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Friday, September 16, 2011

Kings beat Queens in Saint Louis chess; Kosteniuk top Queen result

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011



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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6 comments:

  1. Alexis Cochran, New ZealandSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    The point of the matter is you rock Alexandra!

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  2. Sebastian Wolff, NYSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    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.

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  3. Saira Fernandes, MadridSeptember 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    The Chess Queen shines.
    :)

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Another Conquest.

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  5. Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New DelhiSeptember 16, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    The Queen does it again.

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  6. YoungbloedSeptember 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    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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