Women's World Chess Championship 2010 - R4-Humpy, Hou win first matches

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Ju Wenjun and Koneru Humpy before their Round 4a match.

Hello Everybody,


Some great chess was played in the first of the Round 4 matches at the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 currently on in Hatay, Turkey. Hou Yifan and Koneru Humpy won their games against Kateryna Lahno and Ju Wenjun. Meanwhile, Dronavalli Harika-Lufei Ruan and Almira Skripchenko-Xue Zhao games were drawn. The Championship is down to the last eight and four of these talented players will advance to the semi-finals (Round 5) on their way to the title.


You can access a cool live video feed at the official website here. Meanwhile, here are the games of the fourth round. Run the moves through our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. Enjoy.


PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Rb1 Nh5 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qf2 Nb7 17. Nb5 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rbe1 e4 22. Nfd4 Nc5 23. Nc6 Qg7 24. Ne5 Rh6 25. Nxg4 Qxg4 26. Kg1 Rf8 27. Nxc7 Rg6 28. Ne6 Nxe6 29. dxe6 Nf4 30. Kh1 Nxe6 31. Re3 Nc5 32. h3 Qg5 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 f4 35. Qf3 h6 36. Rf2 Rgf6 37. Rd2 Rg6 38. Rdd4 Rgf6 39. Re7 R6f7 40. Re6 Rf6 41. Rdd6 Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Rf6 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Rf7 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Qb7+ Qe7 47. Qxb6 Qe1+ 48. Qg1 Qd2 49. Qf1 Ke6 50. Kh2 Ke5 51. Qf3 Qxb2 52. Qh5+ Kd4 53. Qd5+ Ke3 54. c5 Qc1 55. c6 a4 56. a3 Kf2 57. Qd4+ Ke2 58. Qxa4 Qe3 59. Qc2+ Kf1 60. Qd1+ 1-0







PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Bd2 b6 14. a4 Qc5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Qb2 a6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Rfc8 21. Bd4 Rab8 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. Rdb1 Bg5 25. Nf1 Bc6 26. a5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Bb5 28. Ng3 Bd8 29. Ra1 Bd3 30. f3 Rb8 31. Rd1 Bc2 32. Rd2 Bg6 33. Bb6 Bxb6+ 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Kf2 a5 37. Ra8 Rb2+ 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. c4 Rc2 40. Kd4 Rxh2 41. c5 Rd2+ 42. Kc4 Rc2+ 43. Kb5 h5 44. Rxa5 h4 45. Nh1 Bh5 46. Ra3 Rh2 47. c6 Rxh1 48. Rc3 Rb1+ 49. Kc5 h3 50. Rc2 Bxf3 51. c7 Bb7 52. Rc3 Rh1 53. Kb6 Bc8 0-1







PGN:  1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bf1 Nd5 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bh6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Qg5 Qc7 21. Rd4 Qxc3 22. Rde4 f6 23. exf6 exf6 24. Qf4 Bf7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Re7 Rfe8 27. R1e3 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qc6 29. a4 a6 30. a5 Kg8 31. Kh2 g5 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. Qa3 Kg8 34. Be2 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. Rb6 Ra2 38. Bxa6 Rxf2 39. Bb7 Kg7 40. Bf3 Rd2 41. Rb7 Kf8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rb7+ Rd7 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. h4 gxh4 1/2-1/2












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