Ukraine

Daaim ShabazzFebruary 27, 2017
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2017 Women’s World Championship: Finals

A new woman will be declared World Champion as the knockout tournament dwindles down to two competitors. Both Tan Zhongyi and Anna Muzychuk had trod different paths to reach the final Zhongyi survived an intense tiebreak despite being on the brink of defeat in the Armageddon game. On the other…
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Daaim ShabazzMarch 16, 2016
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2016 Women’s Chess Championship (Lviv, Ukraine)

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Daaim ShabazzApril 8, 2015
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Mariya Muzychuk wins Women’s Championship!

Mariya Muzychuk, World ChampionPhoto by Anastasia Kharlovich. The Ukraine has a new champion! The embattled country has had its share of chess success in recent history with the greatness of Vassily Ivanchuk and the former FIDE World Champion of Ruslan Ponomariov. They can also lay claim to Sergey Karjakin who…
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Daaim ShabazzDecember 3, 2013
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Things heating up at World Team ’13!!

Two more rounds remain at the the 2013 World Team Championships and it will be a race to gold. Ukraine is currently atop the field by one point over Russia with 12 points, while China (10 pts.) and the USA (8 pts.) are also fighting for medal contention. Kramnik’s fortune…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 29, 2013
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2013 World Team Championship (Antalya, Turkey)

While the fervor from World Championship has subsided and Magnus Carlsen settles into his role as the World Champion, other action is heating up in Antalya, Turkey. The biennial World Team Championship is being held featuring ten of the top teams including the host nation of Turkey. Hikaru Nakamura is…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 20, 2013
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HOU YIFAN REGAINS TITLE!

Hou Yifan dispatched Anna Ushenina to regain the Women’s World Champion. Can the 19-year old star invigorate women’s chess? China is back on top of women’s chess! Hou Yifan clinched the 2013 Women’s World Championship with a crushing 5½-1½ win over a beleaguered Anna Ushenina. The margin of victory was…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 10, 2013
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2013 Women’s World Championship (Taizhou, China)

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship starts on 10th of September 2013. The event has been traveling under the radar and has not been highly-touted in the shadows of the upcoming World Championship match. This match will feature reigning World Champion Anna Ushenina of the Ukraine and former champion Hou Yifan…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 28, 2012
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2012 Women’s World Championship (Finals)

A new World Championship will be declared in a few days and it will come down to two players. Former champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria faces the Ukraine’s Anna Ushenina for the crown to culminate two weeks of bruising chess battles. The winner will have to face Hou Yifan in…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 23, 2011
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Armenia seeking to hold off field

Armenia has garnered great success in the past several years in team play and hope to continue the trend today as the 2011 World Team tournament goes into its final four rounds. The Olympiad champions from 2006 and 2008, Armenia has always had tremendous team chemistry which helps when trust…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 15, 2011
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2011 World Team Championship (Ningbo, China)

The bienniel World Team Championships will commence with round one on Sunday, July 17th. The ten teams are comprised of host China, Russia (defending champion), Ukraine, Israel Hungary (2010 Olympiad finishers), Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, USA (the continental champions) and Armenia (nomination from FIDE President). The field will prove to be…
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