Hou Yifan strikes again!

The sixth match game

Another win with Black has left World champion Hou Yifan with a dominating 4-2 lead. The Challenger Humpy Koneru gave up a pawn for activity, but Hou Yifan responded by giving it back for decent counterplay in a queenless middlegame. Later, from move 30 onwards, in a balanced position, Humpy Koneru completely lost the thread and fell into a mating net just before the time control.

So summing up the sixth match game:

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

So Hou Yifan now leads by two points with four games to go:

Name	Rating	Country	Age	Highest ever rating	World rank	Points
Hou Yifan	2578	China	17	2612 (May 2011)	3	4
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

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

More information from the World Chess Federation website:

http://www.fide.com/

and

http://www.wwcc2011tirana.com