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In the following years she represented Israel several times at the World Junior Chess Championships (1992, 1993 - U18 girls, 1995 - U20 girls) and European Junior Chess Championships (1994, 1995 - U20 girls). In 1993, Anna Gershnik shared 4th place in the tournament First Saturday FS12 IM-A in Budapest.
Lichess (/ ˈ l iː tʃ ɛ s /; LEE-ches) [3] [4] is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally register an account to play rated games .
Alexandra Valeria Botez (/ ˈ b oʊ t ɛ z / BOH-tez; born 1995) [4] is an American and Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber. In chess, she holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) and has a peak FIDE rating of 2092. She is a five-time Canadian girls' national champion and one-time U.S. girls' national champion.
Andrea Cecilia Cristina Botez [1] (/ ˈ b oʊ t ɛ z / BOH-tez; born April 6, 2002) is a Canadian chess player, commentator, DJ [2] and internet personality. [3] She is mostly known as part of the BotezLive Twitch channel with her sister Alexandra Botez. She is also credited as one of the creators who popularized chess on Twitch. [4]
The winner of the girls' tournament receives the Woman Grandmaster title, and the second and third-place finishers receive the Woman International Master titles (FIDE 2004, 1.2). In the Open section, two winners - Zaven Andriasian (2006) and Abdulla Gadimbayli (2022) have earned the GM title directly by winning the event.
Judit Polgár, generally considered the strongest female player of all time, [4] was at one time the eighth highest rated player in the world, and remains the only woman to have ever been rated in the world's top ten. [5] [6] Three women, Maia Chiburdanidze, [7] Polgár, [8] and Hou Yifan, [9] have been ranked in the world's top 100 players. [10]
Alice Teresa Lee (born October 13, 2009) is an American chess player with the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is the youngest American female, and the third youngest female worldwide, to achieve the IM title.
The opening variation is characterized by white opening with "1. e3 2. d3 3. Ne2 4. Nd2 5. Nb3 6. Ng3", regardless of how black responds. [45] [46] In March 2024, chess.com added a version of this opening to its list of recognized opening variations. They characterized the canonical moves as "1. e3 d5 2. d3 e5 3. Ne2 Bd6 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Nd2". [47]