11 November 2010
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2o1o

Scenic Sanya, Hainan, China
Hello Everyone,
We’ve been following the Anatoly Karpov – Hou Yifan Gender Match taking place at at Wenhua Oriental Hotel, Sanya City, Hainan in China from November 6-11, 2010.
The Match including 4 games and 2 rapid games, Time control: 90 min for the games + incremental time of 30 seconds from 1st move. Rapid games time control: 25 min for the game + incremental time of 10 seconds from 1st move.
Karpov had won the first game and all the three subsequent games were drawn. The rapid games are to be held on Thursday and we will bring you updates.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk’s
Also see her personal blog at




