The 2015 FIDE Zonal Chess Championship 3.5 took place from June 30 to July 6, in Zhongshan, China. The event was a qualification for the Women’s World Championship.
The format of the tournament was 11-round Swiss with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.
2015 Chinese champion for women WGM Zhongyi Tanemerged a convincing winner at 8,5/11 points, winning the nearest followers a full point behind.
WIM Mo Zhai and WIM Shiqin Ni tied for the second at 7,5 points but Zhai prevailed on a better tie-break score.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2487 8,5
2 WIM Zhai Mo CHN 2329 7,5
3 WIM Ni Shiqun CHN 2362 7,5
4 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2460 7
5 IM Guo Qi CHN 2429 7
6 WFM Xiao Yiyi CHN 2226 7
7 Ren Xiaoyi CHN 2202 7
8 WGM Wang Jue CHN 2367 6,5
9 WIM Zhou Guijue CHN 2153 6,5
10 WGM Lei Tingjie CHN 2455 6
11 WGM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2364 6
12 IM Shen Yang CHN 2460 6