Women's World Chess Championship 2013
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
| Anna Ushenina | Hou Yifan | |||||
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Born 30 August 1985 28 years old |
Born 27 February 1994 19 years old | |||||
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Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2012 |
Winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012 | |||||
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Rating: 2500 (Women's World No. 17) |
Rating: 2609 (Women's World No. 2) | |||||
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.
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.