
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 seven
The reigning women's world champion Hou Yifan had the white pieces. Challenger
Humpy Koneru managed to equalize in a Ruy Lopez that was played for the third
time in the match. But in the middle game the challenger started to take risks
and gave her opponent a chance to win a pawn. This was immediately grabbed by
Hou Yifan, and in the endgame the Chinese player got another, enough to secure
her victory. The game was analysed for us by GM Alejandro Ramirez.

World Champion Hou Yifan waiting for the start of game seven

The challenger, second strongest female player in history, Humpy Koneru of India

The wonder girl from China, just 17 years old

Arbiter Carol Jarecki starts the clock and the game

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Press chief WGM Anastasiya Karlovich discusses the games with Yifan and
Humpy

Yifan analysing with Fritz 13 in the press conference...

... after which her second GM Ye Jiangchuan speaks to the Chinese media
Score
Players |
Rating |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
Perf. |
+/– |
Hou Yifan |
2578 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
2759 |
+17 |
Koneru Humpy |
2600 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
2419 |
–17 |
Remaining schedule
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 |
The eighth game, on Thursday, November 24, may decide the competition, e.g.
if it ends in a draw of a win for Hou Yifan. The Chinese girl would then have
5.5 points and keep her World Champion title. Humpy Koneru needs to will all
three remaining games to equalise the score and force a tie-break.
Photos and news from Tirana by WGMs Anastasiya Karlovich
and Anna Burtasova, with kind permission of FIDE
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