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Gibraltar Open Tournament 2012 (Final)

Published February 2, 2012 | By DoughBoy
 Gibraltar Open Tournament 2012 (Final)
 

 Gibraltar Open Tournament 2012 (Final)

Photo  Ray Morris-Hill

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Nigel Short and Yifan Hou tied for first in the Gibraltar Open Tournament 2012; the strongest open tournament (to-date) in all chess history.  Short won the tie-breakers (two rapids games); I’ve elected NOT to include those games in the attached pgn file/games (See Comments) as I think rapids games to tie-break classical chess tournaments is ‘unmitigated mule merd’.
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I think a breakdown of how each of these winners fared against players in excess of 2700 deserves a look.
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Yifan Hou (2605)

 

Win                  Almasi (2717)

Draw               Adams(2724)

Loss                 Sasikiran (2700)

Win                  Polgar (2710)

Win                  Li (2714)

Win                  Shirov (2710)

Draw               Mamedyarov (2747)

Nigel Short (2677)

 

Win                     Mamedyarov (2747)

Draw                   Le (2714)

Draw                   Almasi (2717)

Win                     Sasikiran (2700)

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I’m a tremendous fan of both players and am absolutely stunned/flabbergasted at the line-up and results from Hou.

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Congratulations to both players.

 

Posted in Hou Yifan, Nigel Short, Tournaments and Championships

3 Responses to Gibraltar Open Tournament 2012 (Final)

  • DoughBoy says:
    February 2, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Games Of Nigel Short
    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.24"]
    [Round "1.15"]
    [White "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Black "Melia, Salome"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2677"]
    [BlackElo "2398"]
    [PlyCount "109"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Bf4 Nd5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Ra7 13. O-O Nc6 14. e4 Bc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Qc3 Qa4 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Qxc7 Bd8 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Na5 23. Rc5 Nb7 24. Rc6 Na5 25. Rc3 Rb7 26. b3 Be7 27. Rc2 Bb4 28. Bf4 h6 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. Ne5 Bd6 31. Bd2 Rc7 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 a5 34. a4 Be7 35. Kf1 Rd7 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5 Raa7 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. f4 Kf8 40. g4 Rb8 41. Rc6 Bd8 42. Rc5 Bb6 43. Rb5 Bc7 44. Be3 Ra6 45. h4 Rg6 46. Kf3 Rf6 47. e5 Ra6 48. h5 g6 49. Ke4 gxh5 50. gxh5 Rab6 51. Bxb6 Rxb6 52. Rc5 Bd8 53. Bc4 Rb8 54. f5 f6 55. exf6 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.25"]
    [Round "2.13"]
    [White "Baron, Tal"]
    [Black "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2498"]
    [BlackElo "2677"]
    [PlyCount "100"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
    Qe2 b5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Bd5 13. Rfe1 b4 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Qe3 c5 20. d5 Re8 21. Bh3 Qc7 22. Qd3 Nf8 23. Re3 Rbd8 24. Rbe1 Re7 25. Qb1 Rde8 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rde8 28. Qd3 exd5 29. Qxf5 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qd8 31. Bf1 d4 32. e4 Qe7 33. e5 Bg7 34. Bd3 Qe6 35. Qg5 Qh6 36. Qf5 Bc8 37. Qe4 Nd7 38. Qd5 Qh5 39. Ne4 Qxf3 40. Nf6+ Qxf6 41. exf6 Rxe1+ 42. Kf2 Nxf6 43. Qxc5 Re8 44. Kg2 Bb7+ 45. Kh3 Ne4 46. Bxe4 Bxe4 47. Qd6 d3 48. c5 Re6 49. Qd8+ Bf8 50. Kg4 Rc6 0-1

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.26"]
    [Round "3.1"]
    [White "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2677"]
    [BlackElo "2747"]
    [PlyCount "63"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
    O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. d4 g6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Bb3 Qf6 19. d5 Nf4 20. c4 Nb6 21. Rc1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Rac8 24. Qc2 Be7 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Ne2 Bd8 27. Ned4 Rb8 28. Qa4 Kf8 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Qb2 31. a3 f5 32. e5 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.27"]
    [Round "4.2"]
    [White "Brunello, Sabino"]
    [Black "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2581"]
    [BlackElo "2677"]
    [PlyCount "56"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 d4 15. Rxd4 Qb6 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Nc3 a3 18. bxa3 Re8 19. Rd4 Nb6 20. a4 Be6 21. Rb1 Bc5 22. Rd3 h6 23. h4 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf1 Bb4 26. Qb2 Bc5 27. Qc2 Bb4 28. Qb2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.28"]
    [Round "5.2"]
    [White "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2677"]
    [BlackElo "2714"]
    [PlyCount "61"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. a3 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Ne8 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. f4 Qd7 15. Rae1 f5 16. Kh2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 e5 19. c3 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Rce8 21. d4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Nh5 23. Rff1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Kg7 28. Bf3 Nf6 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. h4 h6 31. Qf4 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.29"]
    [Round "6.8"]
    [White "Koneru, Humpy"]
    [Black "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2589"]
    [BlackElo "2677"]
    [PlyCount "90"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. g3 a5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 d6 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. b3 Bd7 11. Nb2 Ra3 12. Nf3 Qa8 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd1 O-O 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. Nc2 Bf5 18. Nfe1 Ra8 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxa3 Nd2 22. Qc2 bxa3 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nd3 Qa5 25. Rfd1 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nd4 27. Qd2 Qa6 28. Nb4 Qxc4 29. Rac1 Qb5 30. Rxc7 h6 31. Qc3 Ra4 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Qf3 Qe8 34. Rxb7 Ne5 35. Qb3 Ra8 36. Na6 Qd8 37. Nc7 Rc8 38. Nb5 d3 39. Nxa3 d2 40. Nb1 Nc4 41. Qd3 Qa5 42. Re7 Qb4 43. Qf5 Rf8 44. Qc2 Rb8 45. Nc3 Qb2 0-1

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.30"]
    [Round "7.4"]
    [White "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2677"]
    [BlackElo "2535"]
    [PlyCount "74"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 d6 5. Nec3 Nge7 6. Bc4 a6 7. a4 Nb4 8. d3 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. f4 Bxd5 11. exd5 exf4 12. Qe2 g5 13. h4 Bg7 14. hxg5 Be5 15. c3 Kf8 16. a5 Ng6 17. Rh5 Kg7 18. Kd1 h6 19. gxh6+ Rxh6 20. Rxh6 Kxh6 21. Bd2 Kg7 22. Kc2 Qg5 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Be1 Kg7 26. Qe4 Ne7 27. Bf2 Qg6 28. Qxg6+ fxg6 29. d4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Bf6 31. Kd3 Nf5 32. b4 Bd8 33. Ke4 Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Kxe3 Kf7 36. Bd3 Bg5+ 37. Ke2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.31"]
    [Round "8.2"]
    [White "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2677"]
    [BlackElo "2717"]
    [PlyCount "80"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
    Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 O-O 11. e4 Bg6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Bf1 Bb4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qf4 Bc5 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. h4 d4 22. Qe5 Bd6 23. Qd5 Rd8 24. Qc4 Bf4 25. Re1 Qa5 26. b4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. g3 Bd6 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxd4 Bxa3 32. Nxe6 Bxb2 33. Nf4 Bd4 34. Nxg6 fxg6 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Ra4 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxb7 Ra2 39. Bg2 Rxf2 40. Be4 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.02.01"]
    [Round "9.8"]
    [White "Salem, A R Saleh"]
    [Black "Short, Nigel D"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2505"]
    [BlackElo "2677"]
    [PlyCount "72"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
    Nc6 9. O-O Rb8 10. b3 a6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Rb1 Bc7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Ne4 b6 16. f4 f5 17. N4c3 Nf7 18. e4 Nd6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf8 21. f5 Nxc4 22. Nf4 Be5 23. fxe6 Bxc3 24. exd7 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxd7 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Rb3 Ne5 29. Bb2 Rbe8 30. Rh3 Bxg4 31. Rh4 Bf5 32. Rh5 Ng6 33. Rg5 Bd3 34. Rg4 Rxf4 35. Rfxf4 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Nxf4+ 0-1

    [Event "Gibraltar 2012"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.02.02"]
    [Round "10"]
    [White "GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND"]
    [Black "GM Short, Nigel ENG"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A62"]
    [WhiteElo "2700"]
    [BlackElo "2677"]
    [PlyCount "100"]
    [EventDate "2012.02.02"]
    [SourceDate "2012.02.02"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
    O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 h6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Ra3 a6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. b3 Ng4 17. Bb2 f5 18. e3 g5 19. Raa1 Bb7 20. Rae1 Rbe8 21. h3 Ne5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Kh2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Kh7 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Bc8 27. Rf3 Rg8 28. Rg1 Bf6 29. Bh1 Ne5 30. Rfg3 Rxg3 31. Rxg3 Nxc4 32. Bc1 Bh4 33. Rf3 Qg7 34. Ne2 Nb6 35. e4 Rxe4 36. Rb3 Re8 37. Bf3 Bf2 38. Bg4 Qg6 39. Rxb6 fxg4 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rxd6+ Kf7 42. Ng3 Re1 43. Bd2 Rg1 44. Rf6+ Kxf6 45. Ne4+ Kf7 46. Nxf2 Ra1 47. hxg4 Ra2 48. Be3 Bxg4 49. Kg3 Bf5 50. Bxc5 Ra5 0-1

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  • DoughBoy says:
    February 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Games of Yifan Hou
    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.24"]
    [Round "1.25"]
    [White "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Black "Schiendorfer, Emanuel"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2605"]
    [BlackElo "2354"]
    [PlyCount "129"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. f4 Re8 13. h4 Ng4 14. Qe2 h5 15. e5 d5 16. Rd3 Qa5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Kb1 Be8 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Re1 Rec7 21. f5 Rc4 22. f6 g6 23. Nd1 Kh7 24. c3 Qc7 25. Nf3 Bb5 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Rdxe3 Rg4 28. Qf2 Qa5 29. Rd1 Bc4 30. b3 Qb6 31. Nd4 a5 32. Rg3 Be2 33. Rd2 Rxg3 34. Qxg3 Bg4 35. a4 Qc5 36. Kb2 Qf8 37. Qd3 Qh6 38. Rf2 Rc5 39. g3 Bf5 40. Qf3 Bg4 41. Qd3 Qf8 42. Nb5 Rc6 43. Nd6 Rxd6 44. exd6 Qxd6 45. Rd2 Qe5 46. Qd4 Qe1 47. Qf2 Qxf2 48. Rxf2 g5 49. hxg5 Kg6 50. b4 Bd1 51. bxa5 Bxa4 52. Ka3 Bb5 53. Kb4 Ba6 54. Kc5 Kxg5 55. Kd6 Bb5 56. Rf4 Ba6 57. Ke5 Bb5 58. Rb4 Ba6 59. Rb6 Kg6 60. Rd6 Bb5 61. Rd8 Kh7 62. Rf8 Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kh6 64. Rb8 Ba6 65. Rf8 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.25"]
    [Round "2.21"]
    [White "Hunt, Adam C"]
    [Black "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2462"]
    [BlackElo "2605"]
    [PlyCount "56"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
    Be7 9. h4 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bh3 Nc5 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Rdg1 b5 15. Bf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qh5 Ne6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. gxf6 g6 20. f3 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. h5 g5 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Rxg5 Rxg5 26. Qxg5 Ne6 27. Qg2 Bd7 28. Rg1 Qb6 0-1

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.26"]
    [Round "3.3"]
    [White "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2605"]
    [BlackElo "2717"]
    [PlyCount "67"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
    8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 g5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Rad1 Kc8 15. c4 b6 16. Nd2 Bg7 17. Ne4 Kb7 18. Rd2 a5 19. f4 a4 20. g4 Nd4 21. b4 a3 22. Ba1 Ra4 23. bxc5 Rxc4 24. Nxc7 Kxc7 25. cxb6+ Kc6 26. Bxd4 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Bf8 28. f5 Bc8 29. Bf2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc3 31. Ne4 Rc2 32. Rd8 Bb7 33. Rxf8 Rxa2 34. e6 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.27"]
    [Round "4.1"]
    [White "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Black "Adams, Michael"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2605"]
    [BlackElo "2724"]
    [PlyCount "62"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
    d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bd2 Qg4 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bf8 26. a4 Nb6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bf2 g6 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. Kg2 h5 31. Bd1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.28"]
    [Round "5.5"]
    [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
    [Black "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2700"]
    [BlackElo "2605"]
    [PlyCount "117"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. a3 h6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Nc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd6 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne1 Nc4 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. e4 e5 22. Be3 Re8 23. Nc2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 exd4 25. Nxd4 Qg4 26. h3 Qg6 27. Nf5 Qe6 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Qf4 Rad8 30. Re1 Qa2 31. Ra1 Qb2 32. Qc1 Qf6 33. Qc7 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxd8+ Qxd8 36. Rxe4 Qc8 37. h4 Qc3 38. Rd1 Qxa3 39. Rxd6 Kh7 40. Rdd4 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Kh2 h5 43. Re5 g6 44. Rf4 Qd7 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Ref3 Qd5 47. Rf6 Qa2 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Rxf7 Qxf7 50. Rxf7 Kxf7 51. Kf3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. f3 Kc6 54. g4 Kc7 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. f4 Kd6 57. f5 Kd7 58. Ke5 Ke7 59. f6+ 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.29"]
    [Round "6.18"]
    [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
    [Black "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2483"]
    [BlackElo "2605"]
    [PlyCount "78"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
    Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Qb6 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qb7 14. Be3 Bxd5 15. exd5 Be7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. f4 O-O 18. f5 Rc4 19. b3 e4 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Kb1 Rfc8 22. Rhf1 Qa6 23. Rf2 Qa5 24. Bd4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 b4 27. Be3 Qb5 28. Rc4 Bf6 29. Bf4 Qb6 30. Rd2 Bc3 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kc2 Qa1 33. Rexe4 Qxa2+ 34. Kd3 Qxb3 35. Ke2 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qxd5 38. g4 Kh7 39. Ke2 b3 0-1

