9/17/2013 – On Tuesday Challenger Hou Yifan had a second white, and she once again played the aggressive Keres Attack she had used in the previous game. A theoretical battle ensued, with many exchanges leading to an even endgame. On move 21 women's world champion Anna Ushenina missed a chance and the game was drawn in 61 moves. Round five report with analysis by Tania Sachdev.
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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.
Round five report
According to regulations Hou Yifan had white
pieces for the second time in a row
World Champion Anna Ushenina having less trouble
with black than with white
Hou Yifan has just deviated from the previous
game and played 8.h4, leaving Anna Ushenina pondering
The Ukrainian GM, ranked number 17 in the (female)
world, has a daunting task ahead of her:
Anna, above with her seconds Alexander Khalifman
and Anton Korobov, needs to win at least two
of the next five games against world's number two, who is rated more than
100 points above her
19-year-old challenger Hou Yifan has three
black games left to play, but can coast to victory
Round five game – guest commentary by IM Tania Sachdev
[Event "Taizhao Women's World Championship"] [Site "taizhou"] [Date "2013.09.17"]
[Round "5.1"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Ushenina, Anna"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Sachdev,Tania"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"]
{Going into game five Hou Yifan gets white again. The reason for breaking
color every four games is to prevent the same player getting white after
every rest day.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Ushenina
employs her preferred Najdorf. She has a lot of experience in the line
and a good feel for it. Besides it is one of the more daredevil lines
for Black, a need of the hour for Anna.} 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 ({In
game four Yifan tried } 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. h4 h5 $5 $146 {Black got a comfortable
game and it ended in a draw without much trouble}) 8... Nc6 (8... h5 {The
interesting idea of countering White's h4 with h5 works better when White's
queen is committed on the f3 square, as in the previous game. Here it
doesnt work as well as White can deploy pieces better.} 9. g5 Ng4 10.
Qd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. O-O-O Qxf2 (13... Nxf2 $4 14. Be3
$18) 14. Bxd6 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 { With a nice endgame for white})
9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 h5 11. gxh5 (11. g5 $6 Ng4 12. O-O-O Rb8 {and Black
will generate play on the queenside, while its more difficult for White
to do her bit against the black king.}) 11... Nxh5 12. O-O-O Rb8 {A gentle
reminder to be slightly worried.} 13. Bc4 Qf6 14. Qg2 Nf4 15. Qg5 e5 $1
16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf4 exf4 {Three islands including tripled pawns (Jonathan
Rowson called it a train without an engine)! Black clearly doesn't have
the most gorgeous pawn structure. However the bishop pair, the open files
and Whites weak h-pawn can balance it out, if Black creates quick counterplay.
So it was crucial for Ushenina to play actively to neutralize the structural
disadvantage. And...she does it well!} 18. Ne2 Rb4 19. Bd3 f5 $5 { A nice
break} 20. exf5 (20. c3 {Not sure what Anna had in mind for c3 but it
possibly could have been} Rxe4 $5 (20... Ra4 {Possible but not delightful
after } 21. Nd4 Rxa2 22. Kc2 {Avoiding rook enchange so as to create attacking
possiblities on blacks king} fxe4 (22... Bd7 23. Nxf5 $14) 23. Bxe4 c5
24. Bd5 {Looks dangerous for black}) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rde1 d5 23. f3
Bd6 $44 {The strong central pawns and double bishop is enough compensation.
Enough to intimidate Hou Yifan too.}) 20... f3 21. Nc3 ({Computer suggestion}
21. Ng1 { Also leads to a comfortable position for black} Bh6+ 22. Kb1
Bg7 23. b3 Rbxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. Nxf3 Rf4 {Though holdable but black's
dark squared bishop wont make life easy for white}) 21... Bh6+ $6 (21...
Rbxh4 $1 {This was Ushenina's chance! Keep it simple. The natural capture
gives black to fight for some real advantage.} 22. Rxh4 (22. Rhe1+ Kd8
23. Ne4 Rh2 $15 {[%cal Gd8c7, Gd6d5]}) 22... Rxh4 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Ne4
d5 25. Nd2 Rh3 26. c3 Bc5 27. Rf1 Ke7 $15 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ge7f6] And
if nothing else, black will trouble white for a long time.}) 22. Kb1 d5
23. a3 Rf4 24. Rde1+ Kd8 25. Nd1 a5 $6 (25... Bxf5 $142 26. Bxa6 (26.
Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Ne3 Re5 28. Ng4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bg7 {is fine for black too})
26... Rg4 27. Reg1 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 Bf4 29. Rh1 Bg5 {Black will regain the
pawn, but not much more.}) 26. Ne3 Rg8 27. h5 Bd7 28. Reg1 {White goes
in for a series of exchanges leading to perfect balance. A practical choice
by Yifan.} Rxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Rh4 30. Ng4 Rxh5 31. Ne5 f6 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33.
Rg3 Rh2 34. Rxf3 {Even though the game continued for almost another 30
moves, its difficult to imagine any real chances for either side.} Bg5
35. Ka2 Bh4 36. Kb3 Bxf2 37. Ka4 Bb6 38. b4 {There you are, draw could
have been agreed here.} axb4 39. axb4 Kd6 40. Rg3 Rh1 41. c3 Bf2 42. Rf3
Rh2 43. Kb3 Ke5 44. Bc2 Kd6 45. Bd3 Kd7 46. Bc2 Rg2 47. Rd3 Rg4 48. b5
Rf4 49. bxc6+ Kxc6 50. Rd1 Rf3 51. Bd3 Bg3 52. Kc2 Kc5 53. Rf1 Re3 54.
Ra1 Be5 55. Ra5+ Kc6 56. Ra6+ Kc5 57. Ra5+ Kc6 58. Ra6+ Kc5 59. Ra5+ Kc6
60. Ra6+ Kc5 61. Ra5+ {Five more games to go and Hou Yifan has a commanding
3.5-1.5 lead. Anna gets white next game so expect some no-compromises
fighting chess!} 1/2-1/2
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