Archive for Hou Yifan
Friday, June 22, 2012 17:50
Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk finished shared first at the Women's Grand Prix in Kazan, Russia. Both the Indian and the Slovenian scored 7.5/11 and according to the regulations, prizes and GP ranking points are shared equally, in case of a tie, for the individual GP tournaments. World Champion Hou Yifan leads the overall Grand Prix standings,...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:19
Magnus Carlsen tops the May 1st FIDE rating list with the same rating as two months ago: 2835. Howevever, his lead has decreased to 10 points as Levon Aronian of Armenia won 5 points to get to 2825.
There were few changes in the world's top 10 in the past two months. At the moment of writing, Aronian's live rating is in fact 2826 so just 9 points...
Thursday, April 19, 2012 11:42
Nigel Short won the 7th Bangkok Chess Club Open on Friday. In the last round the English grandmaster drew with IM Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam, who earned a GM norm. Short won 3.3 rating points to get to a virtual 2700 Elo exactly.
Nigel Short victorious in Bangkok, and back in the "2700 club"
Event
Bangkok Chess Club Open | Details at Chess-...
Monday, April 16, 2012 16:45
Nigel Short defeated M.R. Venkatesh on Monday to take over the lead at the Bangkok Chess Club Open after six rounds. The Indian IM was the surprise leader after five rounds.
The Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok, venue of the tournament
Event
Bangkok Chess Club Open | Details at Chess-Results | PGN via TWIC
Dates
April 13-19, 2012
Location
Bangkok,...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 19:36
Fabiano Caruana finished sole first at the Reykjavik Open with a score of 7.5/9. The Italian grandmaster, who was the top seed in the Icelandic capital, remained unbeaten and finished half a point ahead of Ivan Sokolov, David Navara, Gawain Jones, Boris Avrukh, Hou Yifan, Sebastien Maze and Henrik Danielsen.
The Blue Lagoon, one of the most famous...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:12
Today the annual chess festival in Reykjavik, Iceland takes off. The open tournament is very strong, with 25 GMs and 20 IMs. Top seeds are Fabiano Caruana and David Navara, who could be found in Wijk aan Zee's top group earlier this year. Reigning World Women's Champion Hou Yifan is in Reykjavif k as well, and so are we!
The tournament takes place...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 17:39
For the first time in his career, Fabiano Caruana (Italy) entered the world's top 10. On the March 1 FIDE rating list, the 19-year-old Italian grandmaster occupies the 7th spot with a 2767 rating. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) re-entered the top 10 and is 6th, with 2771. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) still tops the list with a rating of 2835.
Levon Aronian's...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 17:56
Super Grandmaster? Sadler sadly behind, and a Short Island Iced Tea for Hou Yifan! Yes please! Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #17 is out!
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 19:05
English grandmaster Nigel Short won the 10th Tradewise Chess Festival in Gibraltar on Thursday after beating Hou Yifan of China in a blitz playoff. Both players had finished on 8/10.
Event
Tradewise Chess Festival | PGN via TWIC
Dates
January 24th-February 2nd, 2012
Location
Gibraltar, UK
System
10-round Swiss, different groups
Players
Top...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 23:00
Reigning Women's World Champion Hou Yifan is showing very impressive chess in Gibraltar. After beating Judit Polgar and earlier Zoltan Almasi, in the last two rounds the Chinese grandmaster added two more 2700 scalps: Le Quang Liem and Alexei Shirov. With one round to go, she is in sole first position with 7.5/9.
Hou Yifan grabbed the lead in...
