Hou Yifan retains World Championship

The final game

A solid draw today was sufficient. Hou Yifan wins the Women's World Championship match against Humpy Koneru by the convincing margin of 5.5-2.5. The Chinese World Champion was never in any danger throughout the match and thoroughly deserved her victory.

So summing up the eighth match game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	0.5-0.5	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	29	Queen's Gambit Ragozin

So Hou Yifan has reached the target score of 5.5:

Name	Rating	Country	Age	Highest ever rating	World rank	Points
Hou Yifan	2578	China	17	2612 (May 2011)	3	5.5
Humpy Koneru	2600	India	24	2623 (July 2009)	2	2.5

Humpy Koneru will lose her status as World number 2. Not only has Hou Yifan won enough points off her challenger to overtake her, but Anna Muzychuk will also have gained more than enough rating points in Porto Carras to go ahead of the Indian!

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

The fifth 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

The sixth game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	0-1	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	38	Nimzoindian Defence

The seventh game:

White	Rating	Country	Result	Black	Rating	Country	Moves	Opening
Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	1-0	Humpy Koneru	2600	IND	97	Spanish Zaitsev

More information from the World Chess Federation website:

http://www.fide.com/

and

http://www.wwcc2011tirana.com