Chess Queen™ Kosteniuk beats Hou Yifan in Eilat 2012
Today was the first round of the European Club Cup 2012 in Eilat, Israel. I am playing for the team “SHSM” which is composed exclusively of players from Moscow, with Russian Champion Gunina on the second board and Kovalevskaya on the 3rd board. We played against the top rated team Monaco, which has hired the current world champion Hou Yifan on the first, Humpy Koneru on the second, Anna Muzychuk on the third. So it was a fierce match, and especially the first board match was the most watched in the tournament, with me playing Hou Yifan, that is the 12th women’s world chess champion playing the current 13th women’s world chess champion. I decided to give her a little surprise, and for the first time in my life…
played the Caro-Kann defence with black! I ended up winning the game, and you can watch it in an applet on the site www.chess-king.com. Or you can download a PDF generated by Chess King (ad). I recommend you get Chess King, I worked on its development. The discount brings the price down to $49 which is incredible for all the power it contains, strong enough for a GM but so easy that anybody can use it.
The position after my last move 59… Ne4. The threat of Rh8 mate is too strong. If white plays 60. Kh3 there is a fork 60… Nf2+ winning the rook. A wonderful coordination between the rook, knight and pawn to achieve a “back rank” mate:
A photo taken from the official tournament web site:
They should have written “World Champions”, as Hou Yifan is the 13th Women’s World Chess Champion and I’m the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion.
Posted by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk
12th women’s world chess champion
www.chessqueen.com
Tags: Alexandra Kosteniuk, eilat chess, European Club Cup, Game, Hou Yifan
Posted in Chess, Chess Tournament, Uncategorized | 22 Comments »
Ultimate fantastic congrats Chess Queen yayayaya
you’ve made my chess year – this is the game of the year Chess Queen so proud of you!
The Chess Queen strikes again!!!
Stunner of the Year
World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk
She’s All That!
What fantastic ballistic play too bad I couldn’t follow it live but just replaying it in Chess King gave me all the excitement Congratulations the true blue Chess Queen – May Caissa be more benevolent and I hope to see you win the Women’s World Chess Championship again this year for second time
no big surprise for me that’s why they call you Chess Queen – Congratulations!!!
The Russian beauty is very very dangerous – Admire you Chess Queen – going to throw a party in your honor today. As predicted your rating goes up and up!!!
Absolutely fantastic performance super chess queen
Ashley
congrats miss kosteniuk!!!…i have a big crush on you…keep it up!..i love u!
A Great Win over Great Player by Chess Queen with surprising Caro-Kann opening !!
Congratulations Alexandra Kosteniuk !!!
Great gunS. AlexandraisTHECHESSQUEEN
Very thrilling you are the best Sasha
super performance
very very nice endgame i like the double threat on f2 for knight fork and the h8 checkmate superb play Senorita Alexandra
Congratulations Alexandra! It was a very interesting game, partially because you both tried to draw by a triple repetition but both refused.
i give full marks to both the world chess champions but Alexandra is the Chess Queen so Hou Yifan shouldn’t feel bad about losing that one. Great play Senorita
You have great calculation and depth in your game. It is inspiring and so impressive. Blessings and hoping to see you win the world chess crown again later this year.
good girl good Chess Queen
Did anyone notice – both world chess champions hou yifan and anand lost this week. also… kosteniuk has now beaten anand, carlsen, polgar, hou yifan, aronian, grischuk, stefanova, zhu chen, – no other woman has beaten so many top players and so many world chess champions among them. She’s a Chess Queen!
I see Chess King is compatible with PCs. Can it be used on a MAC computer?
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