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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.
In what was basically a repeat of yesterday's events until a certain point, Ushenina was able to obtain everything she wanted from the opening. Hou Yifan showed almost no understanding of the position in this specific variation of the Sveshnikov and Black obtained excellent counterplay with a simple queenside advance. Fortunarely for the Chinese player she was able to bail out with a simplification into a drawn endgame right as the game started to look positionally dicey.
Even though only two rounds have passed so far, it is obvious that the Ukrainian team has come with stronger preparation. The questions now are if this will be sufficient for Ushenina to overcome the playing strength difference and if the Chinese team will pull out some aces out of their sleeves.
The incumbent, Anna Ushenina, ready to do battle
The challenger Hou Yifan arrives, accompanied by arbiter Carol Jarecki
Yifan takes her seat for round two...
... and Chief Arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos starts the clock
Some press, but not a whole lot of public at the World Championship
The Chinese delegation – essentially
there are only persons directly involved
in the Championship present at the venue
The second stongest female in the history of the game, 19-year-old Hou Yifan...
... and the reigning Women's World Champion, 28-year-old Anna Ushenina from Ukraine
Round two under way in the luxurious convention center of the Taizhou Hotel
Round two game
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Tatev AbrahamyanBorn in 1988 in Yerevan, Armenia, the Women's Grandmaster now lives in Glendale, California and is one of the strongest players in the American women's olympic team. After graduating in 2011 from California State University, Long Beach with a double major in psychology and political science, Tatev focused on becoming a full time chess professional. She recently scored her second IM norm and is already qualified for the next Women's World Championship |
Information and pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich, FIDE Press Officer
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Anna Ushenina | 2500 |
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Hou Yifan | 2609 |
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LinksThe games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |