Tournament: World Women Chess Championship 2013
Round: 06
White: Ushenina, Anna
Black: Hou, Yifan
Date: Wed September 18, 2013
Result: 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Qd1 Ne8 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 d6 14. O-O Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bd2 b5 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Bg2 Bc8 20. Ne4 Re8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. e4 a5 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Ra2 a4 25. Re1 h6 26. Be3 a3 27. Qd2 axb2 28. Rxb2 Nc3 29. f3 Ra3 30. Bf2 Nb5 31. Reb1 c4 32. Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Bd4 c3 34. Qf2 Qg5 35. f4 Qg4 36. Re1 Rea8 37. h3 Qc8 38. e5 Ra1 39. exd6 c2 40. Bxa1 0-1
Women’s World Champion Anna Ushenina once again self destructed with white. She got into time pressure, blundered, and now on the verge of losing her title. In fact, Anna lost all three games with white in this match.
The score after 6 games is 4.5 – 1.5 in favor of the challenger and former champion Hou Yifan. The first player who reaches 5.5 points wins.
Hope FIDE finally realizes that WWCC in World Cup type tournament simply doesnt work!
I was afraid that Ushenina was not actually strong enough to have won the title in the first place… I wish her luck, but she needs more experience. Hou is very strong and this match has been a bit of a farce really. I hope the grumbling about the food and the noise of the hotel does not detract from the result.
Oh yes, dear Kerry. Sure enough that Anna lost the games most probably due to external factors. Looking back at all those tournament records of these 2 ladies in the past there should be no doubt that Anna would have won 4:0 had she not been treated so poorly (poor food and deliberate door knocking in the midnight). Yifan badly needs this “outside of chess-board” to score.
You’re kidding, right? Even a 2800 player won’t beat Hou 4-0, let alone someone who won the FIDE WC title in a knockout. Ushenina’s achievement is similar to men’s ex-World Champs Ponomariov & Khalifman.
The sad fact is there is no lady who can beat Hou presently (except maybe Judit, who’s unfortunately past her prime). Koneru, although rated 2600+, has already lost twice.
Anna is the undeserve champion, Hou can beat Anna by just using her left brain to think.
Kerry …. may i know where you get the information about food and noise of the hotel ?!?