Standings after 7 rounds Rk Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Rp 1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 CHN * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2609 2...
Women’s GP round 7 report
Round 7 report In the 7th round two out of five players from the leading group managed to win today – Hou Yifan defeated Tan Zhongyi and Ruan Lufey was stronger in the game against Betul Yildiz. All other...
Interview with 9 time Chinese Women’s Champion
Interview with nine time Chinese Champion Liu Shilan Liu Shilan (born January 24, 1962) is a Chinese female chess player who holds the WGM title, which she received in 1982. She was the first Chinese woman who received this...
Shenzhen Women’s Grand Prix round 5 report
Round 5 report After five games the group of players shares the first place in Women Grand Prix – 4 Chinese players Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, Ruand Lufei and Slovenian player Anna Muzychuk have the same 3,...
Women’s GP co-leaders facing off
Round 4 matchups SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Zhu Chen 2490 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 8 9 GM Danielian Elina 2517 – WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 7 10 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 – GM...
WGP standings after 2 rounds
Standings after 2 rounds Rk Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 1 GM Zhao Xue 2497 CHN * 1 1 2 GM Hou Yifan 2578 CHN * 1 1...
Shenzhen Women’s Grand Prix round 2 report
Official website: http://shenzhen2011.fide.com Shenzhen Women’s Grand Prix round 2 report After the second round there are two chess players with absolute result: Chinese players Zhao Xue and Hou Yifan, both playing Black, won their games against Yildiz Betul Cemre...
Zhao Xue and Hou Yifan win again at WGP
Women’s Grand Prix round 2 results SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Zhu Chen 2490 1/2 WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 7 8 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 1/2 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 6 9 GM Danielian Elina...
Shenzhen Women’s GP round 2 matchups
Round 2 pairings SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Zhu Chen 2490 – WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 7 8 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 – GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 6 9 GM Danielian Elina 2517 – WGM...
Women’s GP round 1 report
The opening round passed in a tense struggle on all the boards and as a result 3 games were scored. Playing white World Champion Hou Yifan got the advantage in the middle game and defeated Russian player Ekaterina Kovalevskaya....