GM Dzagnidze (Georgia – 2534 -4th seed), GM Lahno (Ukraine – 2539 – 3rd seed), GM Hou Yifan (China – 2578 – 2nd seed), and GM T. Kosintseva (Russia – 2573 – Top seed) All four of them are top rated female players in their respective countries. All four of them are playing board one […]
Lahno, the new Blitz Chess Queen
Kateryna Lahno – Women’s World Blitz championBy WGM Yana Melnikova The Russian State Social University and the Moscow Chess Federation in co-operation with the Russian Chess Federation and under the aegis of FIDE organized the 2010 FIDE Women’s World Blitz Championship from September 15 to September 18, 2010. The final tournament was a double round-robin […]
Congratulations to GM Lahno for winning the 2010 WWBC
I would like to congratulate GM Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) again for winning the 2010 Women’s World Blitz Championship in Moscow, Russia! I must say that I am disappointed that there has been little coverage of this exciting event. It is also strange that it is now the following day in Moscow, Russia (where the event […]
Lahno wins 2010 Women’s World Blitz Championship
My reign as the Women’s World Blitz Champion is now officially passed on to GM Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine. After 29 (of 30 rounds), Kateryna has clinched the title. Congratulations to GM Kateryna Lahno, the new Chess Queen of Blitz Chess! No. Title Name Fed. FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 […]
Lahno continues to dominate WWBC
Standings after 25 (of 30) rounds: No. Title Name Fed. FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total 1 GM Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2539 X 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 19.0 2 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta […]
Women’s World Blitz Championship Update
Standings after 20 (of 30 rounds) No. Title Name Fed. FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total 1 GM Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2539 X 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 15.0 2 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta […]
Women’s World Blitz Championship Video by EE
Special thanks to our friends at Europe Echecs for sharing the video with us. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lahno leads Women’s World Blitz at the half
After 15 (of 30 rounds), GM Lahno of Ukraine (married to my friend GM Robert Fontaine of France, an excellent reporter/journalist for Europe Echecs, the #1 French chess media source) is leading the 2010 Women’s World Blitz Championship, 1 point ahead of former WWC Stefanova, and 3.5 points ahead of WWC Kosteniuk. This is considered […]
Congratulations to GMs Fontaine and Lahno!
Mylène Fontaine, Robert Fontaine, Kateryna Lahno, Gérard Demuydt et Bachar Kouatly I just got an email from my friend Gérard Demuydt of Europe Echecs to inform me of the wedding of GMs Fontaine and Lahno! Congratulations to the couple! http://www.echecs.com/actualites/actualites-kateryna-lahno-et-robert-fontaine-pour-la-vie-a-jamais-unis…-1781.html Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lahno, the latest woman to become a GM
In the last list of titles approved by FIDE, Tran Thanh Hoang of Hungary (orginally from Vietnam) was confirmed with the GM title. She is currently the #19 woman player in the world with a rating of 2466. In the current list of titles approved by FIDE, Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine is confirmed for the […]