Congratulations to Hou Yifan for winning the women's world chess title 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexanra Kosteniuk, 2011
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It's the moment to congratulate the young and very talented Hou Yifan of China for winning the Women's World Chess Championship 2011 that has just ended in Tirana, Albania. Drawing the eighth game against Challenger Koneru Humpy, a few minutes ago, Yifan retains her title by reaching the 5.5 mark first in the 10-match event. Yifan had managed a three-point lead already by the seventh round.
Congratulations also to Koneru Humpy of India for coming so far and having given us great chess.
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match was held In Tirana, Albania from November 14. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The prize fund is 200,000 Euro, with 60% going to the winner. You can access the official website at this link. Here is the final game of the event.
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Women's World Chess Championship R3: Hou Yifan beats Koneru Humpy, takes lead 2-1
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Photo: Hou Yifan Anastasiya Karlovich/Fide
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When the Women's World Chess Championship resumed after the rest day, things were probably cruising along to another draw. In fact, if anyone had a slight advantage after the opening, then it was Humpy Koneru. But, by self admission, as Humpy said, "I had a good position, but I was making not good moves."
Humpy eventually went down fighting. After three games, Hou Yifan is leading 2-1 and in the 4th game on the 18th of November she will play with white. You can access the official website here.
Here is the game:
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match between the current World Champion Hou Yifan of China and her challenger, Koneru Humpy of India, is being held in Tirana, Albania, from November 14 to 30. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The winner of the ten-game match is the first player to reach 5.5 points or more. The prize fund is 200,000 Euro, with 60% going to the winner.
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Women's World Chess Championship 2011 R2: Yifan, Koneru draw second game
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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The second game in the Women's World Chess Championship 2011 on in Tirana, Albania, between Hou Yifan and Koneru Humpy ended in a draw also.
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match between the current World Champion Hou Yifan of China and her challenger, Koneru Humpy of India, is being staged from November 14 to 30. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The winner of the ten-game match is the first player to reach 5.5 points or more. The prize fund is 200,000 Euro, with 60% going to the winner.
Game 2 Press conference
Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich/Fide
Here is the second game and you can access the official website at this link.
After two games the score is equal (1-1). On the 16th of November the players have a rest day. The organizers have organized an excursion to the beautiful Albanian mountains.
In the third game (November, 17th, 3pm local time) Humpy Koneru will have white pieces.
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Women's world chess championship 2011 R1: Humpy draws fighting first game against Yifan
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy drew a fighting game against defending champion Hou Yifan of China in the first game of the Women's World Chess Championship that began in Tirana, Albania on Tuesday.
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The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match between the current World Champion Hou Yifan of China and her challenger, Koneru Humpy of India, is being staged in the Triana International Hotel from November 14 to 30. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The winner of the ten-game match is the first player to reach 5.5 points or more. The prize fund is 200,000 Euro, with 60% going to the winner.
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Humpy was clearly in fighting mood and fought hard and took it all the way to 80 moves. Yifan had deep preparation ready for Humpy's Catalan and got the draw with right technique.
"It was very interesting in the middle game. The position was not clear, there were some possibilities of the endgames where White could have an edge, but the way Black handled the position, I did not get much of an advantage," Humpy said after the game.
Humpy revealed that she is accompanied by Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda as her second and "apart from him there are other players from abroad to help me, but right now I don't want to reveal it." Hou Yifan said, "Hou Yifan: My coach is right behind – grandmaster Ye. My mother is also here."
Here is the Round 1 game
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Women's world chess championship 2011 - Humpy begins with white
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The Women's World Chess Championship 2011 began in Tirana, Albania, on Monday with Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy taking on reigning champion Hou Yifan of China with white. The highest-rated Indian girl ever, Humpy will play a 10-game match with Yifan to decide the women's world champion for 2011-13. Yifan has won both the two meetings between the two though Humpy is a ratings-favourite. The last classical clash for the world championship was held between Xie Jun of China and Alisa Galliamova of Russia in 1999.
Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich/Fide
The 10-game match will see the winner as whoever scores 5.5 points first. In the event of a 5-5 tie, games of shorter duration will be played to determine the winner.
The total prize fund is 200,000 Euro which will be split between the players: 60% for the winner and 40% for the loser if the match ends within the 10 regular games. In case the winner is decided by tie-break games, the winner shall receive 55% and the loser 45%. The drawing of colors was conducted during the opening ceremony, on Sunday evening, October 13th in the Presidential Palace in Tirana. Albanian Chess Federation president Rezart Taci is also the CEO and sole shareholder of the company Taci Oil, the main sponsor of the event.
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