Antoaneta Stefanova with at least four medals from the beginning of October
Published on: 04.11.2008, 17:38
Author: Diana Stoykova
Four medals, two golden and two silver, has won gross master Antoaneta Stefanova during the last month.
First in the Chinese capital Beijing the ex-world and European champion won a golden medal in accelerated chess and a sliver medal in blitz at the first World Mind Games in Beijing.
At the European Club Cup in Calethea (Greece) Stefanova won a silver medal with her new team Spartak Vidnoe (Russia) and a golden medal on the second board.
“The competition was really hard. In Beijing it was difficult, because of the trip, the time difference and the new rules. I lost the blitz from Alexandra Kostenjuk, but at the accelerated games I compensated the loss”, stated Lazarova.
Until the end of the year she will take part in a tournament in Barcelona where she will be the only woman.
From 12 to 25 November in Dresden the Chess Olympic Games will be held, where Stefanova will be the first board of the Bulgarian team.
“I hope that I will perform well on both tournaments”, adds Antoaneta.
Source: http://international.ibox.bg/
Good for her. She’s cuter than Kosteniuk.
Oooh Stefka..
This is good for GM’s born on April 19th.
I don’t think she is a gross master. At least she doesn’t like loke it in the picture.
Lost in translation again-
It is “grand”, not “gross” master
This is because in Bulgarian the highest title in chess is pronounced not grand, but gross literally
She is a gorgeous chesster, I can say that! I think, if they can create a Women’s Chess League, much like the LPGA in golf, there might be more fans watching chess games than the men’s league with these kind of players.
I will watch Stefanova, Kosteniuk and the likes more than Anand, Topalov, Kamsky, Carlsen . . . Don’t you think so? Especially if you have to watch them for 4 long hours . . . .right?