Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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

Game 7 - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Hou Yifan (CHN) 1-0 Humpy Koneru (IND)

In the 7th game Hou Yifan had white pieces ... Third time in the match they played Ruy Lopez ... After falling 2 points behinf Humpy take too many risks in the middle game ... She gave her opponent a chance to win a pawn that was immediately grabbed by Hou Yifan ... Then in the endgame the Chinese player took another pawn to secure her victory.

After 7 games the World champion is leading 5-2, only ½ point from defending her title and now only a miracle can help Koneru to win all of the remaining three games.

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At the 6th Tal Memorial, Moscow, Russia

Round 7 - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Peter Svidler ½-½ Jan Nepomniachtchi
Sergey Karjakin ½-½ Levon Aronian
Boris Gelfand ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura 0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Another draw for Anand in 7th round, this time against Magnus Carlsen ... Vassily Ivanchuk joined leaders scoring win against Nakamura with Black ... Now 5 players r leading the pack with 4 points; Aronian, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi ... Anand and Svidler r tied 6th with 3½ points.

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