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 Betul Cemre 2308 ½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 6 2 GM Zhao Xue 2497 ½ WGM […]
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 that is concurrent with the World Chess Team Championship in Ningbo, also in China. Participants: 1. […]
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 champion) to the commission. I am glad to announce that they all have accepted my nomination. […]
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 the first titled chess player to come to Texas Tech in 2008, and he was also […]
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 – – 0 0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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 41st torch bearer on Saturday in home town Wenzhou despite her six-month pregnancy. “I will make […]
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 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Bd6 9.0–0 Qe7 10.a3 […]
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 chasing the #2 highest rating of all time among women. She needs to gain 3 rating […]