2013 Women's World Chess Championship

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Hou Yifan 4 September 2012.jpg
UkraineUkraine Anna Uschenina China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Hou Yifan
World chess champion since 2012 Challenger
chess world champion 2010–2012
2012 World Cup winner Winner of the Grand Prix 2011–2012
Rating (September 2013): 2500 Rating (September 2013): 2609

The 2013 women's world chess championship was a duel between world chess champion Anna Uschenina and challenger Hou Yifan as the winner of the 2011–2012 FIDE Women's Grand Prix and took place from September 10 to 23, 2013 in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

Background and organization

At the 2012 women's chess world championship, which was held as a knockout tournament, then world champion Hou Yifan was eliminated in the second round, while Anna Uschenina won the tournament. Although there is no right to fight back, Hou Yifan secured the right to a duel against her possible successor by winning the qualifying tournaments; in the event that Hou Yifan successfully defended the 2012 World Championship, the Indian K. Humpy would have had the right to challenge Hou Yifan as runner-up in the Grand Prix.

In December 2012, the point statistics of the two opponents were balanced against each other: Between 2006 and 2009 they each had two wins, two defeats and three draws in seven tournament games. Hou Yifan led the white stones in six of the seven games. Hou Yifan lost another game at the 2013-2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Geneva with White against Uschenina.

The prize fund amounted to 200,000 euros , of which the winner received 120,000. The main judge was Panagiotis Nikolopoulos from Greece , assisted by Carol Jarecki ( British Virgin Islands ).

course

The match was very one-sided. Uschenina won no game and lost three times with the white pieces (1st, 3rd, 6th game). With her victory in White in the 7th game, Hou Yifan was able to win the competition with 5.5: 1.5 (+4 = 3 −0) after seven out of ten scheduled games and thus regain the world title.

Elo rating 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th Points
Anna Uschenina 2500 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Hou Yifan 2609 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5.5

Lots

1st game

Anna Uschenina – Hou Yifan, Part 1
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End position after 41st… Bh3 +

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Anna Uschenina - Hou Yifan 0-1
Taizhou, September 11, 2013
Nimzowitsch-Indian , E32
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0–0 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Sa6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. 0–0 Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rc1 h6 15. b4 a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 De8 19. Qb1 e5 20. Bd2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. e4 Ra8 23. Nh4 Rxa3 24. Nf5 Bd7 25. Be3 Be6 26.Nxe7 + Qxe7 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bg4 29.Rd2 f5 30.Rdc2 f4 31.Rc7 Qf6 32.Bb6 Nd8 33.Qb2 Rd3 34.Qc2 Bf5 35.Qa2 Nf7 36.Bf1 Ng5 37. Ra7 fxg3 38. hxg3 Nf3 + 39. Kh1 Qg6 40. Bxd3 Qh5 + 41. Kg2 Bh3 + 0: 1

2nd game

Hou Yifan – Anna Uschenina, Part 2
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End position after 33 ... f6

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Hou Yifan - Anna Uschenina ½: ½
Taizhou, September 12, 2013
Sicilian Defense , B33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Sa3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Scb4 0–0 14. Be2 a5 15. Nxe7 + Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 b4 18. h4 Bd8 19. g3 Be6 20. Rd1 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Bxa2 25. Kd2 Rfb8 26. Ra1 Rb2 + 27. Ke3 Rc8 28. c4 Kf8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bxc4 31. Rxa5 Lxe2 32. Kxe2 Rc2 + 33. Ke3 f6 ½: ½

3rd game

Anna Uschenina – Hou Yifan, Part 3
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End position after 24.… Rxf7

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Anna Uschenina - Hou Yifan 0-1
Taizhou, September 14, 2013
Nimzowitsch-Indian, E32
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0–0 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. 0–0 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 Sa4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. c4 Rc8 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Sac3 18. a4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20. Nf5 Sac3 21. e6 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 b5 23. Qb3 Qd3 24. exf7 + Rxf7 0: 1

4th game

Hou Yifan – Anna Uschenina, Part 4
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End position after 31.… Rf8

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Hou Yifan - Anna Uschenina ½: ½
Taizhou, September 15, 2013
Sicilian Defense ( Scheveningen variant ), B81
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. h4 h5 10. g5 Ng4 11. Bh3 Nd7 12. g6 Nde5 13. gxf7 + Qxf7 14. Qxf7 + Kxf7 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. 0–0–0 Nh7 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Bg3 b5 20. a3 Nc4 21. f4 Ng4 22. Nf3 Ra7 23rd Rd3 Be7 24.Ng5 + Ke8 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Nd1 Rb7 27. Re2 g6 28. Nh7 Rf7 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Ng7 Rf7 31. Ng5 Rf8 ½: ½

5th game

Hou Yifan – Anna Uschenina, Part 5
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End position after 61.Ra5 +

