Women's World Championship

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Koneru Humpy, Yifan Hou, Antoaneta Stefanova, Pia Cramling, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Yuhua Xu, Tatiana Kosintseva, Monika Socko, Anna Muzychuk, Anna Ushenina, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Dronavalli Harika, Natalia Zhukova, Hoang Thanh Trang, Elisabeth Paehtz, Victoria Cmilyte, Anna Zatonskih, Ju Wenjun, Lilit Mkrtchian, Yang Shen, Inna Gaponenko, Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska, Svetlana Matveeva, Iweta Radziewicz Rajlich, Natascha Bojkovic, Claudia Noemi Amura, Zhao Xue, Elena Sedina, Eva Moser, Nisha Mohota, Bathuyag Mongontuul, Sabina Francesca Foisor, Tania Sachdev, Ilaha Kadimova, Katerina Rohonyan, Thi Thanh An Nguyen, Vera Nebolsina, Maritza Arribas Robaina, Sarai Sanchez Castillo, Irina Zakurdjaeva, Maria Velcheva, Atousa Pourkashiyan, Valentina Golubenko, Le Thanh Tu, N Muminova, Marisa Zuriel, Ruan Lufei, An Gasik, Khaled Mona, Yosra Alaa el Din, Anzel Solomons, Zhang Jilin, Tan Zhongyi

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 136  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Zhukova vs K Rohonyan   0-1 50 2008 Women's World Championship A43 Old Benoni 2. V Golubenko vs V Cmilyte 0-1 0 2008 Women's World Championship B30 Sicilian 3. I Zakurdjaeva vs R Lufei   0-1 37 2008 Women's World Championship C53 Giuoco Piano 4. A Muzychuk vs M Velcheva   1-0 69 2008 Women's World Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 5. V Golubenko vs V Cmilyte   0-1 36 2008 Women's World Championship B30 Sicilian 6. Kosteniuk vs A Pourkashiyan 1-0 30 2008 Women's World Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 7. N Muminova vs T Kosintseva   0-1 65 2008 Women's World Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 8. Zhao Xue vs M Zuriel   1-0 38 2008 Women's World Championship E92 King's Indian 9. P Cramling vs S Sanchez Castillo   1-0 40 2008 Women's World Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Yifan Hou vs K Mona 1-0 25 2008 Women's World Championship C60 Ruy Lopez 11. Y Alaa el Din vs Koneru 0-1 35 2008 Women's World Championship A02 Bird's Opening 12. Hoang Thanh Trang vs M Arribas Robaina   1-0 59 2008 Women's World Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. I Kadimova vs E Paehtz 1-0 27 2008 Women's World Championship A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 14. A Ushenina vs Le Thanh Tu   1-0 37 2008 Women's World Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. B Mongontuul vs I Rajlich 1-0 44 2008 Women's World Championship C18 French, Winawer 16. N Bojkovic vs Ju Wenjun   ½-½ 71 2008 Women's World Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Tan Zhongyi vs T Sachdev   ½-½ 69 2008 Women's World Championship E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 18. L Mkrtchian vs E Moser   ½-½ 23 2008 Women's World Championship A09 Reti Opening 19. K Kachiani vs Yang Shen   ½-½ 58 2008 Women's World Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 20. N Kosintseva vs N Mohota 1-0 42 2008 Women's World Championship B03 Alekhine's Defense 21. V Nebolsina vs D Harika   0-1 34 2008 Women's World Championship E10 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Zhang Jilin vs I Gaponenko   ½-½ 44 2008 Women's World Championship B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 23. S Foisor vs M Socko   ½-½ 51 2008 Women's World Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. Y Xu vs A Solomons   1-0 48 2008 Women's World Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 25. M Velcheva vs A Muzychuk 0-1 34 2008 Women's World Championship B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 136    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 20 ·  Later Kibitzing > Sep-12-08    Pyke: Ouch! Sep-12-08    chezzy: Great, Yifan... 1 up (with black). Sep-12-08    Shockwave: Yifans got nerves of steel. Okay she's got white now, can she close it out, third time lucky. Sep-12-08    twinlark: I would never count Koneru out. She's a real fighter. Sep-12-08    chezzy: Koneru is a hard nut to crack as we have seen earlier. Sep-12-08    Shockwave: maybe a ruy lopez again Sep-12-08    Shockwave: Koneru chooses the pirc/modern! i can never tell the difference... Sep-12-08    chezzy: what opening is this ? Sep-12-08    twinlark: Pirc. Modern Defence. Sep-12-08    jacqueslaumone: <Koneru chooses the pirc/modern! i can never tell the difference...> When in doubt, just call it the Ufimtsev... or the Robatsch... or the Yugoslav... ;-) Sep-12-08    jacqueslaumone: Anyway, I think this is a Modern defence because Black didn't play Nf6. Sep-12-08    jacqueslaumone: Humpy's in serious time trouble already... Sep-12-08    twinlark: again Sep-12-08    twinlark: 27.Nf6+ wins Sep-12-08    Shockwave: i cant keep track of whats going on Sep-12-08    cannibal: Humpy did her best to mix things up, but this time she won't come back. Hou is through to the finals. Sep-12-08    jacqueslaumone: Okay, this looks impossible for Hou to lose. So we have an ideal final: the best looking player against the child prodigy! Sep-12-08    twinlark: Well done Yifan. I feel for Koneru. She wanted this so badly. Sep-12-08    Pyke: Congratulations to Hou. Superb play in the blitz games. Sep-12-08    trapdor: congratulations GM HOU!!! Sep-12-08    firebyrd: Congratulations Hou. Kudos to Koneru, too, for coming back twice. Sep-12-08    PhilFeeley: Two great, aggressive players in the final. This should be good. Sep-12-08    s4life: Congrats to Yifan! she deserved this. BTW, I think this semifinal bracket was way stronger than the other one... I expect a one-sided match for the final, but we'll see. Sep-12-08    Blackreptile: last game is the Hippopotamus variation of the modern defense (already played by Humpy a few years ago) HOU-là-là!!! French speaking kibitzers will understand :sorry,no traduction in english Sep-12-08    Xenon Oxide: Wow. Hou Yifan bounces back after a shocking loss in the standard game yesterday. With this kind of coolness and ability to recover from losses, she could soon become a formidable force in top level chess, like Polgar, for example. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 20) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 20 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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