FIDE WGP Nicosia: Harika scores her second win and joins the lead
85-year-old WIM Edith Krizsán-Bilek is a pioneer in women’s chess. She has been playing all her life. In 1958, Krizsán-Bilek won the Hungarian Women’s Chess Championship and has represented Hungary in several Chess Olympiads, winning individual and team medals. Even now, she travels to Cyprus regularly, giving talks to kids and teaching chess, accompanied by […]
FIDE WGP Nicosia: Goryachkina wins, Lagno and Tan Zhongyi lead
“Chess is hard, no one said it was going to be easy.” Wise words by Kosteniuk this afternoon summing up in a sentence how difficult it is to play good chess, especially at the highest level. This afternoon we saw an array of missed opportunities, tenacious defence, a couple of blunders, and some excellent endgame […]