Monday, November 21, 2011

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

Game 5 - Sunday, November 20, 2011
Yifan Hou (CHN) ½-½ Humpy Koneru (IND)

In the 5th game World champion Yifan had white pieces as in the previous game ... The players continued with the same line they already played in the 4th game ... They accepted draw after 43rd move.
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At the 6th Tal Memorial, Moscow, Russia

Round 5 - Sunday, November 20, 2011
Vassily Ivanchuk ½ ½ Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand ½ ½ Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura ½ ½ Levon Aronian
Boris Gelfand ½ ½ Ian Nepomniachtchi
Sergey Karjakin ½ ½ Peter Svidler

In this round also it seemed that the black pieces would again dominate a round ... Nepomniatchtchi, Aronian and Carlsen had a significant edge but they failed to convert in a win ... So again 5 draws.

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