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The Women's World Championship 2008 is taking place from August 28th to September
18th in Nalchik, in the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. 64 players were
eligible to play in the knock-out event, which has a prize fund of US $450,000.
Due to the tensions in the region the Georgian players and a few others decided
not to participate.
| Nat. | Name | Rtng | G1 |
G2 |
R1 |
R2 |
B1 |
B2 |
SD |
Tot. |
| Round 5 Match 01 | ||||||||||
| RUS | Kosteniuk, Alexsandra | 2510 | 1 |
½ |
1.5 |
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| SWE | Cramling, Pia | 2544 | 0 |
½ |
0.5 |
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| Round 5 Match 02 | ||||||||||
| CHN | Hou, Yifan | 2557 | 1 |
0 |
1.0 |
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| IND | Koneru, Humpy | 2622 | 0 |
1 |
1.0 |
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The start of game one between GM Koneru Humpy and Hou Yifan (Hou won in
55 moves)
GM Pia Cramling faces GM Alexandra Kosteniuk in game one (Kosteniuk won in 36
moves)
The first day of the semifinals is under way
The two round one winners at the press conference: Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk
The start of the second game between Alexandra Kosteniuk and Pia Cramling
Cramling,P (2544) - Kosteniuk,A (2510) [D37]
WCh-Women Nalchik RUS (5.2), 10.09.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0
Nbd7 9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 0-0 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bb8 15.h3 Qe7
16.Nc4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.f4 Ba7 19.Kh2 Be4 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Bf3 Qb7 22.Bxe4
Nfxe4 23.Qe2 Bb8 24.Nc4 f6 25.Rc2 e5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Nf5 Kh8 28.Kg1 Nc3 29.Qg4
Rf8 30.Rcf2 Nd3 31.Nfd6 Bxd6 32.Nxd6 Nxf2 33.Rxf2 Qd5 34.Nxc8 Rxf2 35.Kxf2 Qd2+
36.Kg3? Qe1+ 37.Kf3
White wins the match by forcing a repetition: 37...Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kf3 Qe2+ 40.Kg3 draw. Of course Sasha Kosteniuk could have taken the full point with 37.e4+ 38.Kf4 (38.Qxe4 Nxe4) 38...Qf2+ 39.Kg5 (39.Qf3 exf3; 39.Ke5 Qf6#) 39...Qf6+ 40.Kh5 Qh6#] 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kf3 Qe2+ 40.Kg3+–.
Semi-finalist Pia Cramling during her last game in Nalchik
The winner: Alexandra Kosteniuk advances to the Final
Hou Yifan vs Koneru Humpy in a fateful game
Koneru,H (2622) - Hou Yifan (2557) [A35]
WCh-Women Nalchik RUS (5.2), 10.09.2008
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Nc2 Bg7 7.e4 d6 8.Be2
0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.b3 a6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Bb2 Qa5 13.b4 Qd8 14.f4 b5 15.cxb5 axb5
16.Kh1 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.Ne3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nexd5 Bxd5 21.Bxb5 Qb7 22.Nxd5
Qxb5 23.Bxg7 Rxd5 24.Qc3 Rd3 25.Qa1 f6 26.a4 Qd5 27.Bh6 Rxb4 28.Rxb4 Nxb4 29.f5
g5 30.Qc1 Nc6 31.a5 Rd2 32.Rg1
The Chinese girl prodigy is on the offensive and should have no difficulty at least holding the position and advancing to the final. However not with the move 32...Nxa5?? Ignoring the back rank threat. Actually this allows a forced mate: 33.Qc8+ Qd8 34.Qe6+ Kh8 35.Qf7 Qg8 36.Qxe7 and now White is threatening 37.Qxf6 Qg7 38.Qxg7# for which there is no real defence 36...Rd6 37.Qxd6 Qf7 38.Qd8+ Qg8 39.Qxf6+ Qg7 40.Qxg7# or 36...Rd7 37.Qxf6+ Qg7 38.Re1 and mate to follow. 1-0. Very traumatic for Yifan, who was just a whisker away from eliminating the top seed in this tournament. Now they have to go into tie-break games on Friday.
Just a moment of inattention kept her from advancing to the final: Hou Yifan
Last minute save: Koneru Humpy forces the tie-break
Links
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