2010 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship:Hou Yifan advances to final!

Chinese Grandmaster Hou Yifan, playing black, drew the second game of her match against Humpy Koneru today at the FIDE World Women's Chess Championship, and as a result has Hou Yifan has advanced to the final. Here is a link to a short report about today's events:http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/en/component/content/article/1-news/114-the-first-finalist-is-hou-yifan

Analysis of this game has been posted to the FIDE Website. The analysis is done by Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas. You can view the analysis using a PDF viewer by going to the following link:

http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/images/stories/round5_game2/Antakya_2010.pdf





In the other semi-final match for the second consecutive game, Ruan Lufei  and Zhao Xue played to a draw. This means the two will play a playoff tomorrow to see who will pl;ay Hou Yifan for the Women's World Chess Championship crown.Here are the moves from their game today:


Round 5  Crosstable

Name	FED	T	Rtg	G1	G2	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total
	Round 5 Match 01
Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2480	½	½						1
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2474	½	½						1
	Round 5 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2600	0	½						½
Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2591	1	½						1½