Anna Ushenina: if I wasn’t a chess player, I would be a lawyer 20.04.2014Interview, News Ukrainian Anna Ushenina firmly stood up from the crowd, by becoming the clear Ukrainian Women Champion for several years. Continue reading →
Kateryna Lagno: I see some developments for women’s chess 19.04.2014Interview, News It was not hard to predict the readiness of the chess world to roll out the red carpet for the new rising star: the Ukrainian prodigy, Kateryna Lagno. Continue reading →
Antoaneta Stefanova: “It’s my fifth book since I have arrived here and I only brought six with me” 16.04.2014Interview, News The Bulgarian star received her first chess guidance from her father at the age of 4, and just three years later she already made her name by winning the Sofia Championship. Continue reading →
Interview with Nana Dzagnidze: “I like sonnets and Shakespeare very much” 12.04.2014Interview, News Nana Dzagnidze showed her strength over the chess board from a young age when she won the under 12 World Junior Championship 1992. Continue reading →
Andrei Selivanov: “Women chess is much more unpredictable than men’s 12.04.2014Interview, News Vice-President of Russian Chess Federation Andrei Selivanov who visited Khanty-Mansiysk, answered the questions of journalists in the press-center. Continue reading →
Batchimeg “Chimi” Tuvshintugs: “Defeating Yifan Hou was one of the happiest moments” 11.04.2014Interview, News Batchimeg Tuvshintugs of Mongolia is playing in her 3rd event of this Grand Prix series. She is number 10 on the rating list for men and number 2 for women in Mongolia. Continue reading →
Vasiliy Filipenko: With every year we raise the level of tournaments’ organization in Khanty-Mansiysk 10.04.2014Interview, News The first games of the FIDE Women Grand Prix stage started in Khanty-Mansiysk. The first move in the game between Chinese Hou Yifan and Russian Tatiana Kosintseva was made by the Head of Khanty-Mansiysk, President of Ugra Chess Federation Vasiliy Filipenko. Continue reading →