Final position
WGM Yifan Hou – IM Irina Krush
Ataturk International Women Masters Chess
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c4 fxe4 13.Bxe4 Rc8 14.0–0 Bg7 15.f4 Nd4 16.Qh5 b4 17.Nxb4 Qb6 18.Nd5 Qxb2 19.f5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 0–0 21.f6 Bxf6 22.Be4 Rfd8 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ 1-0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Crushed
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Hou now just needs a single point in her remaining two games – tomorrow playing Black against Atalik and then playing White on Thursday against Javakhvishvili – to attain her GM norm. Hou is also in a dead-heat for 1st with GM Pia Cramling, each with 5.5/7.0.
Hou’s on first?
(Old Abbot and Costello joke for you humor impaired people).
Jack,
1.45b For a GM norm at least 3 of the opponents must be GMs.
If you’re correct about the 3 GM prerequisite, then Hou is clearly a GM short (Chen & Cramling being the only GMs in the field). I was merely quoting from the site herein, where the 6th Round Standings stated:
“Only Atalik and Hou are still in contention for GM norms. Atalik needs 1.5 points and Hou needs 2 points in the last 3 rounds.”
Zhao Xue has applied for the GM title. SHe might count as a 3rd GM.
Th game replay is broken