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Alexandra a draw away from title

NEW DELHI: Russia’s Alexandra Kosteniuk moved within a draw of winning the women’s world chess championship after a 72-move deadlock with Chinese teenager Hou Yifan in the third game at Nalchik, Russia, on Tuesday.

Alexandra leads the best-of-four final 2-1.

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