Thursday, December 16, 2010

Ruan Lufei Enters Semis, WWCC 2010

16 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – At the fourth round playoffs, WGM Ruan Lufei prevailed by winning the first rapid game and drawing the subsequent rapid giving herself a 2.5-1.5 point win over IM Harika Dronavalli.
With this win, the final four semi-finalists has been determined – Ruan Lufei, Koneru Humpy, Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue. Three players from China and one from India – totally Asian Women’s World Chess Championship 2010.

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The draw for the semi-finals are as shown below:-
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Here is the winning tie-breaker rapid game between Harika and Ruan Lufei last night. Black ended with a queen, a knight and two pawns against white’s bishop and three pawns.

* Official website :http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/

* Susan Polgar's blog or click here.
* fireyrook's blog or click here.
* chess-in-malaysia's blog or click here.

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