Galliamova and T. Kosintseva took a quick draw to guarantee a tie for first while Paikidze self destruct and lost in 24 moves with White. This gave Pogonina a path to catch up with the leaders. She took full...
2-way tie for the lead at Russian Women’s Championship
Round 5 results Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Paikidze, Nazi 0-1 Shadrina, Tatiana – Bodnaruk, Anastasia 1-0 Pogonina, Natalija – Nebolsina, Vera 1-0 Girya, Olga – Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 Kosintseva, Tatiana – Kosintseva, Nadezhda ½ Matveeva, Svetlana – Gunina, Valentina 0-1...
Russian women’s championship
Russian Women Chess ChampionshipThe Super Final to take place in MoscowChessdom report The Super Final of the Russian Women Chess Championship is taking place 16-27 November in Moscow. It is a round robin event with 12 participants and a...
Nobody is expecting miracles from us
Pavel Tregubov: “Nobody is expecting miracles from us”http://ugra-chess.com The captain of the women’s team “Russia-2” Pavel Tregubov sincerely believes in the great potential of his team, they are all very young, but already managed to assert themselves. The team’s...
Challenge Russian Chess Queen Natalia Pogonina
THE WORLD VS. GM NATALIA POGONINAFREE FOR ALL TO PARTICIPATE – SIGN-UP NOW The Chessgames Challenge pits grandmasters against the world. The latest GM to agree to take the Challenge is both strong and charming: female Russian chess superstar...
Russian Olympiad Team Info by N. Pogonina
Natalia Pogonia just posted the following on her website: Russia (main team, men), sorted by rating:Vladimir Kramnik (2790)Alexander Grischuk (2760)Sergey Karjakin (2739)Peter Svidler (2735)Vladimir Malakhov (2722) Russia (main team, women), sorted by rating:Nadezhda Kosintseva (2553)Tatiana Kosintseva (2534)Alexandra Kosteniuk (2519)Natalia...
Pogonina joins Chess Elite online
Grandmaster Natalia Pogonina joins Chess Elite online communityTime for the endgame…by Richard Brown Indian iPhone developer 99Games has secured the signature of leading chess player Natalia Pogonina for its online iPhone game Chess Elite. Chess Elite players from around...
4 straight wins for Pogonina
After starting out with just 1/2 point in the first 2 rounds, Pogonina has reeled off 4 straight wins at the Russian Team Championship – Women’s League. Rnd. C W SNo. % ID CR Title Name FIDE 1 (B)...
Natalia Pogonina beats the world
Natalia Pogonina defeats the World in vote chessvideo analysis of the game Chessdom commentator Natalia Pogonina won her match vs the World. It took place from December 24, 2009 to March 28, 2010. During these three months a few...
Natalia Pogonina gives birth to baby boy
Natalia Pogonina gives birth to a boyPogonina to play a match against the world Chessdom.com’s commentator Natalia Pogoniana gave birth to a boy. Natalia and her husband Peter named him Nikolai. Our team wishes all the best to the...