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Women's World Championship: Hou Wins Game 1
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 8:47AM
Anna Ushenina may be the defending women's world chess champion, but she is by no means the favorite against former champion Hou Yifan in their title match, which began earlier today. Ushenina's big strength seems to be her preparation, especially with the white pieces, and she enjoyed some advantage early on in game 1. One of her weaknesses, correspondingly, is time trouble, and as the time control approached things went downhill in a big way. She managed to make her 40th move, but resigned after Hou's 41st move, one move before mate. (The game can be viewed or downloaded via this page.)
Reader Comments (1)
The position after 32 moves is a nice example of "improving your worst piece" : Nb7-d8-f7-g5-f3, mate !