World Junior Championship in Turkey Round 9 Key Pairings: Li Chao (6½) – Rodshtein (6)Braun (6½) – Hou Yifan (6)Howell (6) – I. Popov (6)Andreikin (5½) – Safarli (6) The young Chinese female phenom Yifan Hou is still in...
An amazing Gold!
Relay Stunner Keeps Phelps’ Dream Aliveposted: ONE MINUTE AGOfiled under: Olympics BEIJING (Aug. 10) – With history about to slip away and Michael Phelps cheering him on, Jason Lezak pulled up next to the lane rope and set out...
Topalov top seed at World Mind Sports Games
63 federations have entered the Men’s Team Rapid and Blitz competitions with China, Germany, India, Cuba and Hungary leading the seedings. The Women’s Team event has 52 teams led by China, Russia, India, Ukraine and Poland. In the Pairs...
1st World Mind Sports Games
Entries for 1st World Mind Sports Games Monday, 21 July 2008 63 federations have entered the Men’s Team Rapid and Blitz competitions with China, Germany, India, Cuba and Hungary leading the seedings. The Women’s Team event has 52 teams...
Xu Yuhua the torch bearer
Chess Grandmaster Xu Yuhua is proud of being a torchbearerhttp://www.chinaview.cn/index.htm 2008-05-17 19:13:02 Special report: 2008 Olympic GamesSHAOXING, China, May 17 (Xinhua) — Xu Yuhua, China’s chess champion torchbearer, said Saturday that she was proud of being one of the...
Beijing Mind Games
May 6th, 2008 Dear Friends, The organizers in Beijing have been working with full force in order to bring the 1st World Mind Sports Games to success. The event brings the participating federations, the International Olympic movement and IOC...
Yifan Hou scored GM norm at Aeroflot
Photo by Frits Agterdenbos Congratulations to WGM Yifan Hou of China. In spite of losing her last round game, WGM Yifan Hou earned a GM norm with an even score at Aeroflot top section. Her performance was 2605 in...
World Mind Sports Games
1st World Mind Sports Games The 1st World Mind Sports Games will be held in Beijing, China from 3rd to 18th October, 2008. There will be 5 sports represented, Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Chinese Chess. The Games will...
China gold, India silver
India relegated to team silver in Blitz ChessPosted : Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:43:04 GMTAuthor : IANS Macau, Nov 3 – India were edged out by China in the race for the last gold medal in the chess competition...