TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2013 (2)
Hou Yifan held easily by Ushenina in Women's World Championship game 2
Mark Crowther - Thursday 12th September 2013
Hou Yifan vs Anna Ushenina Game 2. Photo © Anastasiya Karlovich. | http://taizhou2013.fide.com
The second game of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship in Taizhou, China was drawn in just 33 moves and just two and a half hours play. Just as in game one Ushenina had the better opening preparation at least equalising and forcing her opponent to trade quickly to a draw. Ushenina played the Sveshnikov variation and her choice of 17...b4 (played rarely but the games Kamsky-Lautier, Anand-Kramnik and Almasi-Shirov suggests pedigree) seemed to catch out Hou. 18.h4 was new but it seems not especially good as Hou almost immediately went for simplification and a draw. Next game Sat 14th Sept 2013 when Ushenina will have white.
| WCh Women Taizhou | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ushenina, Anna | - | Hou, Yifan | 0-1 | 41 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
| Hou, Yifan | - | Ushenina, Anna | ½-½ | 33 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
| WCh Women Taizhou (CHN), 11 ix 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Perf | ||
| Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2609 | 1 | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2693 | ||
| Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2500 | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2416 | ||
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