The third game of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship was played yesterday. Chinese GM Hou Yifan (pictured above) won the game when her opponent, Humpy Koneru resigned after move 37. Yifan has the black pieces in the game. The opening played in the game was the Queen's Gambit Declined:Ragozin variation. This means that the score in the match is now 2-1 for Hou Yifan with game 4 being played today. Analysis of the third game which was done by Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez can be played through by going to the Chessbase.com website: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7679 Game 4 of the match is being played today.
You can read a short report (which includes photos and some analysis) about Game 3 by going to the FIDE website:
http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5714-womens-world-chess-championship-match-round-3.html
Other reports about Game 3 are at :
(a) http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/wwch-g3-hou-yifan-scores-first-win and
(b) http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011/11/game-3-hou-yifan-takes-lead.html
(c)Computer analysis of all the moves played in game 3 can be played through at this website:
http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/
You can watch the fourth game live at the FIDE Website by clicking on the following link:
http://www.wwcc2011tirana.com/template.php?pag=1&tongue=ENG The game begins at 15:00 CET Time. You can find out what time the game begins where you live by clicking on this link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Women\%27s%2BWorld%2BChess%2BChampionship&iso=20111118T15&p1=284
Best wishes to both players!
