Women's World Chess Championship 2010 - Ruan Lufei beats Xue Zhao to qualify for final against Hou Yifan

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The tie-breaks begin between Ruan Lufei and Xue Zhao.

Hello Everyone,

The tie-breaks for the fifth round to find out the second finalist from among Ruan Lufei and Xue Zhao took place today. Both drew their first tie-break game and Xue was winning in the second when she lost the thread. Ruan was up to the chance and held on to her edge to win the second tie-break game. There were several nervous moments for both players in the game though. Congratulations to Xue for making it thus far and to Ruan for moving on to the finals.

Ruan now faces Hou Yifan for the finals of the Women's World Chess Championship 2010. You can follow the action live at the official website here.

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

PGN: 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 dxe5 10. fxe5 f6 11. O-O Nc6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Rd8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. b3 Nd7 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nf6 22. Rdd1 a6 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf8 26. Rf1 Qd6 27. Kh1 Rf8 28. Rfe1 Rf6 29. Ne5 Nxd4 30. Ng4 Rf5 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxe6+ Rf7 33. Ne5 Qf2 34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. Qe7 Rd7 36. Qe4 c6 37. Qe2 1/2-1/2

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. f3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Rc8 14. a5 Nbd7 15. e4 c5 16. dxc5 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Ngf6 22. Rf3 Bd4 23. Raf1 Nc5 24. Nd5 Nfxe4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Be1 Rce8 27. Qc4 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rb4 Bg7 31. Bf2 Nd3 32. Rxb7 Bf6 33. Bxa7 Rxe7 34. a6 Rxb7 35. axb7 Be5 36. Rd1 Nb4 37. Rc1 Na6 38. Rc8 Kg7 39. b4 f6 40. g3 Kf7 41. Kg2 Re8 42. b5 Nb8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. h3 Kd7 45. Rc2 Bd6 46. g4 h6 47. Rc1 Be5 48. Rc2 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Rc1 Bc7 51. Rc2 Bd6 52. Rc1 Ke7 53. Rc2 Nd7 54. Rc8 Bb8 55. Be3 Ne5+ 56. Ke2 Kd7 57. Rc2 Rg8 58. Kf2 Nf7 59. Rd2+ Nd6 60. Bf4 Ke7 61. Re2+ Kf7 62. Rc2 Nxb7 63. Be3 Nd6 64. b6 Rc8 65. Ra2 Nc4 66. Rc2 Nxb6 67. Rb2 Nc4 68. Rb7+ Kg6 69. Bd4 Be5 70. Ba7 Rc7 0-1




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