Navara ties Hou Yifan in Prague: 2-2; loses tie-break |
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| Friday, 14 June 2013 | ||||
 Photo from the official website  The highest-rated Czech player David Navara (2707) faced ex-Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan (2595) in a 4-game match in Prague. All the games were drawn. UPDATE: After exchanging blows in blitz (1-1), Hou Yifan won the decisive Armageddon game. View the games Hou Yifan will be challenging the reigning Women's World Chess Champion in a match in September 2013, so this can be regarded as a good way to prepare. David has faced many other notable GMs in such matches, namely: 2005: Anatoly Karpov, 1-1, draw 2006: Boris Gelfand, 2-2, draw 2007: Nigel Short, 7-3, rapid+Fischer Random, win 2008: Vladimir Kramnik, 2.5-5,5, rapid, loss 2009: Vassily Ivanchuk, 2.5-5.5, rapid, loss 2010: Judit Polgar: 2-6, rapid, loss 2011: Sergey Movsesian, 3.5-2.5, win 2012: Peter Svidler, 1-3, loss  Hou Yifan also gave a simul and won with a 19-1 score (two draws) Women's live chess ratings
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