The time control for the four games is 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes and a 30-second increment as of move one. Draws cannot be offered before move 30, and if the match ends in a 2-2 tie, a blitz tiebreak will take place at the rate of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds. If even this is tied, then a special super-bitz game will be used to decide the winner. This is not an Armageddon game. Instead, a single blitz game at the rate of 5 minutes plus 2 seconds will be played with the following condition: if it ends in a draw, the clock times are left as they are, the colors are reversed, and the players start a new game with those times left. This will continue until the tie is broken.
Game four

Vassily Ivanchuk was in excellent form throughout the match

After the game, Hou Yifan commented, “My play in this game was just not good. I was a little bit anxious and impetuous. I tried to complicate the game but Vassily played very accurately and I never had any winning chances.”
Hou Yifan vs Vassily Ivanchuk
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.a4 a5 8.Bg5 Ne7 8...h6= 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Be6 9.Nh4?! d5 10.Bb3 10.exd5= Nfxd5 11.Nd2 f6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Kh8 10...dxe4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Nxe4= Be7 14.Nxg6 14.Nf3= 14...hxg6 15.Qd2 f5 16.Qh6? 16.Ng3! 16...Ra6!-+ 16...fxe4 17.Qxg6+ Kh8 18.Qh6+ 18.Bxf7? Qd6 19.Rae1 Qf6 20.Qh5+ Kg7-+ 18...Kg8 19.Qg6+ 19.dxe4? Qd6 20.Qe3 Qg6-+ 19...Kh8 20.Qh6+ 20.Bxf7? Qd6 21.Rae1 Qf6 22.Qh5+ Kg7 20...Kg8 21.Qg6+= 21.dxe4? Qd6 22.Qxd6 Bxd6-+ 17.f4? 17.Rad1 17...fxe4 18.dxe4 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Be3 20.Rad1 Qe7 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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Hou,Y | 2649 | Ivanchuk,V | 2732 | 0–1 | 2017 | C54 | King and Queen Summit Match 2017 | 4 |
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There were several activities held in parallel to help promote chess in the region

Chief Arbiter Zhu Jiaqi presents the prizes to the players

While Ivanchuk took home US $18 thousand for his win, Hou Yifan left with $12 thousand