All-Chinese Final At The Women's World Championship
Submitted by SonofPearl on Sat, 12/18/2010 at 10:46am.
The final of the Women's World Chess Championship will be an all-Chinese affair after the Indian Humpy Koneru was knocked out in the semi-finals by 16-year old Hou Yifan.Hou Yifan played a superb endgame to win game 1, and then drew game 2 to advance to the final. The same two players met in the semi-finals of the last championship in 2008, with Yifan also winning.
Her opponent in the final will be the conqueror of the current champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ruan Lufei (pictured). Lufei beat her compatriot Zhao Xue in their second tiebreak game to reach the final.
So the new women's world chess champion will either be the second highest ranked player in the event, the 16-year old Hou Yifan, or the outsider, the 16th seed Ruan Lufei who beat the previous champ.
The final is over four games, from 20-23 December, with tie-breaks on the 24 December if needed. Games start at 15:00 local time in Turkey.
| Name | Nat | Elo | G1 | G2 | Rp1 | Rp2 | Bz1 | Bz2 | SD | Total |
| Rd 5 Match 1 | ||||||||||
| Ruan, Lufei | CHN | 2480 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ | |||
| Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2474 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1½ | |||
| Rd 5 Match 2 | ||||||||||
| Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2600 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |||||
| Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2591 | 1 | ½ | 1½ |
A relaxed Hou Yifan before her victorious game with Humpy Koneru
Hou, Yifan (2591) vs. Koneru, Humpy (2600)
WCh Women | Antakya TUR | Round 5.1| 16 Dec 2010 | ECO: C67 | 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 Be7 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Bb2 h5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Kf7 18. g3 Bb4 19. Kg2 Bd2 20. Kf3 Rd5 21. Ke2 Rhd8 22. c4 R5d7 23. Bc1 Bc3 24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. f4 g6 26. Rf3 Bb4 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Kxd3 Be7 29. Be3 c5 30. Ke4 b6 31. Kf3 Bf8 32. g4 Be7 33. Kg3 c6 34. Kh3 Bd8 35. Bf2 Bc7 36. Bh4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Kg7 38. Bf6+ Kf7 39. Bh4 Kg7 40. Bf6+ Kf7 41. Kg5 b5 42. Kh6 bxa4 43. bxa4 Bb6 44. Be7!! Bc7 45. Bxc5 Bd8 46. Bf2 Be7 47. c5 Bf8+ 48. Kg5 Be7+ 49. Kg4 Ke8 50. Be1 Bxc5 51. Bxa5 Be7 52. Kf3 Kd7 53. Ke4 c5 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Kc4 Bh4 56. Bd2 Bf2 57. h3 Bg1 58. Bc1 Bf2 59. Bd2 Bg1 60. Kd3 Bf2 61. Be3 Be1 62. Kc4 Bb4 63. Bf2 Kb6 64. Be3 Kc6 65. Bg1 Kb6 66. Bf2 Kc6 67. Bh4 Bd2 68. Bg5 Be1 69. Be7 Bf2 70. a5 Be3 71. Bg5 Bf2 72. h4 Bg3 73. a6 Bf2 74. h5!! gxh5 75. f5 exf5 76. e6 Bg3 77. e7 Kd7 78. a7
Koneru, Humpy (2600) vs. Hou, Yifan (2591)
WCh Women | Antakya TUR | Round 5.2| 17 Dec 2010 | ECO: A46 | 1/2-1/2
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rhe1 b4 11. Nb1 Nbd7 12. Qxb4 Nc5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qd2 c4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Be5 20. g3 Rab8 21. Nb3 Bf6 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxc4 24. Rd2 Bd5 25. Kb1 a5 26. Nc1 Qb4 27. c3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Nb3 Rc4 30. Nxa5 Ra4 31. Nb3 Rba8 32. Nc1 Bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Rxa2 34. Re3 g5 35. Rd7 Ra1+ 36. Kc2 Rc8+ 37. Kd2 Rcc1 38. Rb7 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Rac1+ 40. Kb3 Rd2 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Rxh2 43. f5 exf5 44. Ree7 Rh6 45. Rxf7
Zhao, Xue (2474) vs. Ruan, Lufei (2480)
WCh Women | Antakya TUR | Round 5.4| 18 Dec 2010 | ECO: D17 | 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. f3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Rc8 14. a5 Nbd7 15. e4 c5 16. dxc5 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Ngf6 22. Rf3 Bd4 23. Raf1 Nc5 24. Nd5 Nfxe4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Be1 Rce8 27. Qc4 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rb4 Bg7 31. Bf2 Nd3 32. Rxb7 Bf6 33. Bxa7 Rxe7 34. a6 Rxb7 35. axb7 Be5 36. Rd1 Nb4 37. Rc1 Na6 38. Rc8 Kg7 39. b4 f6 40. g3 Kf7 41. Kg2 Re8 42. b5 Nb8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. h3 Kd7 45. Rc2 Bd6 46. g4 h6 47. Rc1 Be5 48. Rc2 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Rc1 Bc7 51. Rc2 Bd6 52. Rc1 Ke7 53. Rc2 Nd7 54. Rc8 Bb8 55. Be3 Ne5+ 56. Ke2 Kd7 57. Rc2 Rg8 58. Kf2 Nf7 59. Rd2+ Nd6 60. Bf4 Ke7 61. Re2+ Kf7 62. Rc2 Nxb7 63. Be3 Nd6 64. b6 Rc8 65. Ra2 Nc4 66. Rc2 Nxb6 67. Rb2 Nc4 68. Rb7+ Kg6 69. Bd4 Be5 70. Ba7 Rc7
Pictures from the official website.
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