2010 Women’s World Championship Pairing Tree
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra
64 Mezioud, Amina
32 Turova, Irina
33 Khukhashvili, Sopiko
16 Ruan, Lufei
49 Baginskaite, Camilla
17 Mkrtchian, Lilit
48 Zhang, Xiaowen
8 Cramling, Pia
57 Yildiz, Betul Cemre
25 Muzychuk, Mariya
40 Cori T., Deysi
9 Harika, Dronavalli
56 Nadig, Kruttika
24 Danielian, Elina
41 Shadrina, Tatiana
4 Kosintseva, Tatiana
61 Mona, Khaled
29 Dembo, Yelena
36 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
13 Chiburdanidze, Maia
52 Meenakshi Subbaraman
20 Zhao, Xue
45 Fierro Baquero, Martha
5 Dzagnidze, Nana
60 Kagramanov, Dina
28 Skripchenko, Almira
37 Foisor, Cristina-Adela
12 Cmilyte, Viktorija
53 Demina, Julia
21 Paehtz, Elisabeth
44 Zawadzka, Jolanta
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2 Koneru, Humpy
63 Greeff, Melissa
31 Rajlich, Iweta
34 Houska, Jovanka
15 Sebag, Marie
50 Vasilevich, Irina
18 Zatonskih, Anna
47 Lomineishvili, Maia
7 Muzychuk, Anna
58 Zuriel, Marisa
26 Shen, Yang
39 Ovod, Evgenija
10 Ju, Wenjun
55 Caoili, Arianne
23 Pogonina, Natalija
42 Kovanova, Baira
3 Hou, Yifan
62 Heredia Serrano, Carla
30 Zhukova, Natalia
35 Romanko, Marina
14 Socko, Monika
51 Soumya, Swaminathan
19 Zhu, Chen
46 Muminova, Nafisa
6 Stefanova, Antoaneta
59 Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid
27 Ushenina, Anna
38 Huang, Qian
11 Lahno, Kateryna
54 Ozturk, Kubra
22 Hoang Thanh Trang
43 Ding, Yixin
The top bracket is clearly easier as Kosintseva, Hou Yifan, and Stefanova are at the bottom bracket. Just as 2 years ago, Kosteniuk doesn’t have to face both Humpy and Hou Yifan. It’s also a disgrace not to have the other Kosintseva and Krush.
How come the lower bracket is so much harder. Lahno is also in the lower one. There’s only 1 top player in the top bracket.
Giving Kosteniuk the #1 seed throws everything off. The distribution looks much different if you use rating only.