Chinese express goes on and on Zhu Chen – Zhao Xue The Chinese leader won her next game and scored 6 out of 6 points. This time she beat Zhu Chen from Qatar. The Nimtsovich defence was played in...
Opposite streaks in Nalchik
Zhao Xue is on a tear at the Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix. She scored 5 straight wins to start the event with a performance of over 3,300 and is leading the field by 1.5 pt. In the mean time,...
Perfection for Zhao Xue
Zhao Xue went through the first part of the distance Grand-Prix in Nalchik without losses Wednesday, 12 October 2011 On Tuesday, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik the fourth round games of the third stage of women’s Grand-Prix FIDE...
Zhao Xue first, Kosteniuk last in Nalchik after 4
Round 4 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 1 – 0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528...
Zhao Xue remains perfect at Women’s GP
Round 3 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Lahno Kateryna 2554 ½ IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Zhu Chen 2490 1 – 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467 GM Zhao Xue 2497 1 – 0 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498...
Zhao and Ju lead Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix
Round 2 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 ½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 1 – 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 ½ GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 GM Kosteniuk...
3 tie for the lead at Women’s GP
Round 4 results SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Zhu Chen 2490 0-1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 8 9 GM Danielian Elina 2517 0-1 WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 7 10 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 1/2 GM...
Hangzhou Women Grand Master Chess Tournament 2011
Special Article for WGM Natalia Pogonina written by Chess Tutor William Stewart The 1st Hangzhou Women Grand Master Chess Tournament is at the halfway point, taking place July 14th – 23th 2011 in Hangzhou, China. It is a classical...
Hou Yifan is top seed at Hangzhou Women’s Tournament
Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess TournamentTen-player round robin on 13th-24th July The 1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament will take place on 13th – 24th July 2011 in Hangzhou, China. Ten top women players compete in the round robin event...
Shen Yang wins Campomanes Memorial Women’s Cup
Final top 10 standings: 1 WGM SHEN Yang CHN 2435 7,5 2300 2328 2352 2 GM ZHAO Xue CHN 2462 7,0 2259 2291 2322 3 WGM POURKASHIYAN Atousa IRI 2308 6,5 2316 2346 2373 4 WIM HOANG Thi Nhu...