Women's World Chess Champion GM\Hou Yifan Deservedly Retained Her Title

Women's World Chess Champion the Chinese GM\Hou Yifan (2578 Elo) deservedly retained her title after drawing the eight's game -with the black pieces- against her Indian rival GM\Humpy Koneru (2600 Elo) to reach the score (5.5:2.5) .The match took place in the Tirana International hotel (Albania) from (14-30) November .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 for the match was 200,000 Euros (120,000 Euros for the winner).The chief arbiter was I.A Panagiotis NIkolopoulos and I.A Carol Jarecki - Deputy Chief Arbiter ,the members of the Appeals Committee were : Mr.Yorgos Makropoulos - Chairman ,Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici  ,IM\Beatriz Marinello .WGM\Anastasiya Karlovich -press officer-.

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Women's World Chess Championship 2011 In Tirana :After Round (3) GM.Hou Yifan Takes The Lead

Women's World Chess Champion GM\Hou Yifan (2578 Elo) won an important game with the black pieces against her Indian rival GM\Humpy Koneru (2600 Elo) .The game was a Queen's Gambit Declined (Ragozin Variation -D38) where the game entered into a very tense and sharp struggle ;the Chinese GM took the a-pawn on move 18 but allowed the White rook to invade on the f6 square GM.Yifan played very precisely on the queen-side and the center although she overlooked a simple win on move 25 with Rd8 ! GM.Humpy was very short in time during the game ;for instance she had to play 12 moves in one minute ,and she was unable to stop black's 2 connected  central passe pawns which proved to be decisive .

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