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| Sep-20-13 | | holland oats: I agree NYGM. You hear it in sports all the time--it's the close matches that keep you up late considering how things could have turned out. I just hope Anna is not too deflated to bounce back. |
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| Sep-20-13 | | notyetagm: <land oats: I agree NYGM. You hear it in sports all the time-- <<<it's the close matches that keep you up late considering how things could have turned out.>>>> Yep, when you get annihilated like Ushenina just did, you don't think about how close you came: you didn't come close at all! :-) |
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| Sep-20-13 | | Kaspablanca: hou abused Ushenina, surely Hou will be declared persona non grata in Ukraine:) |
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| Sep-20-13 | | notyetagm: <Kaspablanca: hou abused Ushenina, surely Hou will be declared persona non grata in Ukraine:)> Hou abused her so much it's time to call Child Protective Services. :-) |
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| Sep-20-13 | | dumbgai: Hou is a child, abusing an adult... |
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| Sep-20-13 | | WiseWizard: Hou is ruthless if there is a forced winning line but according to Houdini she can let an advantage slip in the building/maneuvering stages. |
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| Sep-21-13 | | xanadu: I do not understand why Ushenina moved many times the same both pieces, I mean the Knight and the B-Bishop, during the opening instead of castle or to develope Bb7. Around moves 16-8 White has complete development, open columns, possibilities to attack the weak Black pawn structure, Black King has not a safe place, etc.
In addition: why to insist with Scheveningen if she had bad results in the previous games? Why not trying Opocensky-Boleslavsky structures?
Can be these kind of things considered as a fault of Ushenina´s team? |
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| Sep-21-13 | | Kanatahodets: <Kaspablanca: hou abused Ushenina, surely Hou will be declared persona non grata in Ukraine:)> I udnderstand that it is a joke, but I think Hou will be more than welcome to Ukraine! However, I don't expect Chinese food during the games :-)) |
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| Sep-21-13 | | Nerwal: <I do not understand why Ushenina moved many times the same both pieces, I mean the Knight and the B-Bishop, during the opening instead of castle or to develope Bb7. Around moves 16-8 White has complete development, open columns, possibilities to attack the weak Black pawn structure, Black King has not a safe place, etc. > The manoeuver ♘fd7-e5-f7 does look dubious, although the assessment of the position still stayed around  until the decisive mistake 30... ♕d4. But between moves 15 and 30 black's position was essentially prospectless because of the weak king and weak pawn structure. However it's not clear whether more natural moves would have given a sensibly better result. The position is similar to some lines of the 6. ♗e3 ♘g4 Najdorf, like 7. ♗g5 h6 8. ♗h4 g5 9. ♗g3 ♗g7 10. h3 ♘e5 11. ♘f5 ♗xf5 12. exf5 ♘bc6 13. ♘d5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. ♘e3 0-0 : although the position is just about , black has had catastrophic results no matter what was played thereafter because the defects of the position are long-term and there is no real counterplay. Black has to act energically and accurately at an early stage to avoid this (in this 6. ♗e3 ♘g4 line, that solution was Topalov's double piece sacrifice), otherwise it's just a lot of suffering for nothing. But it takes a lot of courage, hindsight and energy to tell yourself at such an early stage "I need to create something special now because normal moves won't do"; and even if you do, it's not easy to come up with an effective solution at the board. <In addition: why to insist with Scheveningen if she had bad results in the previous games? Why not trying Opocensky-Boleslavsky structures?> She had drawn all her black games so far and had some winning chances in game 5 so that's probably the reason why she didn't change. Also some lines in e5 Najdorfs can be a bit dry of counterplay and not ideal if you need to win... In game 6 Anna also chose a dubious plan in the early middlegame, at any rate harmless for her opponent, with 16. ♖b1 and 17. ♗d2, and in game 5 she didn't make use of her chances and then shortly after played solely for a draw in the most direct way, so I don't think her main problems came from the selection of openings. She struggled to show her best chess in every phase of the game. |
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| Sep-21-13 | | latvalatvian: I think Anna is the superior player. The problem is actually with chess itself which is more difficult than it appears. For instance, for years I thought knowing how all the peices moved was enough. Now, at the age of 75, I've decided to move on. |
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| Sep-21-13 | | SugarDom: Was that a joke?
