New women’s chess tournament seeks to get girls into the gameThe Turkish Chess Federation and İş Bank are organizing the first of what is hoped to be a tradition of major international women’s events in İstanbul, aiming in the...
Shocking results in Turkey
Former Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen is the top seed at the Ataturk Women’s Tournament. But after 3 rounds, she has 0 point! So is IM Anna Ushenina, who recently broke the 2500 rating mark. 2nd seed Yifan Hou...
9 decisive results in 10 games
After 2 rounds and 1o games, there is only one single draw. Now only if we can have this in all tournaments. Round 2 results: GM CHEN Zhu 2548 0 – 1 GM CRAMLING Pia 2524WGM YIFAN Hou 2527...
No draw for the ladies
Every game in the first round of the Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament in Turkey are decisive. Here are the results: Krush 1-0 Zhu ChenJavakhishvili 1-0 Zhao XueUshenina 0-1 Hou YifanYildiz 0-1 CramlingE. Atalik 1-0 Harika Here is...