Fide Women’s World Championship 2018 November 1-25 Khanty-Mansiysk ,Ugra Russia There are 64 qualifiers (in order of priority): The winner, the runner up and the two other semi-finalists of the Women’s World Championship 2016 (4 players) The World Junior Girl Champions U-20 of 2016 & 2017. (2… Continue reading
U.S. Women’s Championship 2018/Rd4 All games were decisive .. FM Annie Wang and IM Nazi Paikidze share in the first place lead with 3.5/4 GM Irnia Krush only player to win with Black playing the Sicilian Defense.. Round 4 Pairings 1 FM Feng, Maggie 2.0 2243 GM Krush, Irina… Continue reading
U.S. Women’s Championship 2017 / Rd 8 WGM Sabina Francesca Foisor shares the lead with (defending champ)..IM Nazi Paikidze with 5.5/8 after todays victory playing the Catalan against WIM Emily Nguyen. Rd8 WGM Foisor (2272) – WIM Nguyen(2173) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5.… Continue reading
U.S. Women’s Championship 2017 / Rd 6 Big Win for the defending Champ Nazi Paikidze , now 3-0 against Irina Krush and in sole possession of first place after six rounds… Rd6 GM Krush(2444) – IM Paikidze (2369) 0-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+… Continue reading
U.S. Women’s Championship 2017 / Rd 3 Playing Black Anna Zatonskih wins a long and tough end game Rook + Bishop vs. Rook against the 2016 Champ Nazi Paikidze .. GM Irina Krush with back to back victories now leads 2.5/3 … Rd3 IM Paikidze(2369) -IM Zatonskih(2451) 0-1 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4… Continue reading
The 1st IMSA Elite Mind Games (IEMG) is being held from February 25 to March 3 at New Century Hotel Huaian, China. IEMG is featuring five mind sports as official disciplines – go, chess, bridge, draughts, and xiangqi. In Go, 30 top players around the world will be competing for… Continue reading
Hikaru Nakamura is the New U.S. Chess Champion of 2015. Nakamura had a “steady” draw in his last round game against Onischuk; towards the end Black fumbled and Hikaru finished in clear 1st in a very strong field. *Nakamura, Hikaru – Onischuk, Alexander Irina Krush is the 2015 Women’s… Continue reading
FIDE WWCC 2015/Rd1 : The “Knock-Out” World Women’s Chess Championship is now underway you can can go through the games: http://sochi2015.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=4 The game listed below are round 1 ..1st game B. Dolmatovsky Rd 1 Krush, Irina (USA) Milliet, Sophie (FRA) 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6… Continue reading
41st Chess Olympiad takes place in Tromso, Norway August 1-14 2014 USA looses Round 3 : in Men’s Division to the Netherlands . In the Women’s Division to top seed China,Guess who lead the way.. Rd3 GM Krush [2474] – GM Yifan [2661] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3… Continue reading
The Edmonton International took place 21-29th of June in Edmonton, Canada. Vassily Ivanchuk Won this Year’s event..with a score of 8.0/9 GM Krush – GM Ivanchuk Round 6 (June 26 2014) One of Two draws for Ivanchuk 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.… Continue reading
