Crush on Krush

Surprised to see Irena is back in a major women's tournament. I thought she had "retired". She's in the Cairns Cup sponsored by the "deep pockets" Sinquefield family. Her first game was a draw vs. Kosteniuk who is a heavyweight (when she isn't in a slump, as she has been recently...

Chicks and Chess 🤗

Perfect combination.

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Who knows, usually just teach chess to rich kids--her college degree is in International Relations.."like duh" good luck getting a job with that...

She could give lessons in King throwing.

YouTube

A video I've shown to quite a few non-playing friends. Always amuses.

take your coat off before blitz...

@Duchess64

I saw Irina give an interview a couple of years ago..she stated that she no longer was active in competitive tournaments...BUT as we know she
's entered in the Cairns Cup...she had a draw today vs. Ju Wenjun, the present Women's World Champion. at 11am you can see it live at uschesschamps-dot-com Seirawan and Shahade commentating..

@ogb said
Surprised to see Irena is back in a major women's tournament. I thought she had "retired". She's in the Cairns Cup sponsored by the "deep pockets" Sinquefield family. Her first game was a draw vs. Kosteniuk who is a heavyweight (when she isn't in a slump, as she has been recently...

I thought she had "retired"




I think I read that somewhere as well.

No time to think about that now though. Many hours of study remaining and many defeats to endure at the hands of Chessmaster 10K before Memorial Day. Back boot camp! 😳

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You'll be glad to know that the Cairns Cup prize money is as follows:
1. $45,000
2. $35,000
3. $25,000
Even the last place finisher gets $6K, which is way too generous..

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Yifan Hou is entered in the Bundesliga at the moment. once again showing her disdain for women's tournaments..