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cyna 01-Sep-09, 18:06	Women In Chess From September 1, 2009 FIDE started to publish the ELO rating-lists every two months. On September 1, 2009 there are 14 women whose rating is higher than the men's GM level of 2500: 1. Polgar Judit - 2687 2. Koneru Humpy - 2595 3. Hou Yifan - 2585 4. Zhao Xue - 2542 5. Kosintseva Tatiana - 2536 6. Cramling Pia - 2535 7. Dzagnidze Nana - 2535 8. Muzychuk Anna - 2533 9. Stefanova Antoaneta - 2527 10. Sebag Marie - 2519 11. Kosteniuk Alexandra - 2516 12. Chiburdanidze Maia - 2506 13. Hoang Thanh Trang - 2501 14. Pogonina Natalia - 2501 SOURCE: www.chessblog.com
cyna 01-Sep-09, 19:42	Top 100 Women in Chess Top 100 Women - September 2009: Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2687 0 1976 2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2595 25 1987 3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2585 9 1994 4 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2542 8 1985 5 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2536 11 1986 6 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2535 35 1963 7 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2535 27 1987 8 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2533 18 1990 9 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2527 29 1979 10 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2519 10 1986 11 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2516 0 1984 12 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2506 0 1961 13 Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2501 0 1980 14 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 0 1985 15 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2499 18 1968 16 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2493 11 1985 17 Danielian, Elina m ARM 2489 20 1978 18 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2488 18 1976 19 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2486 0 1987 20 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2485 0 1976 21 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2483 9 1989 22 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2482 26 1983 23 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2482 20 1985 24 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2477 19 1983 25 Socko, Monika g POL 2476 27 1978 26 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2474 29 1991 27 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2472 9 1984 28 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2468 9 1982 29 Qin, Kanying wg CHN 2466 0 1974 30 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2465 20 1981 31 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2462 9 1978 32 Krush, Irina m USA 2458 16 1983 33 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2457 9 1979 34 Romanko, Marina m RUS 2453 18 1986 35 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2453 0 1989 36 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2452 0 1978 37 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2451 14 1985 38 Tairova, Elena m RUS 2450 0 1991 39 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2448 15 1985 40 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2448 11 1976 41 Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 0 1985 42 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2447 0 1982 43 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2445 9 1982 44 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2443 8 1992 45 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2443 0 1991 46 Repkova, Eva m SVK 2439 8 1975 47 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2438 26 1976 48 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2438 15 1988 49 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2437 0 1989 50 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2436 9 1974 51 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2435 0 1991 52 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2433 27 1967 53 Melia, Salome m GEO 2432 39 1987 54 Moser, Eva m AUT 2431 0 1982 55 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2429 0 1971 56 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2424 0 1986 57 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2423 9 1977 58 Li, Ruofan wg SIN 2423 0 1978 59 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2420 15 1975 60 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag wg MGL 2418 9 1987 61 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2414 37 1987 62 Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2410 21 1986 63 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2408 14 1987 64 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2407 19 1983 65 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2407 9 1968 66 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2405 23 1986 67 Maric, Alisa m SRB 2405 9 1970 68 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2400 18 1977 69 Gomes, Mary Ann wg IND 2396 22 1989 70 Jackova, Jana m CZE 2393 9 1982 71 Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2391 36 1983 72 Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2391 18 1987 73 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2391 9 1978 74 Goletiani, Rusudan m USA 2391 0 1980 75 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2391 0 1969 76 Zhang, Xiaowen wm CHN 2391 0 1989 77 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2390 0 1969 78 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2387 29 1978 79 Calzetta Ruiz, Monica wg ESP 2386 22 1972 80 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. m ECU 2386 9 1977 81 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2386 0 1969 82 Turova, Irina m RUS 2384 43 1979 83 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2384 18 1992 84 Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2384 0 1974 85 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2382 0 1992 86 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2381 20 1980 87 Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2380 14 1988 88 Wang, Yu A. m CHN 2380 0 1982 89 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2378 14 1977 90 Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2378 9 1982 91 Demina, Julia wg RUS 2377 9 1969 92 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2375 0 1979 93 Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2372 5 1965 94 Michna, Marta wg GER 2366 9 1978 95 Gara, Anita m HUN 2365 9 1983 96 Iljushina, Olga wg RUS 2364 17 1981 97 Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2364 7 1984 98 Cori T., Deysi wm PER 2361 39 1993 99 Majdan, Joanna wg POL 2361 26 1988 100 Lanchava, Tea m NED 2360 0 1974 SOURCE: ratings.fide.com
cyna 06-Sep-09, 12:41	Women In Chess History September 6 - Today In Chess History: Lelchuk, Zoja was born - Happy Birthday, Zoja!! Birth Sep 6, 1961 Nationality UKR - Ukraine Titles WGM - Woman International Grandmaster Biographical data: International Woman Grandmaster SOURCE: www.maskeret.com
cyna 07-Sep-09, 23:18	The Chess Queen and Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Influence Sep 7, 1533: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, was born in London, England. She enjoyed playing chess, as history shows. Marilyn Yalom, in her book "Birth of the Chess Queen" writes that the chess queen was influenced by the Spanish female ruler Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), strengthened in England by Elizabeth I (1533-1603), and fostered in Russia by Catherine II the Great (reigned from 1762 to 1796). The transformation from the male figure of the vizier to the queen in Russia took place six hundred years after the chess queen had appeared in Germany, Italy, Spain, France, England and Scandinavia. In Russia, the bishop was represented by an elephant, and the rook by a boat. The king was called tsar, and instead of the queen, “ferz” (Arabic vizier) was used, which remained masculine well into the 18th century. In the nineteenth century, chess clubs opened in the United States and Europe. Modern chess game became widespread, especially with youth. Today, as a result of pawn promotion, it is possible to have multiple queens on the board at the same time. Reference: The Birth of the Chess Queen, Marilyn Yalom. Marilyn Yalom is a senior scholar at the Institute for Women and Gender at Stanford University. SOURCE: www.monroi.com
pennsylvaniadan 08-Sep-09, 09:06	True Story Several years ago, I was playing a game against some idiot who was really abrasive and was really giving me a headache. Having a nice advantage in our game, I decided to teach him a lesson and rub the game in his face by seeing how many Queens I could put on the board. Upon converting my 4th Queen and putting the game in a stalemate position, he had the last laugh----Lesson learned-----I have not created a stalemate since................I guess the moral of the story is the same as in life---if there is any more than one lady involved----you're asking for trouble----------
cyna 08-Sep-09, 09:11	re: True Story lol, this is so true, penndan(!!)
