Seventeen year old Hou Yifan of China (photo on the right above) has retained her World Champion Crown of Women's Chess!
Hou Yifan, 17, retained the title when she drew the eighth game of a match against Indian GM Humpy Koneru (pictured above on the left),. The final score of the best-of-10 match was 5.5 points to 2.5 points. Both players hold the Male Grandmaster Crown in Professional Chess. Yes chess is a sexist activity! Congratulations to Humpy Koneru for reaching the Championship match!
Here are some links to some analysis of all the games:
Game 1:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7673
Game 2:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7675
Game 3:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7679
Game 4:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7683
Game 5:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7687
Game 6:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7691
Game 7:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7697
Game 8:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7700
Congratulations to Hou Yifan! Here is a link to an interesting interview with her which was done after her match against Humpy Koneru: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7705
To learn more about Hou Yifan please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yifan
You can learn some interesting things about her opponent, Humpy Koneru at this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koneru_Humpy
To learn more about Humpy Koneru please read the interview Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk gave her and posted to Alexandra's website:
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/11/star-interview-humpy-koneru.html
I hope Hou Yifan enjoys her reign as Women's World Chess Champion!!
