Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information: LIVE games from Beijing

Monday, October 13, 2008

LIVE games from Beijing

Preliminary Team World Mind Sports Games Blitz is on LIVE in Beijing. Click here to view all the games.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Go USA!!!

USA (5 / 8,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. RtgAvg
1 WGM Shahade Jennifer 2322 USA 0 ½ 0 1 0 1,5 2279
2 CM Zenyuk Iryna 2237 USA 1 1 0 0 0 2,0 2210
3 WFM Marshall Abby 2194 USA 1 1 0 0 2,0 2238
4 WIM Tsai Cindy 2152 USA 1 0 1 1 0 3,0 2073
5 Ben-Dak Shirley 1941 USA 0 0,0 1996; Monday, October 13, 2008 1:49:00 AM CDT
Anonymous said...: Ben-Dak Shirley? Who is she? I know of only one Shirley - Temple.; Monday, October 13, 2008 1:50:00 AM CDT
Anonymous said...: Are these games FIDE-pro-rated? They all have ratings, so must either lose or win some rating in China?; Monday, October 13, 2008 1:51:00 AM CDT
Anonymous said...: Are these games FIDE-pro-rated? They all have ratings, so must either lose or win some rating in China?

Nope, they are not rated as they are rapid and blitz games.; Monday, October 13, 2008 1:25:00 PM CDT

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