November 21, 2011 6:28 PM

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Koneru Humpy settles for fourth draw against Hou Yifan

Victory continues to elude Grandmaster Koneru Humpy in the Women's World Chess Championship at Tirana , Albania . The Indian had to settle for her fourth draw out of five games against defending champion Yifan Hou of China . With one loss and four draws in the 10-game contest, Humpy continues to trail Yifan by a full point at 2-3. But Humpy will have the advantage of playing white in the sixth game and, overall, the Indian will have three white games out of the next five.In case of a tied result, games of shorter duration will be played to determine the winner in this Two Lakh Euros prize money championship.The fifth game showed that Humpy's preparation has been quite up to the task. In effect, in all the games so far, the Indian has had a reasonable opening and looked the better prepared player but Humpy's loss in the third game seems to have landed her in trouble.

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