When asked about the players who did not come to Nalchik, Muzychuk, Hoang Thanh Trang, Kosintseva, and Zhang Jilin replied: Muzychuk: I think that the strongest players are here, and those who did not come made their choice. Tatiana...
Exclusive pictures from Nalchik
Russia’s #1 vs. U.S. Women’s Champion Former Women’s World Champion Stefanova Special thanks to team Chessdom for sending us these pictures. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WWC Round 2 Matchups
I expect to see more upsets in this round. The most interesting matches are Socko – Hoang, Paehtz – Ushenina, Matveeva – Xu, Chmilyte – N. Kosintseva, Harika – Muzychuk, and T. Konsintseva – Zatonskih. Due to the withdrawal...
Good or bad rules?
With what that just took place in the Armageddon game in Nalchik, Russia between IM Socko and WGM Foisor during the Women’s World Championship, should the Armageddon system be abolished? Should K + N vs. K + N, or...
Full Round 1 WWC Results
Photo by chessdom Round 1 Results: (red = forfeit, bold = tie matches, blue = upsets)CHN Xu, Yuhua 2483 1.5RSA Solomons, Anzel 1895 0.5 EGY Alaa El Din, Yorsa 1959 0IND Koneru, Humpy 2622 2 CHN Hou, Yifan 2557...
Russia – Georgia battle continues
Georgia Cutting Ties With RussiaBy MISHA DZHINDHZIKHASHVILI,APposted: 1 HOUR 3 MINUTES AGOfiled under: World News TBILISI, Georgia (Aug. 29) – Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Moscow on Friday to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory. Russia...
Upsets in Nalchik
There are already some upsets in the first game of round 1. Here are some of the surprises so far: Kadimova, Ilaha – Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0Zhukova, Natalia – Rohonyan, Katerina 0-1 Mkrtchian, Lilit – Moser, Eva ½-½Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino –...
Update from Nalchik
World Women Chess Championship LIVE!LIVE updates from Nalchikby Chessdom.com Welcome to the live coverage of Women World Chess Championship 2008 on Chessdom.com! Every day we will have constant live updates from the capital of Kabardino Balkaria. These updates will...
Nalchik Women’s World Championship underway
Round 1 Pairings: (Red = withdrew) 1 1-64 Xu, Yuhua CHN – Solomons, Anzel RSA2 2-63 Koneru, Humpy IND – Alaa El Din, Yorsa EGY3 3-62 Hou, Yifan CHN – Khaled, Mona EGY4 4-61 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL – Zapata,...
Russia blames the U.S.
Putin Blames Georgia Conflict on USposted:4 HOURS 21 MINUTES AGOfiled under: News Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blames the United States for the conflict in Georgia. In an interview with CNN, Putin says the U.S. encouraged Georgia to attack...