Women’s National Team Earn Meager 3,000 Euro for 6th Place at European Chess FinalsThe best female chess players in Bulgaria finished sixth at the European Chess Team Finals in Greece and will share some six thousand levs (about three thousand eur…
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The problem with women’s chess
Published by November 12th, 2011 in Bulgaria, European Team Championship, Stefanova and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsTop female players work to boost Women’s Chess
Published by October 18th, 2010 in FIDE, Gaprindashvili, Humpy Koneru, Lahno, Martha Fierro, Stefanova, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Chess Committee, Xie Jun and Zhu Chen. 0 CommentsAs 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 worl…
Bulgarian Chess Queen Stefanova
Published by October 1st, 2010 in Stefanova and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsFormer Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova, the greatest Bulgarian Chess Queen ever. We happen to share the same birthday 
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Lahno leads Women’s World Blitz at the half
Published by September 17th, 2010 in Kosteniuk, Lahno, Stefanova, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's World Blitz Championship. 0 CommentsAfter 15 (of 30 rounds), GM Lahno of Ukraine (married to my friend GM Robert Fontaine of France, an excellent reporter/journalist for Europe Echecs, the #1 French chess media source) is leading the 2010 Women’s World Blitz Championship, 1 point ahead o…
Game analysis
Published by August 23rd, 2010 in Game Analysis, Nana Dzagnidze, Stefanova and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAntoaneta Stefanova – Nana DzagnidzeJermuk Women’s Grand Prix, 2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 After a Queen’s Gambit start the game has settled into a Meran defense. 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 This move became mainstream …
It all comes down to just one game
Published by August 11th, 2010 in Mongolia, Stefanova, Susan Polgar Chess, Ulaanbaatar, Women's Grand Prix and Yifan Hou. 0 CommentsTop seed Humpy Koneru has taken herself out of contention by losing to Zhao Xue in round 10. The same with Tatiana Kosintseva after her loss to Marie Sebag.Going into the final round, only two players are still in it mathematically: Hou Yifan and Antoa…
Women’s GP back to 3 way lead
Published by August 6th, 2010 in Mongolia, Stefanova, Susan Polgar Chess, Ulaanbaatar, Women's Grand Prix, Yifan Hou and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsIn spite of a loss today against T. Kosintseva, Zhao Xue still remains in the lead. However, both Hou Yifan and Stefanova have caught her at the top of the leaderboard. Here are the standings after 7 rounds:RkSNo.NameRtgFED123456789101112PtsSB110GMZhao…
