The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match between the current World
Champion Hou Yifan of China and her challenger, Koneru Humpy of India, is being
staged in the Triana International Hotel from November 14 to 30. 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
winner of the ten-game match is the first player to reach 5.5 points or more.
The prize fund is 200,000 Euro, with 60% going to the winner. The games start
at 15:00h local time, which is also Central European Time = 17:00 Moscow, 19:30
New Delhi, 22:00h Beijing and 09:00 New York. You can find the starting time
for other locations here.
Game five
In the fifth game of the match World Champion Hou Yifan had the white pieces,
as in the previous game. The players continued with the same line they already
played in the fourth game. White deviated first, choosing 12.cxd4 (in the previous
game Hou Yifan had preferred 12.Nb3). “White did not manage to get any
advantage today”, said the Chinese at the post-game press conference,
“the game was equal and normal. I played by my home preparation until
around the 16th move”. Humpy Koneru's comment on the game: “I did
not expect her to play the variation with the queen exchange. I just kept on
playing normally. I think we did not play anything new in this line”.
A quick prayer before the start of the game? Well, it did not help too much
today...
The start of the Open Ruy Lopez they had already tried in the previous game
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Pretty in red: Women's World Champion Hou Yifan from China...
... and her challenger Humpy Koneru from India
What does Hou Yifan keep in the little silver pot she always brings to her
games? In an extraordinary feat of investigative journalism Frederic Friedel
was able to solve the mystery: it is longans,
wolfberries (or medlar)
and raisins, all soaking in tea. He even tried some himself, saying the taste
was "interesting". Unfortunately these condiments had no effect on
his rather dismal playing strength.
Score
| Players |
Rating |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
Perf. |
+/– |
| Hou Yifan |
2578 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
3.0 |
2670 |
+7 |
| Koneru Humpy |
2600 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
2.0 |
2508 |
–7 |
Remaining schedule
| Monday |
21 November 2011 |
Game six |
| Tuesday |
22 November 2011 |
Rest day |
| Wednesday |
23 November 2011 |
Game seven |
| Thursday |
24 November 2011 |
Game eight |
| Friday |
25 November 2011 |
Rest day |
| Saturday |
26 November 2011 |
Game nine |
| Sunday |
27 November 2011 |
Rest day |
| Monday |
28 November 2011 |
Game ten |
| Tuesday |
29 November 2011 |
Rest day |
| Wednesday |
30 November 2011 |
Tie-break, closing |
Photos and news from Tirana by WGMs Anastasiya Karlovich
and Anna Burtasova, with kind permission of FIDE
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