The 2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship, held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, already had a clear winner going into the final round, but there was heavy drama in the battle for money, place and qualification for other tour...
Anna Zatonskih clinched her second consecutive U.S. Women's Chess championship by defeating Sabina Foisor in round eight of the 2009 event at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. With one round remaining, she has acquired a near-pe...
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Top-seeded Anna Zatonskih moved one step closer to winning the 2009 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship by defeating third-seeded Rusudan Goletiani in round seven. The tournament is being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Za...
Sabina-Francesca Foisor: Focused on Chess
Sabina-Francesca Foisor talks about her chess games, the 2009 U.S. Women's Championship and life as a young chess player.
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Alisa Melekhina, the youn...
While chess was not immune to historic gender barriers, women players have long refused to concede the game to men. In fact, the history of chess in the U.S. dates back to the start of the 19th century for both sexes.
For the first few decades wo...
Anna Zatonskih dispatched one of her two closest rivals in round six of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. In the longest match of the day, Zatonskih, of Long Island, N.Y., used an impending...
FM Mike Klein interviews Anna Zatonskih after her defeat of Irina Krush. Video Short is part of a series of player and tournament videos by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.