Again, Kosteniuk outplayed her opponent in the early middlegame, only to be rebuffed in her conversion attempts by fine play in the latter stages. One thing’s for sure, Hou has great defensive technique.
[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "*WGM_Hou"]
[Black "*GM_Kosteniuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. c3 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 c5 15. Qh5 g6
16. Qf3 f6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. c4 Qd7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qg3 g5
21. Be3 Rac8 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bd6 24. Rec1 Kf7 25. Nd2 Be5
26. Rc2 Be6 27. Ne4 c4 28. dxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Rd1 Rb8
31. b3 cxb3 32. axb3 Rxb3 33. Bd4 Bxg4 34. f3 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Be6
36. Rd6 a5 37. Nc5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Ra6 Rb5 40. Ne4 Bxe4
41. fxe4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Kg3 a4 44. Kf3 a3 45. Kg3 Ra1
46. Kh2 a2 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Kh2 Kd7 49. Kg3 Kc7 50. Kh2 Kb7
51. Ra3 Kb6 52. Ra8 Kb5 53. Rb8+ Kc4 54. Ra8 Kd4 55. Ra4+ Kd3
56. Kg3 Ke3 57. Kh2 Kf4 58. e5+ Kxe5 59. g4 Kd5 60. Kg2 Kc5
61. Ra8 Kb4 62. Ra6 Kc4 63. Ra3 Kd4 64. Ra6 Ke5 65. Ra4 Ke6
66. Ra8 Ke5 67. Ra4 Re1 68. Rxa2 Kf4 69. Rf2+ Kxg4 70. Rxf6 Re2+
71. Kg1 Kg3 72. Rf1 1/2-1/2
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A win today would’ve meant the title for Alexandra. Now, it heads to the last pressure-packed game, where she takes the White pieces into battle for another go at it.
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