Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Hou Yifan wins again, leads Gibraltar


Round 8 top board results

Bo.No.
NameRtgPts. ResultPts.
NameRtgNo.
13GMAdams Michael 27246 ½ - ½ GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar 27472
215GMShort Nigel D 2677 ½ - ½ GMAlmasi Zoltan 27174
325GMHou Yifan 2605 1 - 0 GMLe Quang Liem 27145
410GMMovsesian Sergei 2700 ½ - ½ GMGopal G N 256635
522GMNegi Parimarjan 2641 ½ - ½ GMSasikiran Krishnan 270011
641GMDzagnidze Nana 2535 0 - 15 GMSvidler Peter 27491
734GMJussupow Artur 25695 0 - 15 GMShirov Alexei 27107
88GMLaznicka Viktor 27045 0 - 15 GMHowell David W L 260327
959GMZhu Chen 24725 ½ - ½5 GMSutovsky Emil 27039
1014GMBologan Viktor 26805 1 - 05 GMKoneru Humpy 258929
1118GMParligras Mircea-Emilian 26505 0 - 15 GMRapport Richard 254339
1242GMDel Rio De Angelis Salvador G 25315 ½ - ½5 GMGustafsson Jan 264321
1324GMAkobian Varuzhan 26175 1 - 05 GMEl Debs Felipe De Cresce 249754
1426GMFier Alexandr 26035 0 - 15 GMSalem A R Saleh 250551
156GMPolgar Judit 2710 1 - 0 IMMuzychuk Mariya 248357
1612GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime 2699 1 - 0 IMHunt Adam C 246261
1763IMJavakhishvili Lela 2454 ½ - ½ GMSargissian Gabriel 268313
1816GMFridman Daniel 2660 1 - 0 IMArnold Marc T 248258
1970GMZhukova Natalia 2426 0 - 1 GMIturrizaga Edoardo 264919
2020GMLupulescu Constantin 2648 0 - 1 GMWomacka Mathias 245562

Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr63931.aspx

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow.!

Anonymous said...

It would be Amazing if she wins this tournament. She need at least one more point to have a shot at winning the tournament.

Chess Cartoon Blog said...

Very Impressive! And when you take account her age...we might be witnissing something very wonderful here! yay! Best of luck to all.

Michel.

Chess Cartoon Blog said...

Glad Mickey and Nigel are doing well too!
Despite Nigels rants...He makes me laugh sometimes and I enjoy his crazyness.
Oh yea...and to the troll that usually graces your comments page...
Nakamura would win this!..haha..

Anonymous said...

The game against Polgar, yes... but this one? Come on... Hou was fighting for a draw before Liem terrible blunder.

Chess Cartoon Blog said...

Peoplel blunder because they're under pressure. The kid is learning that. I agree...the computers say even....but that's got nothing to do with the Human element. Just look at Carlsen Topalov last week..there is more to Chess than simple Math.Its a little more complicated than that. I never hope for anyone to lose..just like a great game..but Hou is discovering Psychological pressure..nice addition. Just my opinion.

Chess Cartoon Blog said...

When you're the new kid on the block..you always have an advantage. That's why players can't play speculative..Tal (and early Kasparov sort of chess) like chess all their lives..people figure em out. But Hou at the moment is such a player..and everyone is afraid to lose against her..and THAT"S important in a sporting way to know.And I have a feeling she knows it. She's simply using everything she's got...and doing quite well. I've never seen anyobody in History be able to keep it up forever...but those short bursts of brilliance are always nice to see. And I'll go down on record to predict ..Carlsen will no longer be playing chess 2 or 3 years from now. He's done it all and I think his wonderful imagination will need to move on to bigger and better things. Oh yeah..and Nakamura could have won this..(I think its sort of funny..haha)
Best everyone.
Michel

Anonymous said...

Wow, Judith lost to another woman.

Judith opponents have always played 100-200 points below their true strength we faced with her beauty and charm.

Judy's good looks had no impact on Hou. Matter of fact it looks like Judy was off her game and pressed a bit to hard.

It looks like we have two queens of chess for the next few years.

Now that Hou has matured into a beautiful good looking woman, she should collect the 100 point rating bonus for her hypnotic effect on males.

I smell the makings of a high profile, big dollar match for the Woman's WC.

Anonymous said...

Nigel is an obnoxious character.. things too big of himself.. eg .. read Miles' obituary..holds the record for the steepest fall from top 10 which means he did not belong there in the first place.. Had good trainers like Nunn etc..