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.30"]
    [Round "7.7"]
    [White "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Black "Polgar, Judit"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2605"]
    [BlackElo "2710"]
    [PlyCount "93"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8.
    Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Ke7 13. Rhd1 Nf4 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. R6d2 g5 16. Na4 d5 17. g3 Ng6 18. Re1 Kf6 19. Bh5 Rb4 20. Nc3 d4 21. e5+ Nxe5 22. Ne4+ Ke7 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. f4 Rb5 27. Rde2 Kf6 28. Bf3 c5 29. a4 Rb4 30. Rxc5 Rxa4 31. b3 Rb4 32. Be4 Bg4 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Ree5 Be6 36. Kd2 Rbb6 37. Ra5 Rbc6 38. Ra4 Rb6 39. Re4 Bf5 40. Rexd4 Re6 41. Bc4 Rec6 42. Ra5 Bc8 43. Bd3 Be6 44. Rd8 Bc8 45. Rad5 Be6 46. Rh5 Kg7 47. f5 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.01.31"]
    [Round "8.3"]
    [White "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2605"]
    [BlackElo "2714"]
    [PlyCount "79"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O
    Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Qe1 b6 15. e5 Bb7 16. Bg3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rac8 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bd6 23. Nf3 f5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Bd3 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Qe3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxb6 Bd4 31. Qd3 Rxa4 32. Rxe6 Qa3 33. Qe2 h6 34. Rxh6 gxh6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kg6 37. Ne6 Bc5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Nxf8 Bxf8 40. Qf7+ 1-0

    [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 "]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.02.01"]
    [Round "9.2"]
    [White "Shirov, Alexei"]
    [Black "Hou, Yifan"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A00"]
    [WhiteElo "2710"]
    [BlackElo "2605"]
    [PlyCount "106"]
    [EventDate "2012.01.24"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
    Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Be7 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rf7 Nc6 26. Rxg7 Rf8 27. Kg1 Nb4 28. Rb7 Nxc2 29. Rxb5 Ke7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Rb2 Ne3 32. Kf2 Nc4 33. Rb7+ Kd6 34. Bd1 e5 35. Rh7 Nb2 36. Rxh6+ Kc5 37. Bc2 Nxa4 38. h4 Nc3 39. Bf5 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 Nd1 43. g4 Ne3+ 44. Ke1 Kd4 45. Bc8 Ng2+ 46. Kd1 e4 47. h5 e3 48. Ba6 Nf4 49. Rb6 Nd3 50. Bxd3 Kxd3 51. Rb3+ Ke4 52. h6 d4 53. h7 Rh2 0-1

    [Event "Gibraltar 2012"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "2012.02.02"]
    [Round "10"]
    [White "GM Hou Yifan CHN 2605"]
    [Black "GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "B07"]
    [WhiteElo "2605"]
    [BlackElo "2747"]
    [PlyCount "91"]
    [EventDate "2012.02.02"]
    [SourceDate "2012.02.02"]

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e5
    dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nbd7 11. c4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. a3
    Nxe5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qd4 f6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Qe4 Kf7 19. Bg3 axb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. f4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Nd7 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6 25. f5+ Ke7 26. Bxc7 Rhe8 27. Rb1 Ra7 28. Rbd1 Nf8 29. Rb1 Kf7 30. c5 Re7 31. Bd6 Rd7 32. Rdb4 h5 33. Rh4 Nh7 34. Rxh5 Kg8 35. Rh4 Ra8 36. Rb6 Ng5 37. Rhb4 Ra7 38. Bb8 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Rd5 40. Rxb7 Rxf5 41. Bd6 Ra2 42. Rg4 Rf3 43. h4 Rh3+ 44. Kg1 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 1/2-1/2

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