The city of Nalchik hosted the North Caucasus Federal District Championships for men and women. The men’s event was 9-round Swiss with 38 participants, while the women’s event was 10-player round robin. Grandmaster Artur Gabrielyan from Georgievsk (Stavropol Krai)...
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Nalchik – Final results
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Nalchik – Final results Final round The third stage of FIDE women’s Grand Prix which was held in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik (Russia) has finished with a triumph of the Chinese chess players....
Women’s GP Final Round Report
Last round report WGM Anna Sharevich comments on the last round games Kosintseva Tatiana – Kosintseva Nadezhda In this duel we know everything from the very beginning: girls never play against each other, even when one of them needs...
The winning streak ends
After a fiery 9.5/10 start, Zhao Xue lost the final game to finish 2.5 points ahead of the field. Final round results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 1/2 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Kosintseva Tatiana...
Game of the day: Kosteniuk – Lahno
[Event “WGP Nalchik 2011”][Date “2011.10.21”][Round “11”][White “Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)”][Black “Lahno, Kateryna (UKR)”][Result “0-1”][PlyCount “112”] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9....
Zhao Xue wins again, now 9.5 / 10!
Round 10 results IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 ½ IM Galliamova Alisa 2498 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467 1-0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469 GM Lahno Kateryna 2554 0-1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 GM Zhu Chen 2490 0-1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536...
Zhao Xue, a modest Chess Queen
Unbelievable Zhao Xue Nikita Kim, Press-Officer of the tournament, reflects about the phenomenon of the third stage Grand Prix winner. Oh, how unbelievable women chess is! You could hardly imagine two weeks ago that the 9th rated chess player...
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Zhao Xue wins again, now 8.5/9!
Round 9 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 0 – 1 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 0 – 1 GM Zhao Xue 2497 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 ½ GM Zhu Chen 2490...