The closing ceremony of the Women’s World Championship took place in Sochi The official closing ceremony of the Women’s World Chess Championship took place in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on April 6. 64 players from 28 countries competed for the chess crown from March 16 to April 5. In the final match Mariya Muzychuk […]
The Queen with “The Queen”
Photo by Jurriaan Hoefsmit The Queen with “The Queen” The world chess champion Hou Yifan was pleasantly surprised by Dutch chess ambassador Hans Bohm during the prizegiving of Tata Steel tournament last Sunday in Wijk aan Zee. The Chinese first lady was delighted to be presented with the new book by Hans Bohm & Yochanan […]
Chess Queen Hou Yifan retains Women’s GP lead after 4 rounds
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Aiming to be future Chess Queens
Check out sisters hoping to become UK queens of chess9:30am Saturday 17th August 2013 in OxfordBy Katriona Ormiston, Reporter YOU may checkmate one but you’d be lucky to beat them both. Because two sisters from Oxford are a force to be reckoned with at the finals of the Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge this weekend. […]
Meet the teenage Irish Chess Queen
Check mates: Meet the teenage chess queen Diana Mirza’s dad has nurtured her talent but many of our gifted children need more support Chrissie Russell – 22 July 2013 Like many 13-year-olds Diana Mirza is a big Rihanna fan. The Limerick schoolgirl is also a devotee of top teen fiction writer Jacqueline Wilson and has […]
Humpy Koneru, the Chess Queen of Dilijan Women’s GP
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Women’s Grand Prix Final Round: The Chess Queen vs the leader
http://geneva2013.fide.com Muzychuk trails Khotenashvili by 1/2 point. But she will have white against Kosteniuk, while Khotenashvili will have black against the Chess Queen Anna Ushenina. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Queens Ushenina and Pogonina win Russian Team Championship (women)
The Russian Teams Chess Championship for women was decided on the first tiebreak criteria – individual game points. This scenario was also seen in the main event. Coincidentally, the difference between the first two teams was also 1.5 points. Report of the main event / Replay all the games with computer analysis Yugra played against the […]
The Chess Queen advanced chess match ends in a tie
First official advanced chess match in Ukraine ends in thrilling draw April 2, 2013, 5:35 p.m. Sports — by Mark Rachkevych Kyiv’s Radisson Blu hotel hosted the nation’s first officially sanctioned advanced, or computer-assisted, chess match on April 2 between reigning women’s chess champion Anna Ushenina and women’s international master Olena Boytsun. The match ended […]