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    Karpov - Hou Yifan Match 2018

    February 3, 2018

    http://cca.imsa.cn/archives/61523

    According to a press release, there will be a Karpov-Hou Yifan Match on February 4 to 7.

    The match will consist of rapid games, a total of six rounds. The time is 15 minutes per side, plus 10 seconds increment. A score of 3.5 will win the match. The total prize money is $ 30,000, the winner will receive $ 20,000, the loser receives $ 10,000.

    Eight years ago, the same two players had a match in Sanya, Hainan. The 16-year-old Hou Yifan lost to the 59-year-old Karpov in the first game but after that all the games were drawn.

    The event consisted of four classical games (90 minutes for all moves + 30 sec increment) and two rapid games (25 min + 10 sec) - ending, as we said, in a narrow 3.5-2.5 victory for Karpov.
    Last edited by Wayne Komer; Wednesday, 7th February, 2018, 04:10 PM.

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    Re: Karpov - Hou Yifan Match 2018

    Hou Yifan wins the match with 4 points.

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    • #3
      Re: Karpov - Hou Yifan Match 2018

      Karpov - Hou Yifan Match 2018

      February 7, 2018

      The match by Andre Schulz in ChessBase

      https://en.chessbase.com/post/rapid-...u-yifan-karpov

      On Saturday, February 3, Anatoly Karpov was still a guest at the 13th Congress of the Russian Chess Federation. The next day, the 12th World Chess Champion was already in China, specifically in Harbin, located in the north of the country, in the Amur province, where he played a match with Hou Yifan.

      After the Russian occupation of Manchuria in 1898, Harbin was one of the stations of the Trans-Siberian Railway: a number of Russian-style buildings still characterize the cityscape. After the Second World War, Harbin remained occupied for some time by Russian troops, before 1946, when Chinese Communists took over the city and used it as a base in the Chinese Civil War.

      Karpov and Hou played six rapid games with 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move for each player. Karpov took an early lead with a finely played positional game and then increased his victory in the second game. Hou won the third game. The fourth game ended in a draw. With a victory in the fifth game, Karpov decided the match with a game to spare. On the white side of a Benoni defense from Hou, Karpov proceeded with careful and prudent play, which eventually resulted in a strong counterattack. The last game was perfunctory, and Karpov lost without much of a fight, resulting in a final match score of 3.5 - 2.5.


      Karpov-Hou Yifan Match
      15+10
      Harbin, China
      Game 1, Feb. 5, 2018
      Karpov, Anatoly - Hou Yifan
      D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

      1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 b6 11.e3 O-O 12.Be2 Nc6 13.dxc5 Qxc3+ 14.bxc3 bxc5 15.Rb1 Rd8 16.Rb5 c4 17.O-O Ba6 18.Rc5 Ne7 19.Nd4 Rac8 20.Ra5 Rd6 21.Rb1 Ra8 22.Bf3 Kf8 23.Rb4 Bc8 24.Rxc4 Bg4 25.Rc7 Bxf3 26.gxf3 a6 27.Ra4 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Ra5 g6 30.f4 Ke7 31.h4 Kd7 32.Kg2 Ne7 33.Ra4 Ng8 34.c4 dxc4 35.Rxc4 Nf6 36.Kf3 Rb6 37.f5 h5 38.fxg6 fxg6 39.Rc2 Ng4 40.Kf4 Rb1 41.f3 Nf6 42.e4 Rd1 43.Rc4 Ke7 44.Nc6+ Ke6 45.Ne5 Rg1 46.Rc6+ Ke7 47.Rxa6 Rg2 48.a4 Rh2 49.Nxg6+ Kf7 50.Kf5 Ne8 51.Ra7+ Kg8 52.e5 Rg2 53.Ra8 1-0

      Game 2, Feb. 5, 2018
      Hou Hifan - Karpov, Anatoly
      C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.O-O d6 10.Na3 Nb8 11.Ba2 c6 12.Nc2 Nbd7 13.Ne3 g6 14.h3 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.N5g4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Nf6 20.Qg5 Qd7 21.f4 Kg7 22.f5 h6 23.Qg3 Bd6 24.Qf2 g5 25.Bd2 bxa4 26.c4 Bf4 27.cxd5 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Nxd5 29.f6+ Nxf6 30.d5 Nxd5 31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Bc3+ f6 33.Rad1 Qe6 34.Qc5 Rac8 35.Qb4 Bd5 36.Qd4 Rcd8 37.Qa7+ Rd7 38.Qe3 Kg6 39.g4 Bc6 40.Rxd7 Bxd7 41.Rd1 Bb5 42.Qc5 Rc8 43.Qe3 0-1

      Game 3, Feb. 5
      Karpov, Anatoly - Hou Yifan
      A40 Queen's Pawn, Keres Defence

      1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.d5 Bb7 4.a3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Qe7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Rc1 c5 10.Nb5 Ne5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qa4 Kd8 13.Nc3 f5 14.Rd1 Qd7 15.Qc2 Rg8 16.a4 Be7 17.b3 Ke8 18.g3 Kf8 19.Bg2 Ng6 20.Kf1 Rd8 21.Nge2 a6 22.h4 Bf6 23.f4 e5 24.Bh3 Bc8 25.Kf2 Re8 26.h5 Ne7 27.Ng1 Qd8 28.Nf3 e4 29.Ng1 Rg7 30.Nge2 Ng8 31.a5 bxa5 32.Ra1 Qc7 33.Ra3 Bd8 34.Rha1 Nf6 35.Rxa5 Nxh5 36.Rxa6 Bxa6 37.Rxa6 Nxg3 38.Nxg3 Bh4 39.Ne2 Qe7 40.Ke1 Bxg3+ 41.Kd2 Be1+ 42.Kc1 Qf6 43.Kb1 Bf2 44.Qd2 Kg8 45.Kc2 Kh8 46.b4 cxb4 47.c5 b3+ 48.Kxb3 Rb8+ 49.Rb6 Rgg8 50.Nd4 dxc5 0-1