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Hou Yifan - Anna Uschenina ½: ½
Taizhou, September 17, 2013
Sicilian Defense (Scheveningen variant), B81
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 h5 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. 0–0– 0 Rb8 13. Bc4 Qf6 14. Qg2 Nf4 15. Qg5 e5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 Rb4 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf5 f3 21. Nc3 Bh6 + 22. Kb1 d5 23. a3 Rf4 24. Tde1 + Kd8 25.Nd1 a5 26.Ne3 Rg8 27.h5 Bd7 28.Reg1 Rxg1 + 29.Rxg1 Rh4 30.Ng4 Rxh5 31.Ne5 f6 32.Nxd7 Kxd7 33.Rg3 Rh2 34.Rxf3 Bg5 35. Ka2 Lh4 36. Kb3 Bxf2 37. Ka4 Bb6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Kd6 40. Rg3 Rh1 41. c3 Bf2 42. Rf3 Rh2 43. Kb3 Ke5 44. Lc2 Kd6 45.Bd3 Kd7 46. Bc2 Rg2 47. Rd3 Rg4 48. b5 Rf4 49. bxc6 + Kxc6 50. Rd1 Rf3 51. Bd3 Bg3 52. Kc2 Kc5 53. Rf1 Re3 54. Ra1 Be5 55. Ra5 + Kc6 56. Ra6 + Kc5 57. Ra5 + Kc6 58. Ra6 + Kc5 59. Ra5 + Kc6 60. Ra6 + Kc5 61. Ra5 + ½: ½

6th game

Anna Uschenina – Hou Yifan, Part 6
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End position after 40.Bxa1

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Anna Uschenina - Hou Yifan 0-1
Taizhou, September 18, 2013
Queen's Indian Defense , E17
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 0–0 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Qd1 Ne8 12. Nf3 Nxf3 + 13. Bxf3 d6 14. 0–0 Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bd2 b5 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Bg2 Bc8 20. Ne4 Re8 21. Nxf6 + Qxf6 22. e4 a5 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Ra2 a4 25. Re1 h6 26. Be3 a3 27. Qd2 axb2 28. Rxb2 Nc3 29. f3 Ra3 30. Bf2 Nb5 31. Reb1 c4 32. Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Bd4 c3 34. Qf2 Qg5 35. f4 Qg4 36. Re1 Tea8 37. h3 Qc8 38. e5 Ra1 39. exd6 c2 40.Bxa1 0: 1

7th game

Hou Yifan – Anna Uschenina, Part 7
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End position after 40th Rd1

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Hou Yifan - Anna Uschenina 1-0
Taizhou, September 20, 2013
Sicilian Defense ( Najdorf Variation ), B90
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e6 8. g4 h6 9. f4 g5 10. f5 Ne5 11. h3 b5 12. a3 Qe7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14.Nf3 Nfd7 15. Qd2 Nxf3 + 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Bg7 18. 0–0–0 Nf7 19. Bd4 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.h4 gxh4 22. De1 Ra7 23.Rxh4 Rd7 24.Rh5 Rg8 25. Kb1 Qc5 26.Rh3 Qb6 27.Qh4 Rxd1 + 28.Nxd1 Bb7 29.Rc3 Qd8 30.Qf2 Qd4 31.Qf6 Qd6 32.Nf2 Kf8 33.Rf3 Rg7 34.Qxh6 Kg8 35.Qf6 Bc6 36.Rd3 Rc5 37. g5 Nxg5 38.Ng4 Nf7 39.Qxe6 Qg1 + 40.Rd1 1: 0

Web links

Individual references and sources

  1. ^ Regulations for the 2011–2012 Women's FIDE Grand Prix , accessed December 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Games between Hou Yifan and Anna Uschenina on chessgames.com (English), accessed on December 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ Hou Yifan Finishes Convincing Match for Title , Chessvibes.com, September 21, 2013.
Women's World Chess Championships


Duels

1927 , 1930 , 1931 , 1933 , 1935 , 1937 (duel) , 1937 (tournament) , 1939 ( Menchik ) • 1949/50 ( Rudenko ) • 1953 ( Bykowa ) • 1956 ( Rubzowa ) • 1958 , 1959 ( Bykowa ) • 1962 , 1965 , 1969 , 1972 , 1975 ( Gaprindashvili ) • 1978 , 1981 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 ( Chiburdanidze ) • 1991 , 1993 ( Xie Jun ) • 1996 ( Zsuzsa Polgár ) • 1999 ( Xie Jun )

Knockout tournaments

2000 ( Xie Jun ) • 2001 ( Zhu Chen ) • 2004 ( Stefanowa ) • 2006 ( Xu Yuhua ) • 2008 ( Kostenjuk ) • 2010 ( Hou Yifan )

alternating

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Duels

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