by John Bain | Jan 23, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess, Women Chess Players
Eline Roebers World Chess Champion – Girls Under 14 by John Bain The World Youth Chess Championship The Netherlands has a Girl Under 14 World Chess Champion! Eline Roebers from Amsterdam won the World Chess Championship Under 14 years old category for... Read more
by John Bain | Dec 4, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women Chess Players
Irina Krush Covid-19 Survivor2020 U.S. Women’s Chess Champion! Irina Krush on Santa Monica Pier, California by John Bain Irina Krush has won her 8th U.S. Women’s Chess Championship, edging 2nd Place 17-year-old Carissa Yip by a half point. Krush scored an... Read more
by John Bain | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Famous Chess Games, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Carissa Gave Ju Something to Contemplate Ju at chessboard in background thinking. In mid-February 2020, ten of the top women chess players in the world competed in a Round Robin–playing each other once–in the 2020 Cairns... Read more
by John Bain | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Carissa Yip Born September 10, 2003 in USA Rated: 2425 After a very busy and successful summer playing chess, Carissa Yip at 15 years old became the USA’s #1 rated female chess player! Earns Women’s Grandmaster (WGM) Title! Carissa, already a... Read more
by John Bain | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Women Chess Players
Hungary – Home of the Polgár Sisters! The Polgár sisters, born in Budapest, Hungary, are amazing like no other chess-playing siblings in the world. They are Jewish. Sadly, during WWII, the Nazis murdered members of the Polgár family in the Holocaust. Amazingly,... Read more
by John Bain | May 4, 2019 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
Undefeated 17-Year-Old Jennifer YuWins2019 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship! In Round 10, playing the Black pieces, 17-year-old Jennifer Yu crushed the former 4-time US Women’s Chess Champion, 42-year-old Anna Zatonskih. Jennifer delivered a forced 3-move... Read more