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| May-22-09 | | Boomie: In the Hou-So game, we can predict with almost certainty the first few moves. Hou always opens e4. So always plays c5. After 2. Nf3, So almost always plays 2...Nc3 and Hou favors 3. Bb5. This is the Rossolimo variation of the Sicilian defense. 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5
So has never lost in this opening. However he hasn't played any super strong players with it. Hou was undefeated until she met Radjabov. Both players will know that game intimately. Yifan Hou vs Radjabov, 2008 So will probably follow Radjabov's line.
3...e6
4. 0-0 Nge7
Here Hou may vary from the 5. Nc3 she played against Radjabov. The most common alternatives are Re1 and c3. So this may be the position we will see.
click for larger viewHere's the Opening Explorer Opening Explorer |
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| May-22-09 | | shintaro go: Too bad Wesley opted to play the French. |
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| May-22-09 | | Boomie: <Chessgames.com>
The results are lagging behind here. The 10th round starts tonight. |
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| May-22-09 | | Boomie: <shintaro go: Too bad Wesley opted to play the French.> Heh. Go figure. I guess he wanted to get Hou out of home prep. Still it's a strange choice given how Hou was crushed by Radjabov with So's favorite Sicilian. |
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| May-22-09 | | pulsar: <Boomie> Nice opening opinion there. Indeed, Wesley usually opts for e6-Nge7 set up against the Rossolimo. Both players can't afford to lose in this game as it may spell the difference between qualifying for the WCC or not. <shintaro> The live coverage doesn't work from my end. But if Wesley plays the French, that's a difinite surprise as he never played that opening before. |
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| May-22-09 | | shintaro go: <Boomie>,<pulsar>, as mentioned in the Wesley So page, Yifan's camp may have prepared a nasty novelty against the Sicilian and the Chairman will not partake in any of it. Good move on the part of Wesley. |
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| May-22-09 | | Ladolcevita: <yifan>
So she never plays d4??
Why not have a try??I dont understand...Wont this help to frustrate,or at least distract the opponent's home prep? |
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| May-22-09 | | Boomie: <Ladolcevita: <yifan>
So she never plays d4??
Why not have a try??I dont understand...Wont this help to frustrate,or at least distract the opponent's home prep?>I don't know. Anand played e4 for 20 years before trying d4. Fischer almost always played e4. Hou is so young it doesn't matter what she opens. |
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| May-22-09 | | spawn2: In basketball parlance, GM Wes gave Hou a head and shoulder fake. He is now one step ahead moving straight towards the goal! This is going to be a monstrous slam dunk! Two points and the game for # 16 GM Wesley So |
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| May-22-09 | | blacksburg: <Wont this help to frustrate,or at least distract the opponent's home prep?> on the contrary, it's probably walking into the opponent's home prep. i doubt she's better prepared as white in the slav than someone who plays it as black all the time. |
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| May-22-09 | | pulsar: <Ladolcevita> In preparing for an opponent, you can only guess what your opponent will play against you. Because of this, you prepare for the candidate openings that he/she will play. Yifan seems to favor 1.e4 and changing her repertoire suddenly might not be a wise thing to do with so little time and so much pressure already. On the other hand, Wesley has more experience on the Black side of 1.d4 so she probably made the right choice, as <blacksburg> pointed out. |
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| May-22-09 | | timhortons: Hou,Y - So,W, Asian Continental Championships 2009
click for larger view1.  (0.90): 38.Qxe7 Rxe7[] 39.Kg3 a5 40.c4 Kf7 41.h4 Ke6[] 42.Bb6 a4[] 43.Kf4
2. (0.78): 38.Qf4 Re2+ 39.Bf2 Rxd2 40.Qxd2 Qe6 41.Qd8+ Kf7 42.Qc7+ Qd7 43.Qf4 Qb5 44.b4 g5 45.Qd2 g4 46.fxg4
3.  (0.61): 38.Kg3 Qxh4+ 39.Kxh4[] Rc1
<Yifan missed this 38.Qxe7> |
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| May-22-09 | | zanshin: <Boomie: Another point of 29...Rf6 is it blocks the white queen along the h4-d8 diagonal. Nxh3 becomes a threat and forces 30. Qd7 to defend.> <Boomie> Good point! <visayanbraindoctor> Thanks for your comments to <tim> and myself. I pretty much agree with them. I wish we could emulate the Chinese model, but I don't see it happening. They have always been more willing than us to allocate resources to sports development. I'll cross-post <NM Glenn>'s forum - hopefully he can comment because many of the chess players you cited were his contemporaries. Thanks again. |
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| May-22-09 | | migenti: <Ladolcevita: <migenti: Can anyone tell me how many of the top places qualify for this year's World Cup? > As sina reported,its TOP 10.>
thanks, who can qualify now for the top 10? |
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| May-22-09 | | Ladolcevita: <migenti>
see results before the last round
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr219... live web
http://www.mateoftheking.com/global... |
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| May-22-09 | | BigBangDistantEcho: Ladolcevita,
PAG-IBIG = LOVE |
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| May-22-09 | | BigBangDistantEcho: Young Chinese GM stamps class in Subic chessfest
