Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Chess News
At 2011 Women's World Chess Championship, Tirana, Albania

Second Game - Tuesday, November 15
Hou Yifan (CHN) ½-½ Humpy Koneru (IND)

Another fighting draw for Humpy, this time after 42 moves and not like 80 moves in the first game ... In the second game Humpy chose Russian game and comfortably equalized the position ... She surprised the world champion with this opening ... The game entered the endgame stage quite early where Black stood slightly more active on the queenside what nevertheless was not enough for a real advantage.

After two games the score is equal (1-1) ... Tomorrow is the rest day

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