Congratulations to Hou Yifan for winning Women's World Chess Championship 2010

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Women's World Chess Champion 2010 - 

Talented Hou Yifan (with her mother) from China.

She is also now the youngest-ever world champion in chess.

Find more photos of Yifan at www.chesspics.com.

Hello Everyone,




Hou Yifan has won the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 by defeating Ruan Lufei in a four-game tie-breaker. The earlier set of four standard games were a draw with each winning a game and drawing the other two.
We knew Hou Yifan would be able to do it.
Congratulations to Hou Yifan for winning the title. Hou Yifan had also made it to the final in 2008 were she had lost to the eventual Women's World Chess Champion 2008 Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Congratulations also to all the talented players who made this championship such a popular event. 


The final score

Classical games
Hou, Yifan 2591 1/2 1 1/2 0 (2)
Ruan, Lufei 24801/2 0 1/2 1 (2)
Rapid playoff
Ruan, Lufei 2480 1/2 0 1/2 0 (1)
Hou Yifan 2591 1/2 1 1/2 1 (3)



Here are the tie-break games that you can run in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. Enjoy.


PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Rbc1 Rfc8 20. Rf2 Be4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra7 23. g4 Bxb2 24. Bxe7 Bc3 25. Re2 Rd7 26. f5 a5 27. f6 a4 28. Rc2 a3 29. Rf4 Re8 30. Rc4 Rdxe7 31. fxe7 Rxe7 32. Kg2 Re5 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc7 Rxd5 35. Rf2 Bf6 36. Rb7 Rd4 37. h3 g5 38. Rb5 Be5 39. Rb7 Bf4 40. Re2 Kf6 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Rxh3 43. Rg2 Re3+ 44. Kd4 Rg3 45. Rxg3 Bxg3 46. Rxb4 Bf2+ 47. Kd5 Bc5 48. Rb3 Kg6 49. Rf3 f5 50. gxf5+ Kf6 51. Ke4 g4 52. Rd3 Kg5 53. Rd5 h6 54. f6+ Kxf6 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Rh5 Bb4 57. Kxg4 Bd2 58. Rh3 Bc1 59. Rh1 Bg5 60. Rh3 Bc1 61. Rh1 Bg5 62. Rh3 Kd5 1/2-1/2





PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. h3 Bf4 12. Nh4 Be4 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb6 17. Rae1 Kf8 18. b3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Nd5 20. Qc1 Qd6 21. g3 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. c4 Nc7 24. Qe3+ Qe7 25. Qf4 Kd8 26. d5 c5 27. Kg2 Qe5 28. Qd2 b6 29. b4 Na6 30. a3 Be4 31. b5 Nc7 32. Qe3 Bxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Ne8 35. Nd2 Nd6 36. g4 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Ke2 h6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Ne4 Nb7 41. Ng3 g6 42. Ne4 Nd8 43. a4 Nb7 44. Kc3 Na5 45. Nd2 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Ne4 Nb7 48. h4 Na5 49. Ng3 Nb7 50. Ne2 Nd6 51. e4 Nb7 52. h5 g5 53. Ng1 Nd6 54. Nf3 Kd8 55. e5 fxe5 56. Nxe5 Kc7 57. Nc6 f5 58. gxf5 Nxf5 59. Nxa7 g4 60. Nc6 Ng7 61. Ne5 g3 62. Ke2 Nxh5 63. Kf3 Nf6 64. Kxg3 Ne4+ 65. Kf4 Nc3 66. Kf5 Kd6 67. Nf7+ Kd7 68. Nxh6 Nxa4 69. Nf7 Nb2 70. Ne5+ Kd6 71. Ke4 Nd1 72. Ng4 Nc3+ 73. Ke3 Na2 74. Kd2 Nb4 75. Ne3 Ke5 76. Nc2 Na2 77. Ne1 Kd6 78. Nd3 Kd7 79. Kc2 1-0







PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Kh1 Qa5 14. f3 Rfc8 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 e5 20. Kg1 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Ra1 Ra5 23. Ra3 Rca8 24. Rc1 b6 25. Ke1 R8a7 26. Rd3 Rc7 27. b4 axb3 28. axb3 Ra2 29. Rd2 Rca7 30. Bd3 R7a3 31. b4 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Rb3 33. b5 Ra3 34. Rc2 f5 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Kc1 Kf6 37. Kb2 g5 38. Rc1 h5 39. h3 Be8 40. g4 Bg6 41. Rf1 Ra7 42. Kb3 Ra8 43. Bc2 Ra7 44. Bd3 Ra8 45. Bc2 Ra7 46. Bd3 Ra8 1/2-1/2





PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Kh8 10. Nd2 f6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Qe2 d5 13. Bb3 dxc3 14. bxc3 d4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. h3 a5 19. a4 Qe7 20. Kh1 c5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rb1 Qd7 25. Rfd1 Rfc8 26. Rb5 Nb4 27. Be1 b6 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Bf2 Qd6 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Qe6 32. d4 c4 33. d5 Qf5 34. d6 Nd3 35. Bxb6 Re8 36. Qg4 Qf7 37. d7 Re7 38. e6 Rxe6 39. Qxc4 Qxd7 40. Rxd3 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Qe7 42. Qc7 1-0





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