Round 6 results 12 GM Zhu Chen 2490 1-0 GM Danielian Elina 2517 9 10 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 8 11 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2465 ½ WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 7 1 WIM Yildiz...
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...
Game analysis: Zhu Chen vs Humpy Koneru

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Top female players work to boost Women’s Chess

As the co-chair of FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, I recently nominated GMs Antoaneta Stefanova (former women’s world champion), Humpy Koneru (#2 ranked female in the world), Zhu Chen (former women’s world champion), and Kateryna Lahno (women’s world blitz...
Tech produces its second grandmaster in the last four months

Tech produces its second grandmaster in the last four monthsPosted: October 17, 2010 – 12:24am International Master Gergely Antal, who just graduated from Tech in August with a degree in economics, has just earned his grandmaster title. He was...
Must know endgame

White to move. Is this a draw or loss for White? This was an actual game which took place at the Women’s Grand Prix in Mongolia between former Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen and Zhao Xue. 8/1KP1q3/8/8/3k4/8/8/8 w –...
Zhu Chen the 41st torch bearer

Chess Grandmaster to bear torch with coming babyhttp://www.chinaview.cn/index.htm 2008-05-16 13:39:57 Special report: 2008 Olympic GamesWENZHOU, East China, May 16 (Xinhua) — China’s chess champion torchbearer Zhu Chen said on Friday that she’s going to run 100 meters as the...
Endgame mistakes

Position after 42.Rxe3 It is hard to imagine that Black could lose this position, especially when Black is more than 100 points higher than White. Atalik, Ekaterina (IM) – Chen, Zhu (GM)Ataturk International WomenIstanbul (3), 13.03.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4...
Humpy chasing 3 ELO points

This is the legendary GM Maia Chiburdanidze With one round to go, Humpy Koneru is the leader among women in the 2007 Dubai Open. Her appearance in this event has received a lot of International attention because she is...