      Game 4, Feb. 5
      Hou Yifan - Karpov, Anatoly
      C77 Ruy Lopez, Aderssen variation

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.O-O O-O 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nbd2 Nf4 14.Ne4 Qxd3 15.Bxf4 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 exf4 17.Bd5 Rb6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Re4 Rd8 20.Rd2 Kg7 21.Rxf4 b4 22.h3 bxc3 23.bxc3 Ne7 24.Bc4 Rb1+ 25.Kh2 Rxd2 26.Nxd2 Rc1 27.Rf3 Ng6 28.Nb3 Rc2 29.Nd4 Rc1 30.Re3 Ne5 31.Be2 Bd7 32.f4 Ng6 33.Kg3 Kf8 34.Bf3 Ne7 35.Be4 h6 36.Kf2 Ra1 37.g4 Ra2+ 38.Kg3 Ba4 39.Nf5 Nxf5+ 40.Bxf5 Rd2 41.Kh4 Bd7 42.Be4 Be6 43.g5 fxg5+ 44.fxg5 hxg5+ 45.Kxg5 Kg7 46.Rg3 Re2 47.Bf3 Re5+ 48.Kf4+ Kf6 49.h4 Rc5 50.Be2 Rf5+ 51.Ke3 Re5+ 52.Kd2 Re4 53.h5 Rh4 54.Ke3 c5 55.Bf3 Rc4 56.Kd3 Rh4 57.Rg1 Rh3 58.Ke4 Rh4+ 59.Ke3 Rc4 60.Kd2 Rh4 61.Ke3 Rc4 62.Kd2 Rh4 63.Ke3 0.5-0.5

      Game 5, Feb. 6
      Karpov, Anatoly - Hou Yifan
      A70 Benoni, Classical

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 b5 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.a3 Nbd7 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.b4 Rac8 16.Rac1 Nh5 17.Be3 Qd8 18.Ne2 f5 19.exf5 Bxd5 20.Nh2 Bf7 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Ng4 Ne5 23.Nh6+ Bxh6 24.Bxh6 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Qf6 26.Qd2 Re5 27.Be3 Bc4 28.Rcd1 Rd5 29.Qc2 Qf7 30.Nc3 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 cxb4 32.axb4 Bb3 33.Qd2 Nf6 34.Bd4 Rf8 35.Ne4 Nxe4 36.Rxe4 Qh7 37.Bc3 d5 38.Rg4 Rf5 39.Qd4 Bc4 40.Qb6 g5 41.h4 Qh5 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qd7+ 1-0

      Game 6, Feb. 6
      Hou Yifan - Karpov, Anatoly
      A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System

      1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Nc3 d4 9.Nb5 a6 10.Na3 Be7 11.Qb3 O-O 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nce5 Na5 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Bxa5 Qxa5 17.Nxd4 Qb6 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.d4 Rfd8 20.e3 Nd7 21.Nd3 Rc7 22.a4 Rdc8 23.a5 Qd6 24.b4 Rc4 25.Rb1 g6 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.bxc5 Qc7 28.Ra1 Rd8 29.Qb3 g5 30.Rfb1 f4 31.Bf1 fxe3 32.fxe3 Ra4 33.Rxa4 bxa4 34.Qb7 Qxb7 35.Rxb7 a3 36.Bc4 Kf8 37.Kf1 g4 38.Ke2 h5 39.c6 Rc8 40.d5 f5 41.Kd3 Bc5 42.Rh7 Kg8 43.Rxh5 Kg7 44.Rxf5 Rb8 45.Rf2 Re8 46.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 47.Kc4 Bd6 48.Bb7 Re4+ 49.Kb3 Rb4+ 50.Ka2 Ra4 51.a6 Ra5 52.Rc2 Bc7 53.d6 1-0

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      • #4
        ChessBase rewrites history.

        After the Russian occupation of Manchuria in 1898, Harbin was one of the stations of the Trans-Siberian Railway: a number of Russian-style buildings still characterize the cityscape. After the Second World War, Harbin remained occupied for some time by Russian troops, before 1946, when Chinese Communists took over the city and used it as a base in the Chinese Civil War.
        Wow. Talk about shockingly misleading. After the Russian Empire - particularly the Russian Navy - got trounced by Japan in 1905, Harbin came under the influence of the colonial powers at the time (and a rising one) in the US, Germany, and France. It was later, with the influence of Russian White Guards who fled Russia after the revolution, when Harbin became the largest Russian emigre outpost outside the RSFSR.

        But the really egregious omission is the occupation by Imperial Japan from 1931 to 1945, the establishment of a puppet regime in Manchuria generally, and the horrific experiments on human beings (mostly Chinese and Russia) by the Japanese authorities in the dreaded Unit 731 in Harbin. Unit 731 would have made the Angel of Death, Joseph Megele, blush with shame. In fact, China and Korea established a monument in Harbin in 2014 honouring the Korean nationalist Ahn Jung-geun - who assassinated the Japanese PM in 1909 - and politely thumbed their noses (so far) at the Japanese protests that followed.

        Yes, it's true that Harbin has a complicated history... but I'd say that ChessBase is here revealing some stinky political prejudices and some unbelievable historical myopia.

        In any case, Harbin is now a great Chinese city. And there's nothing they can do about that.
        Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Thursday, 8th February, 2018, 02:49 AM. Reason: details
        Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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