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2011 Women’s Chess Grand Prix – Xue Dominates with 2800+ Performance
Published by October 24th, 2011 in OnlineChessLessons, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsFIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Nalchik – Final results
Published by October 24th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsFIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Nalchik – Final results Final roundThe third stage of FIDE women’s Grand Prix which was held in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik (Russia) has finished with a triumph of the Chinese chess players. Zhao Xue (CHN) wo…
Women’s GP Final Round Report
Published by October 23rd, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsLast round report WGM Anna Sharevich comments on the last round gamesKosintseva Tatiana – Kosintseva NadezhdaIn this duel we know everything from the very beginning: girls never play against each other, even when one of them needs to win the game.  
The winning streak ends
Published by October 21st, 2011 in Ju Wenjun, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsAfter a fiery 9.5/10 start, Zhao Xue lost the final game to finish 2.5 points ahead of the field.Final round results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 1/2 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 1/2 GM Kosint…
Game of the day: Kosteniuk – Lahno
Published by October 21st, 2011 in Game of the Day, Kosteniuk, Lahno, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments[Event "WGP Nalchik 2011"][Date "2011.10.21"][Round "11"][White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)"][Black "Lahno, Kateryna (UKR)"][Result "0-1"][PlyCount "112"]1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nce2 c…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 21st, 2011 in FIDE, LIVE games, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 21st, 2011 in FIDE, LIVE games, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsSusan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information 2011-10-21 01:36:00
Published by October 21st, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsThe Chinese performance in Nalchik Friday, 21 October 2011Zhao Xue – Kosintseva TatianaYou’ll laugh, but the Chinese won again! Well, either the stars have developed in the right way or Zhao is so fantastically strong. Probably both variations. …
Zhao Xue, a modest Chess Queen
Published by October 20th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsUnbelievable Zhao Xue Nikita Kim, Press-Officer of the tournament, reflects about the phenomenon of the third stage Grand Prix winner.Oh, how unbelievable women chess is! You could hardly imagine two weeks ago that the 9th rated chess player in the …
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 20th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Zhao Xue wins again, now 8.5/9!
Published by October 19th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsRound 9 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 0 – 1 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 0 – 1 GM Zhao Xue 2497 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 ½ GM Zhu Chen 2490 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 ½ GM Lahno Kate…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 19th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Women’s Grand Prix resumes
Published by October 19th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsRound 9 matchups GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 – IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 – GM Zhao Xue 2497 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 – GM Zhu Chen 2490 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 – GM Lahno Kateryna 2554 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 252…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 18th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Zhao Xue wins Women’s Grand Prix with 3 rounds to go!!
Published by October 17th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsWith 3 rounds to go, Zhao Xue has already sealed the victory in Nalchik. She is leading her compatriot by 3 points! The rest of the field is battling for 2nd place.Zhao Xue was a major star in China with many spectacular results. Unfortunately, her man…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 17th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Zhao Xue leads field by 2 points
Published by October 16th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsRound 7 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Zhao Xue 2497 ½ IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 ½ GM Zhu Chen 2490 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 0 – 1 GM Lahno Kateryna 2554 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 ½ IM Munguntuu…
First draw for Zhao Xue, Kosteniuk loses again
Published by October 16th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsArtwork by Mike MagnanEkaterina Kovalevskaya took away the first half a point from Zhao Xue In the seventh round the leader of the tournament Zhao Xue faced serious problems for the first time since the beginning of the competition. Ekaterina Kovalevs…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 16th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Women’s Grand Prix round 6 results
Published by October 15th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsRound 6 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 1 – 0 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469 ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498 ½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467 0…
The Chinese Express is 6-0!
Published by October 15th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsChinese express goes on and on Zhu Chen – Zhao XueThe 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 the game. Taking in account that in this opening we a…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 15th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix round 5 report
Published by October 15th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsWGM Anna Sharevich comments on the 5th round gamesKosintseva Nadezhda – Munguntuul BatkhuyagThe first productive game of the round where the sharp Paulsen variation happened. After the incorrect move 16… g6?! (instead of 16… b5) white got some ad…
Opposite streaks in Nalchik
Published by October 14th, 2011 in Kosteniuk, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsZhao 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, Alexandra Kosteniuk after a good start has lost 4 straight game…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 14th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix round 4 report
Published by October 13th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsWGM Anna Sharevich comments on the 4th round’s gamesKovalevskaya Ekaterina – Ju WenjunThis game happened to finish the first in the 4th round. In the opening white didn’t manage to get any advantage and the position became drawn very soon. The …
Perfection for Zhao Xue
Published by October 12th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsZhao Xue went through the first part of the distance Grand-Prix in Nalchik without losses Wednesday, 12 October 2011On Tuesday, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik the fourth round games of the third stage of women’s Grand-Prix FIDE took pl…
Zhao Xue first, Kosteniuk last in Nalchik after 4
Published by October 12th, 2011 in Kosteniuk, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsRound 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 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498…
Nalchik FIDE Women Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 12th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Zhao Xue remains perfect at Women’s GP
Published by October 11th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsRound 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 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 1 – 0 GM Kost…
Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix LIVE!
Published by October 11th, 2011 in LIVE games, Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 Comments
Women’s GP round 2 report by WGM Anna Sharevich
Published by October 11th, 2011 in Nalchik, Susan Polgar Chess and Women's Grand Prix. 0 CommentsRound 2 report by WGM Anna Sharevich Kosteniuk Alexandra – Zhao XueAfter yesterday’s victory the Alexandra’s fans expected better result. But after move 13. Qf3 in the opening white gave an opportunity for black to push f7-f6 in the right momen…
Zhao and Ju lead Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix
Published by October 10th, 2011 in Ju Wenjun, Nalchik, Russia, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsRound 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 Alexandra 2469…
Zhao and Ju lead Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix
Published by October 10th, 2011 in Ju Wenjun, Nalchik, Russia, Susan Polgar Chess, Women's Grand Prix and Zhao Xue. 0 CommentsRound 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 Alexandra 2469…
