Judit Polgar Vs Yifan Hou

Judit Polgar

The long expected Judit Polgar – Yifan Hou match has now been now officially announced. It will take place in China September 26th – October 2nd, 2012. The organization plans for 4 classical games and 4 rapid games.

The match announcement comes only a month after their game at the Gibraltar Chess Festival where Yifan Hou won the direct encounter with white and went on to share first place, only to lose in the rapid tiebreak against Short.

The Judit Polgar – Yifan Hou match will be at a perfect moment, as Judit is at her highest moment for the last 3 years with ELO 2709, while Yifan Hou is at a virtual ELO 2650, the highest of her career.

Source:Chessdom.com

WWTCC Round 8 Results

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHINESE TEAM THAT IS WORLD CHAMPION WITH ONE ROUND TO GO!

In the penultimate round of the championship Ukrainian players embraced themselves in a tough match against China to score 2.5-1.5. Natalia Zhukova won against Zhao Xue on the third board and all the rest games were drawn. China lost the first match points in the tournament, but... already became a champion!
 
The reason is that India who had been following China lost to Georgia 1-3. The first two boards made draws, while Bela Khotenashvili won against Tania Sachdev on the third board and Nino Khurtsidze outplayed Soumya Swaminathan on the fourth.

Russia won 4-0 against RSA and jumped on the second rank, but cannot catch China by board points, even if there is still a theoretical chance to catch it by match points. 

Armenia scored 2.5-1.5 win against Vietnam, Greece crushed Turkey 3.5-0.5. 

Standings after 8 rounds: China – 14; Russia – 12; India – 11; Georgia, Ukraine – 10; Armenia, Vietnam – 8; Turkey – 4; Greece – 3; RSA – 0. 

You can find the pictures of round 8 in the Photo Gallery.

Official website:http://wwct2011.tsf.org.tr/

China remains perfect after 4 Round's

Round 4 did not bring many surprises. China won against Vietnam 3-1, scoring on the two lower boards (Zhao Xue - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0 and Hoang Thi Nhu - Tan Zhongyi Y 1-0) and remain in the lead with 100 percent match points.

India scored 3,5 board points against Armenia. Only Lilit Mkrtchian was able to draw against Harika Dronavalli on the second board. India is on the second rank with 7 match points.

The close encounter between Georgia and Russia ended in a draw – players shared points in all the games. The fourth board fight between Valentina Gunina and Nino Khurtsidze was the last game of the round. Both players danced around the equal queen+1 knight ending trying to get an edge but finally the fair draw was agreed.
 
Ukraine crushed Greece 3,5 – 0,5 and Turkey took an upper hand on RSA 3-1. However, South African players scored first board points as Anzel Solomons made a draw against Kubra Ozturk and Lauren Van Niekerk shared a point with Yesim Patel.

Standings after 4 rounds: China – 8; India – 7; Russia – 6; Georgia – 5; Vietnam, Turkey – 4; Ukraine – 3; Armenia – 2; Greece – 1; RSA – 0. 

You can find the pictures of the round 4 in the Picture Gallery. 

Standing's after Round 4

Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	MP	TGP
1	CHINA	4	4	0	0	8	13½
2	INDIA	4	3	1	0	7	13
3	RUSSIA	4	2	2	0	6	9½
4	GEORGIA	4	2	1	1	5	9½
5	VIETNAM	4	2	0	2	4	8
6	TURKEY	4	2	0	2	4	7½
7	UKRAINE	4	1	1	2	3	8
8	ARMENIA	4	1	0	3	2	6
9	GREECE	4	0	1	3	1	4
10	RSA	4	0	0	4	0	1

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