Bu Xiangzhi and Le Quang Liem lead AeroflotKosintseva sisters continue their good performance GM Le Quang Liem and GM Bu Xingzhi are the only players with full score after round 2 of Aeroflot open. The young talents from Asia defeated GM Bacrot and GM Savchenko respectively to take the top position of the A1 table. […]
N. Kosintseva wins Russian Women’s Championship
Nadezhda Kosintseva just won the Russian women’s championship. The championship took place from December 5-14, 2008 in Moscow. Final standings:1. N. Kosintseva (2468) 6.52-3. T. Kosintseva (2513), Bodnaruk (2381) 5.54-5. Shadrina (2429), Romanko (2398) 4.56-9. Pogonina (2474), Korbut (2459), Ovod (2429), Gunina (2381) 4.010. Stepovaia (2386) 2.5 Official website: RussiaChess.org Chess Daily News from Susan […]
Shen Yang wins 1st blitz playoff game
Photo by chessdom WGM Shen (2445) – IM KosintsevaN (2460) [E32]Women’s World Championship – Blitz Playoff – Game 1, 06.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 d6 9.Nh3 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e3 Nbd7 13.Be2 a5 14.Qc2 a4 15.0–0 Qb6 16.Rfd1 d5 17.Bf2 Rfc8 18.Nf4 […]
A devastating loss
Needing only a draw to move to the quarterfinal, N. Kosintseva shockingly lost a better endgame. The pair will now play a 2 blitz playoff game. IM N. Kosintseva (2460) – WGM Shen (2445) [C68]Women’s World Championship – Round 3 playoff, 06.09.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 […]