A solid draw in Tirana

Half-way

Humpy Koneru repeated the Open Variation of the Spanish in the fifth game. After simplification, Black was left with pawn weaknesses, but the Indian challenger able to obtain enough activity to compensate. Hou Yifan still leads by one point at the halfway stage of the match.

So summing up the fifth match game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	0.5-0.5	Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	58	Spanish Open

So Hou Yifan still leads by one point:

Name	Rating	Country	Age	Highest ever rating	World rank	Points
Hou Yifan	2578	China	17	2612 (May 2011)	3	3
Humpy Koneru	2600	India	24	2623 (July 2009)	2	2

The earlier games of the match went as follows:

The first game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	0.5-0.5	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	80	Catalan Opening

The second game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	0.5-0.5	Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	42	Petroff's Defence

The third game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	0-1	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	37	Queen's Gambit Ragozin

The fourth game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	0.5-0.5	Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	58	Spanish Open

More information from the World Chess Federation website:

http://www.fide.com/

and

http://www.wwcc2011tirana.com