND g 2512 - Soumya, Swaminathan IND wg 2251
13 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO m 2504 - Arribas Robaina, Maritza CUB wg 2273
14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS g 2501 - Abrahamyan, Tatev USA wg 2304
15 Ju, Wenjun CHN wg 2501 - Pourkashiyan, Atousa IRI wg 2321
16 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL g 2491 - Romanko, Marina RUS m 2355
17 Zhu, Chen QAT g 2491 - Ziaziulkina, Nastassia BLR wg 2367
18 Zatonskih, Anna USA m 2489 - Lujan, Carolina ARG m 2369
19 Pogonina, Natalija RUS wg 2478 - Matveeva, Svetlana RUS m 2377
20 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR m 2476 - Foisor, Cristina-Adela ROU m 2383
21 Danielian, Elina ARM g 2476 - Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO m 2383
22 Hoang, Thanh Trang HUN g 2470 - Ovod, Evgenija RUS m 2384
23 Krush, Irina USA m 2470 - Li, Ruofan SIN m 2394
24 Galliamova, Alisa RUS m 2468 - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS m 2409
25 Girya, Olga RUS wg 2467 - Rajlich, Iweta POL m 2410
26 Huang, Qian CHN wg 2465 - Shen, Yang CHN wg 2413
27 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM m 2457 - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO g 2414
28 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO m 2455 - Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS m 2415
29 Dembo, Yelena GRE m 2454 - Khurtsidze, Nino GEO m 2428
30 Ushenina, Anna UKR m 2452 - Cori T., Deysi PER wg 2429
31 Zhukova, Natalia UKR g 2451 - Guo, Qi CHN wg 2432
32 Socko, Monika POL g 2445 - Skripchenko, Almira FRA m 2441

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