CFN February, 2008

Chess Femme News
News About Women in Chess

February, 2008:

Added February 24, 2008:

An interview with GM Judit Polgar at Daily News & Analysis (India), February 24, 2008, by Vijay Tagore.

Updated February 23, 2008:

Whew, here it is, already the 23rd and I can't keep up with the news, blog, writing the column for Chessville. Here's some news, I'm working today and tomorrow to update further. Please bear with me!

News from Indonesia
Reported at the JarkataPost.com, February 24, 2008
Irene in hunt for GM title in Ukraine

JAKARTA: One of Indonesia's top chess players, Women's International Master Irene Kharisma Sukandar, will continue her quest to become the country's first Woman Grandmaster at the Rector's Cup tournament in Kharkov, Ukraine, from Feb. 26 until March 6.

Ten chess invitees, including Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Oksana Vosovic, WGM Evgeniya Dolukhanova and WGM Anastasi Karlovich, all from the Ukraine, and 2007 world under-15 champion Irina Bulmaga of Moldova, will be tough contenders for Irene.

"It's like playing in a bear den, but I will try to play my best," Irene said in a statement Friday.

Irene will receive intensive coaching from Ukraine national champion GM Valeriy Aveskulov during the tournament. --JP

Four Nations Chess Challenge
February 15 - 17, 2008
Men's and Women's teams of four players each from England, Sweden, Latvia and Norway are playing in this event. Here are the Women's teams:

Norway Sweden

WIM Sheila B. Sahl 2227 GM Pia Cramling 2531

WIM Ellen Hagesæther 2234 WIM Svetlana Agrest 2255

WFM Silje Bjerke 2162 WIM Christin Andersson 2209

Torill Skytte 1971 Inna Agrest 2121

Yerazik Khachatourian 2044 Ellinor Frisk 2109

Average 2128 Average 2245

England Latvia

WGM Harriet Hunt 2457 WGM Dana Reizniece 2309

WFM Sabrina Chevannes 2074 WIM Ilze Berzina 2281

Kanwal Bhatia 2054 WIM Tatjana Voronova 2242

Sarah Hegarty 1974 WFM Viktorija Ni 2132

Amisha Parmar 1995 WFM Renate Praude 2131

Average 2111 Average 2219