by National Life Master Loal Davis
Rate of play:
90 minutes in 40 moves +
30 minutes all moves +
30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1
Schedule : * UTC/GMT +8 hours
2017, April 5 14:30 – Game 1
2017, April 6 14:30 – Game 2
2017, April 7 14:30 – Game 3
2017, April 8 14:30 – Game 4
2017, April 9 14:30 – Playoff (if applicable)
# Name Pts
1 Ivanchuk, Vassily 3
2 Hou, Yifan 1
[Event “Hou Yifan vs Vassily Ivanchuk – Match”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[PlyCount “60”]
[EventDate “2017.04.13”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf5 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14.
Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. g3 Rec8 19. Rc6 a5 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 a4 22. Rdc1 Ba3 23. R1c2 axb3 24. axb3 Rab8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26.
Rxc7 h6 27. Rd7 Rxb3 28. Rxd5 Rxd3 29. Ra5 Rxd4 30. Rxa3 h5 1/2-1/2
[Event “Hou Yifan vs Vassily Ivanchuk – Match”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.06”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Hou, Yifan (CHN)”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “84”]
[EventDate “2017.04.13”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.13”]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. c3
Bf8 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. h3 h6 12. d4 Qc7 13. c4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15.
Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. Nd4 Re5 18. Bf4 Qxb2 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21.
Qd3 a5 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Re2 g6 24. Bd1 a4 25. Nc1 Qe7 26. Bxa4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Rd8
28. Re3 h5 29. Nd3 Bh6 30. Rf3 Ncxe4 31. Re1 Rd4 32. c5 Nd5 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. Qb2
Ndf6 35. Qc2 Qc7 36. Qe2 Nd2 37. Qxe5 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qd7 39. Nb2 Bf4 40. Qe7
Qxh3 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg5 0-1
[Event “Hou Yifan vs Vassily Ivanchuk – Match”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Hou, Yifan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[PlyCount “37”]
[EventDate “2017.04.13”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.13”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ng5 Nd5 11. e4 Ne7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8
15. Ne4 f6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “Hou Yifan vs Vassily Ivanchuk – Match”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Hou, Yifan”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “40”]
[EventDate “2017.04.13”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.13”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5
Ne7 9. Nh4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qd2 f5 16. Qh6 Ra6 17. f4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Be3 20. Rad1 Qe7 0-1