Kings beat Queens in Saint Louis chess; Kosteniuk top Queen result
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The beautiful Kings vs. Queens tournament, organized by the Saint Louis Chess Club is over. The Kings won by 31.5 to 18.5, with an impressive showing by Hikaru Nakamura who won the event with 9.5 out of 10! In second place is GM Ben Finegold with 7.5, then IM’s Marc Arnold and IM Jacek Stopa with 6.0. Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, who finished strong with 4 wins in a row, is top woman (Queen) with 5.5, followed by Kateryna Lahno 5.0, Irina Krush 3.0, Anna Zatonskih and Martha Fierro 2.5.
The beautiful Kings vs. Queens tournament, organized by the Saint Louis Chess Club is over. The Kings won by 31.5 to 18.5, with an impressive showing by Hikaru Nakamura who won the event with 9.5 out of 10! In second place is GM Ben Finegold with 7.5, then IM’s Marc Arnold and IM Jacek Stopa with 6.0. Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, who finished strong with 4 wins in a row, is top woman (Queen) with 5.5, followed by Kateryna Lahno 5.0, Irina Krush 3.0, Anna Zatonskih and Martha Fierro 2.5.
The full table, great photos and a nice video can be found at this link on www.ChessQueen.com.
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Labels: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kings vs Queens
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 10:59 AM
6 Comments:
At September 16, 2011 at 9:13 AM ,
Alexis Cochran, New Zealand said...
The point of the matter is you rock Alexandra!
At September 16, 2011 at 9:39 AM ,
Sebastian Wolff, NY said...
It was a fun event particularly the 960 chess rounds. I had no clue you are the reigning Chess960 World Champion. Oh boy. Wow. Hope to see you back as the world champion in classical chess also. Best wishes.
At September 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM ,
Saira Fernandes, Madrid said...
The Chess Queen shines.
:)
At September 16, 2011 at 1:04 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Another Conquest.
At September 16, 2011 at 1:05 PM ,
Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New Delhi said...
The Queen does it again.
At September 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM ,
Youngbloed said...
Well done Alexandra, special the last 3 rounds. Loved watching you on video after the games with the commentators. Succes with your next tournaments !
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