H h h .,.,.,haha |
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| Sep-21-13 | | peristilo: Can you guys tell me how Anna qualified for this match? Of course she is pretty, but I am talking about chess. |
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Sep-21-13
 | | FSR: <peristilo> Ushenina qualified by being the reigning champion, having won the 2012 championship, which was a knockout event. FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012)/Anna Ushenina Her opponent, Hou Yifan, qualified by having been the prior champion, having won the title in the 2010 knockout event, Women's World Chess Championship (2010)/Yifan Hou, and successfully defending that title the following year, Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship (2011). |
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| Sep-21-13 | | peristilo: Thanks, FSR! I thought Anna was the challenger. In my mind Yifan was already the world champion. I need to read more about women chess. I usually only see their pictures and judge them by their beauty. I know this is sad, but what can I do? I am just a man! |
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| Sep-21-13 | | xanadu: Thanks <Nerwal> for your comments! |
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| Sep-21-13 | | HowDoesTheHorsieMove: <Her opponent, Hou Yifan, qualified by having been the prior champion, having won the title in the 2010 knockout event, Women's World Chess Championship (2010)/Yifan Hou, and successfully defending that title the following year, Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship (2011).> I thought Hou Yifan qualified by winning the Grand Prix. Is that wrong? |
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| Sep-21-13 | | Kaspablanca: Hou Yifan would play anyways, if she won the KO championship she would defend her title against Humpy Koneru no matter what the Indian player did in the KO championship but Hou didnt win it so she had to play the eventual winner(Ushenina) but as a challenger instead of chamnpion, the truth is that this system is very weird. |
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| Sep-22-13 | | Kikoman: <HowDoesTheHorsieMove> No, you're right. Hou qualified for 2013 WWCC because she's the overall winner of Women's Grand Prix 2011-2012 series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_W... |
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| Sep-22-13 | | Kaspablanca: Kikoman: Hou had to defend her title in that KO championship, if she won she would face Humpy Koneru, as she didnt win she had to play the winner(Ushenina) now as a challenger, the same happened to Kramnik in 2007, he didnt win the KO championship, he played the Championship match against the winner of that KO championship(Anand)as a challenger. |
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| Sep-23-13 | | joupajou: How about 30. ..Ng5? |
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| Sep-23-13 | | notyetagm: <HowDoesTheHorsieMove: ... I thought Hou Yifan qualified by winning the Grand Prix. Is that wrong?> You are correct: Hou Yifan was the winner of the last FIDE Women's Grand Prix and qualified for this one-sided World Championship match that way. Here is the enraging thing if you are a Hou Yifan supporter. Hou Yifan has now won the last two women's WC matches by a combined score of <+7 =8 -0(!!)>: vs Ushenina in 2013 +4 =3 -0
vs Koneru in 2011 +3 =5 -0
Hou may not win the current Grand Prix and may lose a two-game mini-match at the next Women's Knockout championship, like she did to Socko last year. The result? <HOU YIFAN WOULD NOT BE PLAYING IN THE NEXT WOMEN'S WC MATCH DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE HAS GONE UNDEFEATED +7 IN THE LAST TWO!!!> Something is *terribly* wrong with this system. |
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Sep-23-13
| | FSR: Sorry about my incorrect comment regarding the manner in which Hou Yifan qualified. I emphatically agree with <notyetagm>'s comments about how crazy the Women's World Championship system is. |
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| Sep-23-13 | | Kikoman: Can Hou able to win the remaining 3 stages of the Grand Prix 2013-2014 series? :O Let see. ;D
Go Hou!! |
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| Sep-24-13 | | Kaspablanca: +7 =8 -0(!!) That´s an oustanding performance! and still Kalifman say that Hou have to play the nonsense KO championship to defend her title. |
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| Sep-24-13 | | notyetagm: <Kaspablanca: <<<+7 =8 -0(!!)>>> That´s an oustanding performance! and still Kalifman say that Hou have to play the nonsense KO championship to defend her title.> Khalifman is a sore loser because his choice Ushenina was utterly blown away by Hou Yifan. |
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