2010 Women's World Chess Championship - Round 4, Game 1

Summary from the official website:


Almira Skripchenko and Zhao Xue

 Only 8 participants are left in the World Championship. Hou Yifan, playing with black pieces, won against Katerina Lahno. Ukrainian player had a little advantage due to the extra pawn but the bishops of the opponent were very strong. Instead of making accurate draw, Katerina Lahno was probably trying to play for more and lost the game.

Humpy Koneru received a position with an advantage and managed to win a pawn. Her opponent Ju Wenjun created some counter play on the king’s side and provoked a mistake from the Indian player. Achieved a comfortable equalization, Ju Wenjun blundered both pawn and game as her position immediately collapsed. Two games, Zhao - Skripchenko and Harika - Ruan, were drawn. In the first game French player Almira Skripchenko grabbed a pawn in a middle game but it was not enough to make a full point. Harika Dronavalli got a position with two bishops in the endgame but, due to accurate play of her opponent Ruan Lufei, didn’t manage to win a game.

Round 4

Name

FED

T

Rtg

G1

G2

Rp1

Rp2

Bz1

Bz2

SD

Total

Round 4 Match 01

Ruan, Lufei

CHN

WGM

2480

½

½

Harika, Dronavalli

IND

IM

2525

½

½

Round 4 Match 02

Koneru, Humpy

IND

GM

2600

1

1

Ju, Wenjun

CHN

WGM

2524

0

0

Round 4 Match 03

Hou, Yifan

CHN

GM

2591

1

1

Lahno, Kateryna

UKR

GM

2522

0

0

Round 4 Match 04

Zhao, Xue

CHN

GM

2474

½

½

Skripchenko, Almira

FRA

IM

2460

½

½