Former Women’s World Champion Grandmaster Zhu Chen has just concluded a historic 17 days tour of four southern African countries. The African Chess Confederation would like to thank Grandmaster Zhu Chen for her generosity and inspiration as she conducted numerous lectures and simultaneous exhibitions. She also engaged in very informative discussions with various chess enthusiasts, […]
Promoting Chess in Africa

VICTOR KUMWENDA, Lusaka FORMER women world chess champion Zhu Chen is impressed with the standard of the sport in Zambia. Grand Master Zhu is in the country as part of a four-nation tour of southern Africa. She is accompanied by African Chess Federation president Lewis Ncube. Speaking when she paid a courtesy call on Deputy […]
GM Zhu Chen visits Africa to promote Women’s Chess

The African Chess Confederation through the support of the World Chess Federation Women’s Commission (WOM) has the honour of hosting the former World Woman Chess Champion Grand Master Zhu Chen from Qatar. Grand Master Zhu Chen is the former World Woman Chess Champion, she has reached the highest level of play by attaining a Grand Master […]
Former WWC Zhu Chen to promote chess in Africa

Former world champion Chen dates Zambia By Kondwani Munyeka | Updated: 11 Nov,2015 ,14:40:23 FORMER world woman chess champion Grand Master Zhu Chen will this month visit Zambia to promote Africa as a tourist attraction with focus on sport for development. Chen, who is on a tour of the continent, arrives in Zambia on November […]
9th World Chess Champion Zhu Chen Chess Academy construction in China

On July 17th the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov participated in the ceremony of placing a base stone for the future Zhu Chen Chess Academy in Lucheng of Wenzhou. It is remarkable that this is the first personified academy in China. There is another one no less important fact that the 9th World Chess Champion Zhu […]
Husband and Wife win gold in Doha

Monday, 12 December 2011 06:24 The 12th Arab Games 2011 will be held from December 9 to 23, 2011 in Doha (Qatar). Chess event includes blitz, rapid individual chess championships and classical chess team championship among women and men. On 10th December the chess competition of the Arab games started. The 9 round Blitz tournament […]
Shenzhen FIDE Women Chess Grand Prix 2011

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 Anna Muzychuk. Hou followed up her 2697 performance rating in the 1st Grand Prix in August […]
GM Zhu Chen vs WGM Ju Wenjun – 2011 Women Grand Prix Shenzhen

In this game Zhu Chen opened with d4 and Wenjun responded with the sharp King’s Indian Defense, rapidly creating complications with an attack against white’s king. This game was a classic reflection of the aggressive KID ideology, as black first defended against white’s queenside pressure and later completely abandoned that side of the board to […]
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 Grandmaster. In 1988 Zhu became the first Chinese player to win an international chess competition when […]
Chess tactic from Shenzhen

White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar