GM Kosteniuk (2510) – GM-elect Hou (2557) [C07]
WWC – Nalchik, 14.09.2008 / Game 2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bc5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Be5 f6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd5 Qc7 21. g3 g5 22. Rhd1 Ng7 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 f5 26. f3 Re8 27. Re1 h5 28. Qe3 g4 29. fxg4 e4 30. Be2 hxg4 31. Qxa7 b6 32. Qa3 Rd8 33. Qb4 Ne6 34. Nc4 b5 35. Ne3 Nd4 36. c4 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. cxb5 Nxe2 39. bxc6 Nd4 40. Rf1 Kc7 41. Nxf5 Nxf5 42. Rxf5 Kxc6 43. Re5 Rd4 44. Kc1 Kd6 45. Re8 Kd7 46. Rf8 Ke6 47. Rf4 Ke5 48. Rxg4 Rd8 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Rc5 e3 51. Rc2 Kf5 52. a4 Ke4 53. Rc4+ Kd3 54. Rc3+ Ke4 55. Rc4+ Kd3 56. Rc3+ Ke4 57. Rc4+ Kd3 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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I hope Hou will win tomorrow and let everything hang in the final game. Or better yet, let them decide the championship with Armageddon K+N versus K+N 🙂
a very interesting endgame lesson from hou!!
Kosteniuk’s website seems to be very informative and exploit multimedia well.
It has been winning awards this year.
She has a clear voice, not too accented, communicates well – and has the liveliness of an active player.
So, I think her site is a bit of a find, at least for me.
Does anyone have the birth certificate for Hou? She doesnt look 14. Since when have the chinese told the truth about the ages of their supposed stars? 🙂
Also, I suspect those barrettes she wears all the time. Can those be some sort of microchips inserted to her brain? 🙂
‘Does anyone have the birth certificate for Hou?’
Chinese don’t have birth certificates. They make them up along the way. Thats only one of their ways to dominate european losers. As for lying, the biggest lier of all was American b the surname of Clinton.
‘a very interesting endgame lesson from hou!!’
Yup, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Thank you for this wonderous blog!
It’s a pity we do not know the names of all who are involved in this wonderous work, isn’t it?
“Also, I suspect those barrettes she wears all the time. Can those be some sort of microchips inserted to her brain? :)”
It showes you have a dirty heart to think others are as dirty as yourself.
Boy! 3rd game is sharp… right from the start!!!
Women’s chess must be the best…
Rui leprechaun
(…just forget all the rest! :))