Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia had already secured victory at the FIDE women's candidates' tournament and so her final round loss was easy to handle. Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine finished in second place, 1.5 points behind the winner....
Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia, the youngest participant in the field, has secured victory at the FIDE women's candidates' tournament in Kazan, Russia. The 20-year-old GM has a 2.5-point lead over Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) with two rounds to ...
After nine rounds of play, there is one name dominating the women's candidates' tournament in Kazan, Russia: GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. With a magnificent score of 7.5/9 and a 2804 performance rating, she holds a 2.5-point-lead over her close...
Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the women's candidates' tournament in Kazan, Russia with the score of 5/6. Eight more rounds will be played. Goryachkina, a 20-year-old grandmaster from Russia, is the youngest player in the field and the lowest s...
Three rounds have been played at the women's candidates' tournament in Kazan, Russia. Enjoying their first rest day, Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) and Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) lead with 2.5/3. It might have taken approximately 20 years and a F...
As only the second woman to retain her title in a knockout tournament, Ju Wenjun of China won the 2018 World Championship by beating Kateryna Lagno of Russia in the final. It must be said that there is a sad poignancy to every knockout final. In...
The final of the women's world championship will be played between Ju Wenjun of China and Kateryna Lagno of Russia. Ju will be defending her crown in a match over four classical games. "A fight is not won by one punch or kick, so either learn to...
The semifinals of the women's world championship will be played between Ju Wenjun, Lagno, Kosteniuk, Mariya Muzychuk. There is no denying it: quarterfinals are a big deal. Everything is magnified, from the tension and suspense to ...
The women's world championship is down to just eight players as another eight got eliminated in the third round. The biggest names packing their bags were Harika Dronavalli, Antoaneta Stefanova, Natalija Pogonina and Valentina Gunina. The legend...
In the second round, some big favorites were eliminated at the women's world championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, including Humpy Koneru, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Tan Zhongyi and Zhao Xue. IM Jovanka Houska reports. A quick check on the wea...
Olga Girya, Elisabeth Paehtz, Alina Kashlinskaya and Natalia Zhukova are some of the biggest names who were eliminated in the first round of the women's world championship in Khanty-Mansiysk. Our women's chess reporter IM Jovan...
GM Valentina Gunina won her third European gold at the women's championship in Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia. The Russian grandmaster finished ahead of GMs Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia, silver) and Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, bronze). IM Jovanka ...
The Russian women's team dominated the European Team Championship in Crete, Greece and won the event with a round to spare. IM Jovanka Houska, who played for the English team, reports. Sometime in the 1950s some wise bods got together and i...
Batumi Chess Club NONA won the European Club Cup on Saturday in Göynük/Antalya. As promised, Chess.com publishes a separate report on the women's tournament, once again written by IM Jovanka Houska. The European chess club champio...
The Russian women won the World Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, finishing three match points ahead of the pack. Gold for Russia. | Photo courtesy of FIDE. A quick glance on Wikipedia tells us that Khanty-Mansiysk is a flourishing town wi...
Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia won the 18th edition of the European individual championship for women, held April 11-22 in Riga, Latvia. IM Jovanka Houska, who participated as well, reports. Nana Dzagnidze. | Photo courtesy EWCC2017. ...
Hou Yifan lost her world title, but China did not. Beating favorite Anna Muzychuk in the final's playoff (and top seed Ju Wenjun earlier in the tournament), Tan Zhongyi of China became the new Women's World Champion. IM Jovanka Houska re...
The two ways Anna Muzychuk and Tan Zhongyi reached the final of the Women's World Championship couldn't be more different. Whereas Muzychuk beat Alexandra Kosteniuk 2-0 in classical games, Tan had the strongest nerves and defeated Harika Dron...
The women's world championship in Tehran saw a huge sensation with the elimination of Ju Wenjun. The top seed was defeated by her compatriot Tan Zhongyi. Harika Dronavalli, Anna Muzychuk and Alexandra Kosteniuk are the other semi-fina...
WGM Ni Shiqun of China is the sensation of the women's world championship so far. In the last two rounds the 19-year-old Chinese player eliminated both GMs Valentina Gunina and WGM Natalija Pogonina. The first round in the women&r...
Even before a single move had been played over the chessboard, the 2017 women’s world championship knockout is riddled in controversy. Originally, the world championship was scheduled to be held at the end of the 2016 but with no bidders i...
Ju Wenjun of China won the grand prix tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk, and with it, the overall women's grand prix. In doing so, she earned the right to challenge the winner of the 2017 Knockout World Championship in a title match. Recap: At...
IM Nino Batsiashvili of Georgia leads the Khanty-Mansiysk Women's Grand Prix after six rounds. This final grand prix will determine who will play the winner of the 2017 FIDE knockout championship in a match. Here's the story from our special ...
Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo won the European Club Cup in Novi Sad most convincingly. The team won all their seven matches, and Hou Yifan, playing on top board, won all her games. Chess.com's latest addition to the content team, IM Jovanka Houska, ...
