Women's World Chess Championship 2013

Women's World Chess Championship 2013
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
  Ukraine Anna Ushenina China Hou Yifan
 
1½Scores5½
  Born 30 August 1985
28 years old		 Born 27 February 1994
19 years old
  Winner of the
Women's World Chess Championship 2012		 Winner of the
FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012
  Rating: 2500
(Women's World No. 17)[1]		 Rating: 2609
(Women's World No. 2)[1]
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The Women's World Chess Championship 2013 was a chess match for the championship. The match was scheduled over ten games from 10 to 27 September 2013 in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China.[2]

The match was played between defending champion Anna Ushenina, winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2012, and challenger Hou Yifan, the previous champion and winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012.

After seven of ten games Hou Yifan won the match 5.5 to 1.5 to retake the title.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Top 100 Women September 2013". FIDE. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. ^ "2011/12 Grand Prix regulations". FIDE. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Hou Yifan regains the title of Women's World Champion". chessdom.com. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.