Standings after 5 rounds: Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 1 WIM Caoili, Arianne w 4.0 AUS F 2206 2323 +0.74 1 1 0 1 1 2 IM Lalic, Susan K...
Harika wins National Women chess title
Harika wins National Women chess title STAFF WRITER 18:28 HRS IST Chennai, Dec 12 (PTI) Top Seed International Master Dronavalli Harika of Andhra Pradesh proved her supremacy when she won her maiden title in the 36th National Women Premier...
London Chess Classic Women’s Invitational
Crosstable after Round 3 Nr. Title Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot TPR 1 WIM Caoili, Arianne AUS 2206 1 0 1 2 2226 2 WFM Yurenok, Maria S ENG 1968...
Gaziantep, the capital of European Women Chess!
Official Press Release (By ECU and TSF) Gaziantep, the capital of European Women Chess! 5 November 2009, the President of European Chess Union Mr.Boris Kutin, and the president of Turkish Chess Federation and the Vice-President of FIDE Mr.Ali Nihat...
Women’s Rapid Cup Update
Rank after round 8 Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. 1 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2517 RUS * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7...
First ACP Women World Rapid Cup
First ACP Women World Rapid Cup Tournament Regulations I. Place and date The tournament will be held in Rixos Hotel, Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009. II. Tournament’s system The 1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup...
First ACP Women World Rapid Cup
I was just notified by GM Mikhail Golubev that the field for the 1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup has been finalized. ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers: Kosintseva, TatianaKosteniuk, AlexandraKosintseva, NadezhdaCramling, PiaCmilyte, ViktorijaZhukova, NatalyaJavakhishvili, LelaSocko, Monica (replaces Pogonina) ACP nominee:...
Call Her Ismail
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, AUGUST 6: Iraqi chess player Delbak Ismail contemplate her next move during the Iraq chess championship in 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi chess players from all over Iraq competed for the second day in a row to...
Abolish Women’s Chess Titles
October 14, 2009Abolish Women’s Chess TitlesBY BARBARA JEPSONThe Wall Street Journal In 1991, Hungarian chess player Susan Polgar made headlines as the first woman to earn the coveted rank of grandmaster by meeting established performance standards. While competitive chess...
Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria – a Pillar of Women’s Chess13.10.2009 – Born in Poti, Georgia (USSR), Nana learned chess at the age of four. At ten she started formal lessons and within six months became the girls’ champion of Tbilisi. By...