Yifan Hou vs Humpy Koneru (2011)

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Yifan Hou vs Humpy Koneru
Hou - Koneru Women's World Championship Match (2011), Tirana ALB, rd 3, Nov-18
Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Variation (C80) · 1/2-1/2

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Nov-18-11		DIO: Thank you CG!!

Nov-18-11		tpstar: <chessgames.com> Thanks for the second broadcast. =) Hou is in the driver's seat, winning a nice game with Black yesterday, but there's plenty of time for Humpy to catch up.

Nov-18-11		14DogKnight: rooting for Humpy

Nov-18-11		14DogKnight: I envy that guy sitting between Kramnik and Carlsen as they analyze their game on the live feed.

Nov-18-11		SCUBA diver: Instead of 23. N-d2, I would have played R-e2. All black pieces are frozen.

Nov-18-11		waustad: The ladies are taking a beating in the Max Euwe tournament today. They'd been leading. http://euwetoernooi.nl/vierkampen/l...

Nov-18-11		Ulhumbrus: Koneru's King is ahead in development of White's King, but is at the moment a target as in a middlegame instead of a weapon as in the endgame. This suggests that Black is advised to try to exchange pieces. With fewer pieces on the board, the Black King may be able to become a weapon as in an ending instead of a target as in a middlegame.

Nov-18-11		Gordon1306: Good Afternoon. I think this is a draw now. Hou should not be trading a strong connected pawn (b2, or f4) for the weak Black pawn (c5).

Nov-18-11		Gordon1306: Black should easily draw now - take the b4 pawn follow up with the D rook to the 2nd rank and keep checking.

Nov-18-11		Gordon1306: Re4 loses a pawn to ... Re4. ... Ne4 and White wins a pawn with Re5.

Nov-18-11		SCUBA diver: Black really messed up and will cost two pawns.

Nov-18-11		Gordon1306: Both ladies deserve to lose this game. Just too many inaccuracies here. Bad for a World Championship match.

Nov-18-11		SCUBA diver: The white Knight belongs on b4.

Nov-18-11		SCUBA diver: 45. R-f6+, 46. R-f2

Nov-18-11		Gordon1306: Black threatens mate on the spot! 46. Kg4 should foil that.

Nov-18-11		Gordon1306: Thanks CG for the broadcast. Good nite.

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Nov-19-11		xanadu: This is not the way for Koneru to play against Yifan. Koneru should continuous playing Petroff as in game 2, trying to go to a positional game not to positions with unstabilities, like Ruy Lopez or Nimzo Indians. Try to force things is not a good advice for Koneru, she should have more patience.

Nov-19-11		xanadu: The above is based on the model that Koneru can only beat Hifan if having a small but clear advantage for the endgame. I assume it is well demonstrated that nowadays Koneru can not defeat Hifan in a tactic-aggresive game. Thus, she must avoid Ruy Lopez, Scotch, Sicilian with black and Nimzo Indians, Ragozin with White.

Nov-20-11		4tmac: Open Ruy surprised me, too. Still, got a relatively even position by move 15. She gets 2 blacks in a row here & I think wants to "mix it up". Probably see a Petroff (Berlin?) today. Not enough matches anymore.

Nov-20-11		Toliman: BTW, this was Game 4.

Nov-20-11		xanadu: 4tmac: yes, a probem of this match is the reduced number of games which strongly constraints the development of an strategic plan.

Nov-21-11		whithaw: Is it just me, or is Hou's play reminiscent of Karpov's play in this game? I really like the clarity of her play. Her calculations are very concrete, and the pieces flow with very precise logic.

Dec-14-11		Penguincw: Once again, the extra pawn is worth nothing.

Mar-14-18		Penguincw: Video analysis of this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klc....

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