Women's World Chess Championship 2004


The Women's World Chess Championship 2004 took place from May 21 to June 4, 2004 in Elista, Russia. It was won by Antoaneta Stefanova, who beat Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the final by 2½ to ½.
For the third time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.

Participants

Qualified players were seeded by their Elo ratings.
Notable top players not taking part was Judit Polgár, Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Qin Kanying, Inna Gaponenko and Sofia Polgar.
Notably, this was the second Women's World Championship in a row in which the reigning champion did not attempt to defend their title.

Qualification paths

Final Match

No fourth game was played, as Stefanova led with two points.

Bracket