WWCC08: Hou Yifan Advances
Koneru kept her nerve in the rapid tiebreakers bouncing back with a win in the second game to send it into double-overtime. Then Hou took over in the blitz games, taking the mini-match 4-2 and heading to the finals, where she’ll meet Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Here’s her first rapid win:
[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Koneru, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7
11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7
16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. dxc6 Bxc6
21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxd6 Rcd8 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Qc3 Bc5 25. Re2 b4
26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Rd8 29. Qc1 Nd7 30. Qg5 f6
31. Qg4 Kf7 32. Rd2 Nf8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Ne1 Ne6 35. Nd3 Be7
36. Qd1 Qd4 37. Nc1 Qb6 38. Nf1 Bc5 39. Nd3 Bd4 40. Qe1 a5
41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Bd1 Bc3 43. Qe2 Qb7 44. Qg4 Qd7 45. Be2 Kf7
46. h4 h5 47. Qf3 Ke7 48. Qe3 Qd4 49. Qh6 Bxe4 50. Qh7+ Kd6
51. c5+ Nxc5 52. Nxc5 1-0
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It’s obvious Black cannot take with the queen, but she’s up a pawn. See if you can find the winning line after 52…Kxc5.
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