women’s chess

Bibisara Assaubayeva won the World Blitz Championship

The Women’s World Blitz Championship has ended in Almaty (Kazakhstan). 99 players participated in competitions with a prize pool of $ 150,000. The victory, for the second year in a row, was won by Kazakhstan international master Bibisara Assaubayeva. In second place is Hampi Koneru. On the third – Polina Shuvalova. Technical results:1. B. Assaubayeva…

Tan Zhongyi won the Rapid World Championship

The Women’s Rapid Chess World Championship has ended in Almaty (Kazakhstan). 98 players participated in the competitions with a prize fund of $ 150,000. The victory was won by Chinese grandmaster Tan Zhongyi, who beat Dinara Saduakasova in a tie-break with a score of 1.5:0.5. On the third is Shri Savitha. Technical results:1-2. T. Zhongyi…

Candidates’ tournament — Group B. Results of the third semifinal game

The 1/2 finals of the candidates tournament for the world championship in Group B in Khiva (Uzbekistan) continues. The winner of the semifinal will meet Lei Tingjie in the final. Aleksandra Goryachkina drew with Tan Zhongyi in the third game of the semi-finals of the candidates tournament. The score in the match is 1,5:1,5. The…

Candidates Tournament – Group B. Results of the second semi-final game

The 1/2 finals of the tournament of contenders for the world championship in group B in Khiva (Uzbekistan) continues. The winner of the semi-finals will face Lei Tingze in the final. Alexandra Goryachkina played a draw with Tan Zhongyi in the second game of the semi-finals of the Candidates Tournament. Score in matches 1-1 Semi-final games will…

Candidates tournament – group B. The result of the sixth game day

The second part of the Candidates Tournament in Khiva (Uzbekistan) continues. The composition of the 1/4 finals: A. Goryachkina, A. Kosteniuk, E. Lahno and Tan Zhongyi. The winner of the semi-finals will face Lei Tingze in the final. Alexandra Goryachkina played a draw with Tan Zhongyi in the first game of the semi-finals of the Candidates Tournament. The…

Candidates tournament – group B. The result of the fifth game day

The second part of the Candidates Tournament in Khiva (Uzbekistan) continues. The composition of the 1/4 finals: A. Goryachkina, A. Kosteniuk, E. Lagno and Tan Zhongyi. The winner of the semi-finals will face Lei Tingjie in the final. Tan Zhongyi won the tie-break against E. Lagno with a score of 4.5:3.5 and advanced to the semifinals, where…

Rameshbabu Vaishali won “TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022 (WOMEN)”

The international round-robin blitz tournament “TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022 (WOMEN)”, held from December 3 to 4 in Kolkata (India), has ended. 10 chess players, including 6 grandmasters, took part in the tournament with a prize fund of $ 17,500. According to the results of eighteen rounds, the Indian international master Rameshbabu Vaishali won….

Candidates tournament – group B. The result of the fourth game day

The second part of the Candidates Tournament in Khiva (Uzbekistan) continues. The composition of the 1/4 finals: A. Goryachkina, A. Kosteniuk, E. Lahno and Tan Zhongyi. The winner of the semi-finals will face Lei Tingze in the final. E. Lagno — Tan Zhongyi, A. Goryachkina — A. Kosteniuk played a draw Position after the 3rd day:Kosteniuk A….