Kosteniuk: The new Womens World Champion!

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

This endgame is commented on Susan Polgar's blog :

http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/09 ... lchik.html.

It seems that both sides made mistakes.

Yes, Susan is critical of White's play around move 42, 43, 44, 45. I only watched the game later on Playchess, a computer program analyzing gives Kosteniuk the advantage but there is no progress in the scores. So the programs are of limited use to judge the endgame, but I could not see any way foward. Usually I understand nothing about Rook endgames though. And I believe Susan is something of an endgame specialist! Judith is also very tough to beat in an endgame. It's often the hallmark of a true champion. I'm glad that it seems Judith will not be alone anymore in a class of her own for women's chess. Alexandra Kosteniuk has also made more progress than I thought she would a couple of years ago, she has become really good!

Eelco

So nobody understood how brave and ingenious Hou played that game for the second time right now. The first game, people suffer of too weak longterm memory as it seems, was normally won for Hou. In my books if both couldnt win their won games, but Hou failed only 1 time, then Hou must be the better practical player of the two. She will win tomorrow(today) and then also fantastically win in the ties.

As a true computerchess freak I must make a confession. In too many cases Hou played exactly what Rybka advised and that were difficult moves. So what is with this metal radio receiver, Hou wears on her head? Just asking.

This is a serious accusation Rolf,do you have any scientific proof for this nonsense



P.S.You can get your @ss sued by China for this statement....

[Rolf]

This endgame is commented on Susan Polgar's blog :

http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/09 ... lchik.html.

It seems that both sides made mistakes.

Yes, Susan is critical of White's play around move 42, 43, 44, 45. I only watched the game later on Playchess, a computer program analyzing gives Kosteniuk the advantage but there is no progress in the scores. So the programs are of limited use to judge the endgame, but I could not see any way foward. Usually I understand nothing about Rook endgames though. And I believe Susan is something of an endgame specialist! Judith is also very tough to beat in an endgame. It's often the hallmark of a true champion. I'm glad that it seems Judith will not be alone anymore in a class of her own for women's chess. Alexandra Kosteniuk has also made more progress than I thought she would a couple of years ago, she has become really good!

Eelco

So nobody understood how brave and ingenious Hou played that game for the second time right now. The first game, people suffer of too weak longterm memory as it seems, was normally won for Hou. In my books if both couldnt win their won games, but Hou failed only 1 time, then Hou must be the better practical player of the two. She will win tomorrow(today) and then also fantastically win in the ties.

As a true computerchess freak I must make a confession. In too many cases Hou played exactly what Rybka advised and that were difficult moves. So what is with this metal radio receiver, Hou wears on her head? Just asking.

This is a serious accusation Rolf,do you have any scientific proof for this nonsense



P.S.You can get your @ss sued by China for this statement....

How is this possible that you now appear to be in Terrific mode? Calm down. Dont behave like a troublemaker. my Chinese friends and I do perfectly know what I have meant.

[BubbaTough]

In too many cases Hou played exactly what Rybka advised and that were difficult moves.

The reason for this is clear: Rybka is a Hou clone!!! I demand Rybka open its source code to prove this is not the case .

[Rolf]

In too many cases Hou played exactly what Rybka advised and that were difficult moves.

The reason for this is clear: Rybka is a Hou clone!!! I demand Rybka open its source code to prove this is not the case .

Har de har har.

[Eelco de Groot]

That is called a fashion statement Rolf. I liked her Dolce & Gabana outfit!

We've come a long way since the days of Mao, conspicuously absent at the Olympic games too.

And so we contemplate chess, on the day we can watch CNN and see that Wall Street is still in turmoil, Black monday 15/11 2008 will probably have worse an economic impact than 9/11 had seven years ago. Lehmann Brothers are bankrupt, Merrill Lynch bought by Bank of America in the same weekend to prevent a collapse of that bank .

But AIG, American Investment Group, one of the largest insurers in the States, is next in line, and deep in financial troubles. Will it get a loan from the Federal Reserve? That is the rumour, and the FED left interest rates unchanged today as another measure it could have taken. I really know not much about finance at all, but am just asking myself, how many bail outs can the FED afford to do? Next will be likely Washington Mutual, or WAMU. On the exchange floor they do not think AIG will be the last to fall, but everybody is nervously waiting what happens with AIG. No news about it today and stocks slightly recovered on Wall Street, but I think it is not over yet.

Will McCain or Obama be able to sort out the mess? Well, they just will have to don't they? But this being partly to blame to a government that financed a war with a Bubble market, with mortgaged assets that vaporized when the economy got worse, with an enormous state deficit that now makes it hard to manouver around the deregulation disaster that the same government is to blame for, who are you going to vote in seven weeks? Please Americans, think twice, thrice, think four times before you answer

I admit yes for once this is ever so slightly off topic, but this a special day.

And we can still play some chess, chess does not cost that much fortunately

Regards, Eelco

[mariaclara]

hmmmmmmmmm.................

how did you know it's a metal radio receiver?

So what is with this metal radio receiver, Hou wears on her head? Just asking...........

[Erik Roggenburg]

A tan and a professional waxing will further her career as well as women's chess. Hopefully, chess in general. After all, the biggest fan of women's tennis and women's beach volleyball are men. Come on, now! Who hasn't been inspired to head to the beach and whack a ball over a net since the Summer Olympics?









Note: This is a joke. This is only a joke. If this were a serious paragraph, you would have been notified by the authorities.

[Tony Thomas]

A tan and a professional waxing will further her career as well as women's chess. Hopefully, chess in general. After all, the biggest fan of women's tennis and women's beach volleyball are men. Come on, now! Who hasn't been inspired to head to the beach and whack a ball over a net since the Summer Olympics?









Note: This is a joke. This is only a joke. If this were a serious paragraph, you would have been notified by the authorities.

I will take her without the tan and the wax.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

hmmmmmmmmm.................

how did you know it's a metal radio receiver?

So what is with this metal radio receiver, Hou wears on her head? Just asking...........

Because he has one inside his head Marie

[AdminX]

Well she has it now!!!
Meet your new Queen!



[Event "FIDE WCC Women"]
[Site "Nalchik/Russia"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Qe1 Bc8 14. Qg3 Bb7 15.
f5 Kh8 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qh3 Bd8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rc4
Qb8 22. Rd1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Rh4 e4 27. Be2 Bc8
28. Qg3 Ba6 29. c4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Bb6 31. Bf4 Qa7 32. Bxd6 Bf2 33. Qf4 Nd5 34.
Qc1 Rc8 35. Qd2 Rfd8 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxd5 Qe3 38. Bg4 Ra8 39. Qe6 Kh8 40.
Qe7 Qh6 41. h3 Qg6 42. Qe5 Bb6 43. Bh5 Qh6 44. Bg4 e3 45. Qe4 Qf6 46. Rd5 Ra1+
47. Kh2 Qxd6+ 48. Rxd6 Bc7 49. Qf5 Bxd6+ 50. g3 Kg8 51. Qd5+ Kf8 52. Qf5+ Ke7
53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Kg8 55. Qd5+ Kf8 56. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2