THIS 15-year-old girl is competing, as she puts it, “for the experience” in the open division of the 8th Asian Continental Championship at the Subic Bay Free Port. But grandmaster Hou Yifan of China is in a group of 12 players—which includes Filipino GM Joey Antonio and international master Richard Bitoon—just half-a-point behind the four leaders after Sunday’s fifth round. That could mean trouble for the men’s against Hou, who was second in the 2008 world’s women’s chess championship, as Bitoon found out Sunday. Bitoon, playing black in a Sicilian Defense, was on the ropes against Hou, but in time trouble the advantage shifted to Bitoon’s side. Hou dug in despite having a bishop against a rook in a queen endgame and the game ended in a draw in 80 moves. “She is friendly, with a smile on her face,” said Bitoon of his 5’5” rival in a phone interview with Standard Today. “But she is malupit [accurate] and has an all-around style.” Her first Filipino victim was national master Edgardo Garma who did not survive the opening. “He [Garma] made a mistake and it was exploited quickly,” said Bitoon. In answers to e-mailed questions given to her by Standard Today through FIDE deputy president for Asia Toti Abundo, Hou said the tournament has made a good impression on her. “Fresh air, good environment. This has been an excellent tournament. Hopefully chess will have a bright future in the Philippines.” The tournament selects the Top 10 regional qualifiers to the next stage of the championship. Hou, having finished second in the 2008 women’s championship, has earned her ticket and is playing in the open division for experience. Chinese chess officials are pinning her hopes that Hou will be a superstar. The daughter of a magistrate and a former nurse, Hou became the youngest woman to become a grandmaster at 14 years and six months in 2008. Hou said she goes to a regular school, but stays with the national team in Beijing. One of her coaches said Hou has all the qualities to become the world’s top woman chessplayer, a distinction held by Judit Polgar of Hungary for nearly a decade. |
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| May-23-09 | | ppeti84: Judit Polgar has hold it for 21 year(she leads the women's list since 1988, when she was 12 year old) |
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| May-23-09 | | timhortons: I Think Wesley miscalculate this exchange.
So,W - Le,Q, Asian Continental Championships 2009
click for larger view1.  (-1.00): 15...Nxc7 16.Rxc7[] Qa5+ 17.Rc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3+ 19.Qd2 Qa1+ 20.Qd1 Qxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Rc8 22.Kd2 a6 23.Ne2 b5
2. (0.33): 15...Qa5+ 16.b4 Qxb4+ 17.Kf1 Nxc7 18.Rxc7 Bf6 19.Ne2 a5 20.g3 a4 21.Qd3
3. (0.87): 15...Nec5 16.Nxa6 Qxa6[] 17.Rc3 |
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| May-23-09 | | Ladolcevita: Entering WCC:
1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2625 8,0 2546 2554
2 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2563 8,0 2505 2515
3 Yu Yangyi CHN 2433 7,5 2575 2582
4 GM Yu Shaoteng CHN 2504 7,5 2570 2585
5 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2591 7,5 2545 2551
6 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2518 7,5 2529 2544
7 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2590 7,5 2525 2535
8 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2635 7,5 2499 2506
9 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2558 7,0 2577 2587
10 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2682 7,0 2528 2536 |
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| May-23-09 | | Ladolcevita: <BTW>
If Yifan didnt lose to WanYunguo(who is not a strong player actually) in the first round,she could be No.1~~ |
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| May-23-09 | | timhortons: Considering that Wesley is white here.He could have controlled the tempo of the game but obviously he was beatin after first few moves after the opening. [Event "Asian Continental Championships"]
[Site "Subic Bay, PHI"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qxc4 12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nc7 Na6 14. Nxa8
Nxe4 15. Nc7 Nxc7 16. Rxc7 Qa5+ 17. Rc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qd2 Qa1+ 20.
Qd1 Qa5+ 21. Qd2 Qd5 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Kf1 f5 25. Nb5 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 a6
27. Nxd6 exd6 28. Rxb6 Ra8 29. Ba5 Be5 30. g3 f4 31. gxf4 Bxf4 32. Rb7 Be5 33.
Kg2 Bd4 34. Rd7 Bc5 0-1
So,W - Le,Q, Asian Continental Championships 2009
click for larger view1.  (-1.87): 35.Kg3 Ra7 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.f4 Ke6 38.Kg4 Rf7 39.Ra8 Ba7 40.Bb4 Rb7 41.Re8+ Kf7
2. (-1.87): 35.Rb7 Ra7 36.Rb8+ Kf7 37.Kg3 Ke6 38.f4 Rf7 39.Kg4 Ba7 40.Re8+ Kd7 41.Ra8
3. (-2.01): 35.f4 Ra7 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Kf3 Re7 38.Bd2 Rb7 39.Ke4 |
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| May-23-09 | | timhortons: Corus B which Caruana conquered last year has much stronger set of player than what Wesley faced here. I hope team Wesley So could go back to the drawing board and check if there's something wrong somewhere . Plug the leak and ligate the bleeder. |
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| May-23-09 | | BigBangDistantEcho: A thorough re-evaluation, re-assessment, game plan focus,
and a better perspective of things to come...
Spice Cup and WJCC, if he has plans of competing in Mar Del Plata, Argentina by September - October, I believe. |
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| May-23-09 | | migenti: <Ladolcevita: Entering WCC:
1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2625 8,0 2546 2554
2 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2563 8,0 2505 2515
3 Yu Yangyi CHN 2433 7,5 2575 2582
4 GM Yu Shaoteng CHN 2504 7,5 2570 2585
5 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2591 7,5 2545 2551
6 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2518 7,5 2529 2544
7 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2590 7,5 2525 2535
8 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2635 7,5 2499 2506
9 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2558 7,0 2577 2587
10 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2682 7,0 2528 2536>thanks for the updates. I think untitled player Yu Yangyi is the surprise qualifier! He's born in only 1994! wow |
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