Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2013 between the current World
Champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine and her challenger, Hou Yifan of China
(former World Champion 2010-2012), is being played from September 11th to
27 in the Taizhou Hotel (Taizhou, China). 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 games
start at 3 p.m. local time. That translates to 09:00 a.m. CEST, 03:00 a.m.
New York, 10:00 a.m. Kiev. You can find your local time here.
Round seven report
Anna Ushenina employed a bizarre variation of the Najdorf, in hopes of
taking Hou Yifan out of her preparation. Despite the early games giving
the Ukrainian player everything she wanted from the opening, it became clear
game by game that these opening advantages did not exist anymore and Ushenina
started suffering in the Keres Attack of the Sicilian. Trying to avoid that
she played 6...Nbd7. Yifan followed the game Ponomariov-Topalov, Thessaloniki
2013 and obtained a pleasant edge. Black's crippled pawns were simply not
compensated. With precise play the Challenger was able to wrap up the game
and the championship in forty moves.

Exuding confidence: the challenger: 19-year-old
Hou Yifan

The reigning Champion Anna Ushenina from Ukraine

Chief arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos at the
start of game seven

Press and photographers have five minutes at
the start of the game

No public for this final game, just arbiters,
family, official photographers and TV

Ushenina plays a bizarre variation of the Najdorf
with 6...Nbd7 ...

... and soon finds herself in an unpleasant
position

The challenger takes advantage of Black's crippled
pawns and wins the game in 40 moves
Game seven analysis by IM Elisabeth Pähtz
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 6...e6 6...e5 6...Ng4 7.Be2 e6 8.g4 8.0-0?! b5 9.a3 Bb7 8.f4!? b5 9.Bf3 Bb7 9...b4?! 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxb4 Rb8 12.Nd3 Rxb2 13.Qd2 10.e5 10.a3!? Qc7 10...Rc8 11.0-0 Rxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 11.Qe2 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nh6 Bc5 15.g4 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Nb6 17.Be2 Nfd7 18.Rf1 Rf8 19.g5 Qc5 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.Ng4 Nbd7 22.0-0-0 0-0-0 23.b4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.c4 Bc6 26.Rd6 Kc7 27.c5 e4 28.Nf6 Ne5 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Ng4 Nf3 31.Bxf3 exf3 32.Ne5 Be4 33.Nxf3 Rd5 34.h4 Kc6 35.Rf2 a5 36.Ne1 Bf5 37.Rd2 Be4 38.Nc2 Rxd2 39.Kxd2 Kd5 40.Kc3 f5 41.gxf6 Ke6 42.bxa5 Kxf6 43.Kd4 Ba8 44.Nb4 Ke6 45.Nd3 h5 46.Ne5 g5 47.hxg5 h4 48.g6 Kf6 49.c6 h3 50.c7 Bb7 51.Ng4+ Kxg6 52.Kc5 Kf5 53.Kb6 10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3?! 11.Nxf3 dxe5 12.fxe5 Ng4 13.Bd4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Bc5∞ 11...dxe5 12.Nc6 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Rc8 8...h6 9.f4 9.h4 b5 10.Bf3 Ne5 11.g5 Nfd7 9...g5 9...g6!? 9...b5?! 10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 b4 12.gxf6 bxc3 13.Nxe6 Qxf6 13...fxe6 14.Bh5+ 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nxa8 Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qxe4 17.0-0 10.f5 Ne5 11.h3!? 11.fxe6!? fxe6 12.Nf3 Nexg4 13.Bd4 Qc7 14.h3 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Bh5+ Ke7 17.Be3!? 11...b5 12.a3 Qe7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nf3 Nfd7 14...Bb7 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.h4 Bc5 18.Qe2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Nxg4 20.Qg3 h5 21.0-0-0 0-0-0 22.hxg5 Qg7 23.Qh4 Rdg8 24.Be2 Qxg5+ 25.Qxg5 Rxg5 26.Rh4 Nf6 27.Rf1 Rh6 28.b4 Rg2 29.Bf3 Rg3 30.a4 Bc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ne2 Rg5 33.Kd2 Rh7 34.Rg1 Rxg1 35.Nxg1 Kd8 36.Ke3 Be8 37.Be2 Ra7 38.Nf3 Ng4+ 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Ne1 Nf6 41.Nd3 Kd6 42.Nc5 Ra1 43.Rh3 Rb1 44.c3 Rg1 45.Nb7+ Ke7 46.Nc5 Rg2 47.Ke1 Rg5 48.Kf2 Bc6 49.Rg3 Rxg3 50.Kxg3 Be8 51.Kh4 Bc6 52.Bf3 Kd6 53.Kg5 Ke7 54.Kh4 Kd6 55.Kg5 Ke7 56.Kh4 Kd6 15.Qd2 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qd2 15...Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Ne5?! 16...Bg7! 17.0-0-0 Be5= 17.Be2 Bg7 18.0-0-0 Nf7 18...Ng6!? 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Be5 21.Rd2 0-0 19.Bd4 Be5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.h4! gxh4 22.Qe1 Ra7 22...Bb7!? 23.Rxh4 Rd8 24.Bd3 0-0 25.Rh5 22...0-0!? 23.Rxh4 Bb7 23.Rxh4 Rd7 24.Rh5 24.Bd3 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 24...Rg8 25.Kb1 Qc5 26.Rh3 Qb6 27.Qh4 27.Rxd7!? Bxd7 28.Rf3 Ng5 29.Rf6± 27...Rxd1+ 28.Nxd1 28.Bxd1 a5 28...Bb7 29.Rc3 29.Nc3 29...Qd8 29...Bxe4 30.Rc8+ Nd8 31.Qxh6 Kd7 32.Rc3 Bg6 30.Qf2 Qd4? 30...Ng5 31.Rd3 Qc7 32.Qf6 Bxe4 33.Rc3 Qg7 34.Qf2 34.Rc8+? Kd7 31.Qf6± Qd6 31...Qd7!? 32.Nf2 Kf8 33.Rf3 Ke8± 32.Nf2 Kf8 33.Rf3 Rg7 33...Ke8 34.Qxh6 Kg8 35.Qf6 Bc6 36.Rd3 Qc5 37.g5 Nxg5 38.Ng4 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Ng4+- 38...Nf7 38...Qe7 39.Rd8+ Be8 40.Ra8+- 39.Qxe6 Qg1+ 40.Rd1 1–0
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Hou Yifan | 2609 | Ushenina,A | 2500 | 1–0 | 2013 | B90 | WCh Women 2013 | 7 |
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IM Elisabeth Pähtz was trained in chess from early
childhood by her father, GM Thomas Pähtz. At the age of nine she won
her first German championship in the under-11 age group. In 1999 she became
German Women's Champion. She served as one of four advisors on the World
team in the 1999 Kasparov
versus The World chess match. In 2002 Elisabeth became the Youth World
Champion of the Under-18 age group, and in 2004 the Junior World Champion
of the Under-20 age group. Elisabeth attended the Sport High School Dresden
until 2004 and is among the strongest native German chess players. She plays
for the Dresdner Sport Club 1898 and other associations. She holds the FIDE
titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Information and pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich, FIDE
Press Officer
Score
Players |
Rtng |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
Total |
Perf. |
+/– |
Anna Ushenina |
2500 |
0
|
½
|
0
|
½
|
½
|
0
|
0
|
1.5
|
2384 |
–9
|
Hou Yifan |
2609 |
1
|
½
|
1
|
½
|
½
|
1
|
1
|
5.5
|
2725 |
+9
|