The 4th China vs Russia Chess Match is taking place between August 18 and 31, 2007 in Nizhniy Novgorog, Russia. Here are the results of round 5 (August 24, 2007) Tairova, E. – Zhao Xue 0-1Kovalevskaya, E. – Shen...
The Russians strike back
The Russian team struck back today winning on both the men and women side. Round 4 Results: Men Zhang Pengxiang – Jakovenko ½-½Alekseev – Wang Hao ½-½Ni Hua – Timofeev 0-1Inarkiev – Bu Xiangzhi 1-0Wang Yue – Tomashevsky 1-0...
Russia ties China in 3rd match
3rd match 1 Jakovenko, D ½-½ Ni Hua1 Zhao Xue 1-0 Kovalevskaya, E2 Wang Yue ½-½ Inarkiev, E2 Kosintseva, T ½-½ Ruan Lufei3 Timofeev, A 0-1 Zhang Pengxiang3 Wang Yu A. ½-½ Korbut, E4 Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ Alekseev, E4...
China dominated Russia in 2nd match
Here are the individual results in the 2nd match between China and Russia: Men (3-2) Alekseev – Wang Yue 1-0Bu Xiangzhi – Jakovenko 1-0Inarkiev – Ni Hua ½-½Wang Hao – Timofeev 1-0Tomashevsky – Zhang Pengxiang ½-½ Women (4½-½) Shen...
China dominates at the Russia vs China match
The 4th China vs Russia chess match is taking place from August 18 to 31, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. Standings after 2 matches: RUSSIA 1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2689 2.02. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2663 1.03. Kovalevskaya, Ekater...
13 year old Yifan wins national championship
Youngest Hou Yifan wins national chess titleWATCH VIDEO The 2007 National Chess Championship wound up in Chongqing city with 13 year old Hou Yifan setting an unbeaten record to win her first title. Hou becomes the youngest player to...
China dominated women’s world team championship!
China crowned world chess championBy Cruz Fang(chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-05-29 11:39 Beijing – China smashed Botswana 4-0 on May 28 to clinch the trophy at the first World Women’s Team Chess Championship even though there is one more round to go....
China clinched world title by trouncing Czech 3.5-.5
China has virtually clinched the World Women’s Team Championship by trouncing the Czech team by the score of 3.5 – .5. China will face Botswana next and it is a lock that the score will be 4-0. The Botswana...
The success of China and demise of the US
The young Chinese team dominates – Photo courtesy of ChessBaseL to R: Huang Qian, Zhao Xue, Hou Yifan, Sheng Yang and Ruan Lufei After crushing Russia and Poland 4-0 and Vietnam 3.5 – .5, China continued to dominate Ukraine...
China crushed Ukraine 3.5 – .5
China thrash Ukraine 3.5-0.5 at Women´s Chess ChampionshipSource: CCTV.com05-25-2007 10:15 China is also doing pretty well in the World Women’s Team Chess Championship. They now find themselves just one step away from the title. The fifth round was a...