Game 2: Press conference Anastasiya Karlovich, press-officer: The second game of the match was drawn. What are your impressions of the encounter? Hou Yifan: It was totally equal, white did not get anything from the opening. So I went...
Another fighting draw in game 2
[Event “Women’s WCC 2011”][Site “Tirana”][Date “2011.11.15”][Round “2”][White “Hou, Yifan”][Black “Koneru, Humpy”][Result “1/2-1/2”][PlyCount “84”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Qe8 9. O-O-O...
Opening surprise in game 2
In the second game of the match for the women chess crown Hou Yifan had white pieces, but could not get anything from the opening. Humpy Koneru chose Russian game and comfortably equalized the position. This opening came as...
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80 move marathon ended in a draw
Tirana match starts with a drawHari Hara NandananTNN | Nov 15, 2011, 07.44AM IST CHENNAI: The first game produced enough fireworks and Honeru Humpy looked solid with her preparations to get a 80-move draw against defending champion Hou Yifan...
Game one draw
Game 1: draw The first game of the match finished with a draw. Although there is no anti-draw rules at the event and the players can agree for a peaceful result anytime, Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru played until...
1st game ends in a positional fighting draw
[Event “Women’s WCC 2011”][Site “Tirana”][Date “2011.11.14”][Round “1”][White “Koneru, Humpy”][Black “Hou, Yifan”][Result “1/2-1/2”][PlyCount “159”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2...
The Women’s World Championship 2011 has started
Dear Colleagues! WWCC match has started! The clock in the first game of FIDE World Women’s Chess Championship Match has started at 3 PM on the 14th of November. The first move 1. d4 of Humpy Koneru was done...
Koneru gets white pieces in game 1
Opening ceremony: Koneru gets white pieces The opening ceremony of the match was held in the beautiful halls of the Presidential Palace. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov declared the event open. The President of Albanian chess federation Rezart Taci, who...
Third time a charm?
Will Humpy be third-time lucky?Hari Hara Nandanan, TNN | Nov 14, 2011, 06.56AM IST CHENNAI: It may just be a coincidence that whenever Hou Yifan played Koneru Humpy in the women’s World chess championship, the Indian was stronger in...