cyna 13-Sep-09, 16:45	Women In Chess History September 13 - Today In Chess History: Anna Segal was born - Happy Birthday, Anna!! Birth: September 13, 1975. Nationality ISR - Israel.* Titles WGM - Woman International Grandmaster. Biographical data: International Woman Grandmaster. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ *Wikipedia has Anna Segal listed as a chess player for the USSR. SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org
cadavre-opa- 16-Sep-09, 04:39	I believe her surname is now "Gershnik". I can't remember why she played for USSR in 89, I do remember she was 14 at the time and that she now lives somewhere in the US. I think San Diego, but I'm pulling that from mid-air in all honesty.
cyna 16-Sep-09, 09:22	Anna Segal Gershnik, Chess Player, Instructor That is interesting. I did a google search on the chess player, Anna Segal Gershnik, and discovered her profile page (with photo) on the site, "Linked In" which lists her as a chess intructor (as well as a software engineer) in Seattle: www.linkedin.com
cyna 16-Sep-09, 09:59	More on Anna Segal: 32nd Chess Olympiad In 1996, Ana Segal is listed as a member of Team Israel which placed seventh in the top ten overall finishers during an event organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, which took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia. Here, she is listed as having a FIDE rating of 2310. SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org
cyna 08-Oct-09, 17:31	Blindfolded woman plays 5 opponents at once during St. Louis chess event 04-Oct-09, bnd.com For many of us, a game of chess is challenging enough, but when you are the current two-time U.S. Women's Chess Champion, you have to challenge yourself. That's why Saturday Anna Zatonskih, 31, played five players blindfolded. The chess event was held at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. Zatonskih called out her moves while a partner moved the pieces. She was told what move her opponent made, but she had to remember her previous moves. Even blindfolded, Zatonskih beat all five of her opponents. The demonstration was all part of the 2009 Women's Chess Championships in St. Louis. Tournament play began Monday... Link: www.bnd.com
cyna 14-Oct-09, 19:22	Anna Zatonskih wins US Women’s Chess Championship ST. LOUIS — Defending champion Anna Zatonskih reclaimed her title as U.S. women’s chess champion in a tournament held in St. Louis. The Long Island, N.Y., resident beat nine other players, who were all ranked among the Top 12 in the country. The 31-year-old qualified for the next Women’s World Championship, which will be held in Istanbul in 2010. The women’s event ended Tuesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Zatonskih said tournament chess is tough, but not as demanding as raising her 2-year-old daughter. SOURCE: www.bostonherald.com
gonefromgk 11-Nov-09, 20:58	Blindfold Chess (This post is certainly not meant to detract from Anna's blindfold simul, which to me is absolutely fantastic.) I'm not sure if there is a 'world record' for blindfold simuls. George Koltanowski played 34 boards in a blindfold simul when he was a young man, winning 24 and drawing 10. Just the thought of completing ONE blindfold game - regardless of the outcome - is amazing to me. I don't think I'd get past four or five moves.
cyna 29-Nov-09, 17:58	Judit Polgar Judit Polgar was born July 23, 1976. She became a grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, which was the youngest ever at the time (1991). She is the strongest ever female player and was rated as high as eighth in the world. It was actually quite an achievement for her to be the top ranking Polgar, considering the achievements of her older sisters. Susan is a grandmaster and was the Women' World Champion. Zsofia is an international master. Judit still lives in Hungary and is more active than her sisters. Susan has moved to the United States. Zsofia moved to Israel and Canada. SOURCE: www.chess.com
cyna 29-Nov-09, 19:24	Susan Polgar Susan Polgar Won the Budapest Championship for Girls under 11 at age of 4 with the perfect score of 10-0! She also created a chess puzzle at 4 years of age! Here is the link to this puzzle, in which white moves and mates in two: www.youtube.com Her official website's link: www.susanpolgar.com Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (at Texas Tech University): www.depts.ttu.edu Susan Polgar Chess University (online): susanpolgar.blogspot.com

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