2020 Cairns Cup/Final This year’s Winner India’s GM Humpy Koneru ! A draw in the final round GM Humpy Koneru scores 6/9 Rd 9 Harika, Dronavalli – Koneru, Humpy 1/2 -1/2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.… Continue reading
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess/Rd8: Drawn Game between Chinese Grand Master Hao Wang (6) and American GM Hikaru Nakamura [third draw in row] (6.5) .. Rd8 Wang (2711) – Nakamura (2781) 1/2 -1/2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7.… Continue reading
FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2017 /Quarter Finals: UPSET: Ju,Wenjun No.1 Seed knocked out by fellow compatriot Tan, Zhongyi. Tan is now moving on to the semi finals .. Russian GM Alexandra Kosteniuk will play against Ukraine’s GM Anna Muzychuk . Tan, Zhongyi [Event “WCh Women 2017”][Site “Tehran IRI”][Date “2017.02.21”][Round “4.2”][White “Ju,… Continue reading
FIDE World Chess Rapids/Blitz: 47 year old Ukraine GM Vassily Ivanchuk wins FIDE World Chess Rapid Championship.. World Champion GM Ivanchuk interviewed by Chess journalist Anastazia Karlovich She wants to talk Chess, He wants to talk Checkers……. http://fb.me/ReXhLeeh Rd15 Ivanchuk (2771) – Melkumyan (2736) 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3.… Continue reading
Russian Chess Championship /Super Finals The Superfinals of the 68th Men’s Russian Chess Championship and the 65th Women’s Russian Chess Championship will take place between 8 and 21 August in the city of Chita. The competition will be held by the Russian Chess Federation, the Elena and Gennady Timchenko… Continue reading
FIDE WWCC 2015/Rd3 Round 3 game 2 The Russians Fight back[Kosteniuk, Pogonina] after round 3 game one disasters ..now on to the tie breaks. The exception is now the eliminated Alisa Galliamova(RUS),who lost both games to India’s Humpy Koneru,who will take on Ukraine’s WGM Mariya Muzychuk..[Rd4] E. Kublashvili Rd3/G2 Harika, Dronavalli… Continue reading
41st Chess Olympiad / FINAL China wins the Gold with 8 wins 3 draws ..19 points Ding Liren took being interviewed before the final round | photo: David Llada Ding Liren’s board two win over Grzegorz Gajewski of Poland {3-1} 17. Nxc6 Qe8 18. Bxa5 Nf6 19. d5 Bb7 20.… Continue reading
Kosteniuk and Cosmopolitan Alexandra Kosteniuk, who will represent Chess as an Ambassador at the 3rd Edition of the World Mind Games , featured on the latest Russian Edition of Cosmopolitan. Kosteniuk interview~ on outlining her life, and career and how she balances the two in a fashionable way. You can find the… Continue reading
The games are over .. the Winners are listed below Rapid: Men – Wang Hao (CHN) Women – Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) Blitz: Men – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) Women – Hou Yifan (CHN) Blindfold: Men – Almasi Zoltan (HUN) Women – Hou Yifan (CHN) Continue reading
Moscow Open 2011 Round 5 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2498) – GM Zhao Xue (2494) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8… Continue reading
