Women’s World Chess Champion Hou Yifan absolutely dominated the Shenzhen FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011 which took place on September 7th-19th, going undefeated to win clear first place by a full point over fellow female prodigy 21 year-old IM...
Final images from the Shenzhen Women’s Grand Prix

Official website: http://shenzhen2011.fide.com Final crosstable SN Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts SB Rk 1 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2308 TUR * 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0...
Women’s Grand Prix Final Round Report

Round 11 report Hou Yifan became a sole winner of the second stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Shenzhen! In the 11th round playing black World Champion made a draw against Elina Danielian and fixed a first place...
Hou Yifan wins Shenzhen Women’s Grand Prix

Final round results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 1 – 0 GM Zhu Chen 2490 WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 ½ – ½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2429 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 ½ – ½ IM Muzychuk...
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Hou Yifan guarantees share of WGP title with 1 to play

With 1 round to go, Hou Yifan has already clinched at least a share of first. She will have black against Danielian in the final round. All she needs is just a draw to clinch clear first. Muzychuk will...
Women’s GP round 10 results

Round 10 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Zhu Chen 2490 0 – 1 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2465 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2308 ½ IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Zhao Xue 2497 0 – 1 GM Danielian Elina...
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Women’s GP round 9 report

Round 9 report In the 9th round both games between Chinese players finished with score – Hou Yifan defeated Ruan Lufey and Ju Wenjun was stronger in the game against Zhao Xue. After four draws in a row Anna...
Interview with a former World Champion Zhu Chen

Official website: http://shenzhen2011.fide.comZhu Chen: “We were really lucky for each other…” Zhu Chen was born March 13, 1976 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. In 2001, she became China ‘s second women’s world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China ‘s 13th...