Irina Krush is at +2 and Marc Arnold is at +1 after 5 rounds. That means that Irina has to score 3 / 4 while Marc has to score 3.5 / 4 for GM norms. The good news is...
Markowitz Welcomes ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ of Chess
Markowitz Welcomes ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ of Chess by Brooklyn Eagle, published online 08-22-2011 On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz welcomed Brooklynites Gata Kamsky — the reigning United States Chess Champion and World Rapid Chess Champion —...
5 straight for Krush
http://www.saintlouischessclub.org Standings after 6 rounds 1 IM Krush, Irina 2472 x 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 2 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2350 1 x ½ ½ 0 1 1 4.0 3 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla 2342 ½ x 0...
Krush continues her domination of WWB Semi
Top 6 finishers qualify for the final stage. Final top 20 Place SNo. Title Name Fed. FIDE Total MBch. Bch. Wins 1 3 IM Krush, Irina USA 2490 19.0 162.50 192.50 8 2 10 WGM Nebolsina, Vera RUS 2360...
Video from Women’s World Blitz Semi by EE
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Irina Krush dominates Women’s World Blitz Semi
Irina won the Semifinal Women’s World Chess Blitz Championship 2010 by 2 full points with the score of 12.5 / 14! Unfortunately, not too many websites even bother to cover this event so far. I hope that the coverage...
Final standings from St. Louis
Final standings: Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 IM Irina Krush 2521 x ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 2 IM Anna Zatonskih 2518 ½ x...
Breaking News: Krush wins 2010 U.S. Women’s Championship
With a win over Abby Marshall and a draw by Anna Zatonskih against Sabina Foisor, Irina Krush is the 2010 U.S. Women’s Champion! This was a tough 3-way race between Anna Zatonskih, Irina Krush and Tatev Abrahamyan. Congratulations to...
Krushin’ chess tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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“Paparazzi” Finegold
America’s newest GM Ben Finegold (resident GM at http://saintlouischessclub.org) “secretly” video taping and taking pictures of the last game of round 7 between IM Dean Ippolito and IM Irina Krush. Dean is at +2 and needs to score +3...