Kings beat Queens in Saint Louis chess; Kosteniuk top Queen result

The beautiful Kings vs. Queens tournament, organized by the Saint Louis Chess Club is over. The Kings won by 31.5 to 18.5, with an impressive showing by Hikaru Nakamura who won the event with 9.5 out of 10! In second place is GM Ben Finegold with 7.5, then IM’s Marc Arnold and IM Jacek Stopa with 6.0. Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, who finished strong with 4 wins in a row, is top woman (Queen) with 5.5, followed by Kateryna Lahno 5.0, Irina Krush 3.0, Anna Zatonskix & Martha Fierro 2.5. The full table, photos and a nice video can be seen below.

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Kosteniuk beats IM Jacek Stopa twice in Saint Louis Chess

Hello everyone!

Here is the rapid chess game played today by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk against Jacek Stopa of Poland (ELO 2482), in the Kings vs Queens Tournament organized by the Saint Louis Chess Club. Alexandra won both games. The final results of the tournament will be available tomorrow.
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Kosteniuk Receives 2011 Special Friend of the USCF Award

It was a great surprise at my return to Miami to get in the mail an award of “Special Friend of the USCF 2011”. It was accompanied by a nice letter, signed by the Executive Director of the USCF Bill Hall. Thank you! I’m always ready to do more to promote chess in America, and of course also in all the countries in the world!

 

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