I was hoping that the 17-year-old Chinese girl Hou Yifan would win outright in Gibraltar. She has played astonishingly well, beating a string of super elite chess grandmasters of both sexes in the strongest chess open tournament in history. But she lost to Nigel Short in a mini-match play-off to decide the outright winner. It’s [...]
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An emotional climax
Posted in Chess, Writing, tagged Chess, Dangerous Weapons, Evans Gambit, Gibraltar, Hou Yifan, King's Gambit, Nigel Short, The French on February 2, 2012 | 4 Comments »
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