Chinese Chess
Chinese Chess in Vietnam
The last day in Vietnam I managed to wake up early in the morning and walked around Vung Tau town.
I saw more than one game of Chinese Chess played by the street.
I guess it’s a popular local past time there.
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Kosteniuk World Women Champion 2008
This was the first time I watched a chess game live (on PlayChess.com) and it was a liitle disappointing as I was rooting for Hou Yifan. Anyway the general opinion is that she will be Women Champion eventually (hopefully next year).
Name
Rating
G1
G2
G3
G4
Total Points
Kosteniuk, Alexsandra
2510
1
½
½
½
2.5
Hou, Yifan
2557
0
½
½
½
1.5
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Wang Li for GM norm
While attention was directed to in the beginning to Wesley SO and then Eugene Torre, this relatively unknown player, Wang Li, went unnoticed.
What’s impressive is not that he is untitled and has 5 points but that he obtained those points playing opponents listed below.
Rd.
SNo
Name
Rtg
FED
Pts.
Res.
1
3
GM
MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil
2604
GEO
6,0
w ½
2
9
GM
DZHUMAEV Marat
2549
UZB
5,0
s 1
3
14
GM
SHANAVA [...]
