The youngest player of this tournament won the event by a full point. Yifan Hou took a quick draw against Javakhishvili to ensure herself of a first place finish. Zhao Xue defeated the former tournament leader to finish clear third while Pia Cramling drew Anna Ushenina to finish in clear second. Final round results: WIM […]
Hou secures at least a tie for 1st
Yifan Hou has secured at least a tie for first with one round to go at the Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament in Turkey. Final round will take place tomorrow. Here are the full standings: 1. WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 CHN 6½2. GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 5½3. IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 54. […]
Critical round 8 for the ladies in Turkey
Round 8 pairings and results: GM CHEN Zhu 2548 1-0 IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455IM KRUSH Irina 2473 0-1 WGM XUE Zhao 2517IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 0-1 WGM YIFAN Hou 2527IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 1-0 GM CRAMLING Pia 2524IM USHENINA Anna 2484 1-0 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 YIFAN Hou 6½CRAMLING Pia 5½ATALIK Ekaterina 5XUE Zhao […]
Hou and Cramling back in the lead
Standings after 7 rounds:1-2. WGM HOU Yifan 2527 CHN 5½GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 5½ 3. IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 5 4-5. WGM ZHAO Xue 2517 CHN 3½IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 3½ 6-7. IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 3IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 3 8. WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 2½ 9. […]
Yifan Hou 1-0 Irina Krush
Final position WGM Yifan Hou – IM Irina KrushAtaturk International Women Masters Chess 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c4 fxe4 13.Bxe4 Rc8 14.0–0 Bg7 15.f4 Nd4 16.Qh5 b4 17.Nxb4 Qb6 18.Nd5 Qxb2 19.f5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 0–0 21.f6 Bxf6 […]
Atatürk International Women Masters Tournament Update
GM Cramling defeated tournament leader IM Atalik while WGM Yifan Hou defeated IM Irina Krush to share the lead once gain.Round 7 matchups and results: IM USHENINA Anna 2484 1/2 GM CHEN Zhu 2548WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 1-0 IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 1-0 IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 1-0 […]
Local favorite leads Turkey women’s tournament
Local favorite IM Ekaterina Atalik defeated fellow Turkish representative WIM Yildiz to take over the sole lead. Cramling and Yifan both drew and they fell 1/2 point back. Former Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen finally scored her first win. Round 6 results: GM ZHU Chen 2548 1-0 WGM ZHAO Xue 2517IM KRUSH Irina 2473 ½-½ […]
More fireworks in Turkey for the ladies
GM Cramling defeated IM Dronavalli and IM Atalik defeated IM Ushenina while Yifan Hou drew Xue to set set a 3 way tie for the lead one again. Irina lost to the lowest rated player of the event and Zhu Chen finally ended her 4-game losing streak by drawing IM Javakhishvili. Round 5 results: IM […]
Hou wins, Chen lost again
Former Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen (Photo by Accoona) Yifan Hou won again today to move into the clear lead at the Atatürk International Women Masters Tournament. She is on pace for another GM norm. In the mean time, former Women’s World Champion and the event #1 seed GM Zhu Chen lost again. That is […]
Endgame mistakes
Position after 42.Rxe3 It is hard to imagine that Black could lose this position, especially when Black is more than 100 points higher than White. Atalik, Ekaterina (IM) – Chen, Zhu (GM)Ataturk International WomenIstanbul (3), 13.03.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Bd6 9.0–0 Qe7 10.a3 […]