Final round results Krush, Irina – Sharevich, Anna ½-½ Nguyen, Emily – Nemcova, Katerina ½-½ Paikidze, Nazi – Yu, Jennifer 0-1 Virkud, Apurva – Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 0-1 Yip, Carissa – Feng, Maggie ½-½ Zatonskih, Anna – Abrahamyan, Tatev ½-½ Final standings 1. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wg USA 2272 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 […]
Sabina Foisor shares US Women’s Championship lead after 8
Round 8 results Abrahamyan, Tatev – Yu, Jennifer R ½-½ Feng, Maggie – Paikidze, Nazi ½-½ Foisor, Sabina-Francesca – Nguyen, Emily 1-0 Krush, Irina – Virkud, Apurva 1-0 Nemcova, Katerina – Yip, Carissa 1-0 Sharevich, Anna – Zatonskih, Anna ½-½ Crosstable after round 11 Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 […]
The winners
SPICE Cup co-winner GM Kritz and TX Women’s Open winner WGM Foisor Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
“The” Armageddon video from Nalchik
Socko – Foisor Armageddon video: http://nalchik2008.fide.com/video/?lang=rus Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Protest filed, decisions to be made by Appeals Committee
Details by Chessdom Possible scandal at the Women’s World Championship? This is my summary as I understand it: In the Armageddon game between IM Socko and WGM Foisor, White (Socko) has 6 minutes to Black (Foisor) 5 minutes. However, Black has draw odd. Black ran out of time but the position on the board was […]
Sabina Foisor upsets Socko – Result changed the result
This was a thriller match. IM Monika Socko is the top Polish female player. Her peak rating was 2505 and her peak world ranking was #9. WGM Sabina Foisor is one of the top female junior players in the world. Both her parents are IMs. Her peak rating was 2386 earlier this year. I have […]
Happy Birthday to WGM Sabina Foisor
Picture and report by chessdom The chess player from Romania Sabina-Francesca Foisor celebrated her birthday on the second day of the Championship as well. The Organizing Committee of the Championship congratulated her on her 19 birthday with champagne and a cake with candles. Aslan Afaunov, the Chairman of the KBR State Committee on Physical Culture […]