Yifan Hou is Women World Chess Champion! (UPDATE)By Chessdom Yifan Hou is Women World Chess Champion 2010! The Chinese prodigy defeated her teammate Ruan Lufei after 4 classical and 4 tiebreak games of exciting chess. In the classical games...
VIPs praise the new Chess Queen
The Closing Ceremony Of The Championshiphttp://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr The awarding ceremony of the World Championship took place in Anemon Hotel in Antakya on 24th of December. The same day the new world Champion was determined on the tie-break match between two...
The new Chess Queen!
16 year old Hou Yifan (February 27, 1994) has just captured the Women’s World Championship title! She won the rapid playoff against WGM Ruan Lufei by the score of 3-1! Yifan is now the youngest Chess Queen in history....
And we have a playoff!
Yifan inexplicably chose to get into a very sharp game when she only needed a draw to win the Women’s World Championship. Just as in past games, Lufei misplayed her position to let her advantage disappear and to allow...
The battle of the Chess Queens
The stage for the 2010 Women’s World Championship is set. We have two Chess Queens on different paths. On one corner, we have a young phenom, Hou Yifan, the future of chess China. On the other corner, we have...
Earning Silver
Chess silver provides Pinoys final day lusterBy Gerry Carpio(The Philippine Star)Updated November 27, 2010 12:00 AM GUANGZHOU – The national chess players provided the last medal of the Philippine contingent – a silver – following a .5-3.5 loss to...
Asian games final standings
Men Rk. SNo Team Games + = – TB1 1 1 China 2 2 0 0 1 Gold 2 2 Philippines 2 1 0 1 2 Silver 3 3 India 2 1 0 1 3 Bronze 4 4 Iran...
China wins
Asiad: RP men’s chess team finishes 2ndabs-cbnNEWS.comPosted at 11/26/2010 9:25 PM Updated as of 11/26/2010 9:25 PM MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine men’s chess team settled for silver in the 16th Asian Games on Friday after clashing with China...
Match delayed after chess pairing protest
Match delayed after chess pairing protestThe Jakarta Post Fri, 11/26/2010 11:59 AM Sports GUANGZHOU: The start of round seven of the women’s team event at Guangzhou Chess Institute on Wednesday afternoon was delayed after a dispute. Uzbekistan’s and Iran’s...
China vs. Philippines for Gold
Philippines, Uzbekistan in Finals of Asian GamesThursday, 25 November 2010 12:08www.FIDE.com The Philippine men’s team and Uzbekistan women’s teams upset highly rated Indian men and women, respectively, in the Asian Games Semifinals in Guangzhou, China. They both face favored...