Chess News

Becca Kinsey is a 39-year old Tucson local, who after years of thinking chess was way too confusing, decided to give it a try. A couple months later, Kinsey and others have formed an all-ladies chess team consisting of sixteen members.

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Chess: Now for Women, Too? – Zelda Lily: Feminism in a Bra

The group is an outgrowth of a nonprofit organization in Tucson called 9 Queens, started in 2007 by Jean Hoffman, 29, and Jennifer Shahade, 28, a two-time United States women’s chess champion.

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New York Times: In Tucson, women taking up chess . Blog Archive …

Above, Alexandra Kosteniuk, 25, the reigning women’s world chess champion, takes on 34 players during a simultaneous exhibition Sunday at Tucson’s Mast boutique. A Russian by birth, Kosteniuk defeated 30 of the 34 players and played four to a draw in a little less than three hours, going down to the wire with 12-year-old Bryan Hu of Tucson, the last man standing. “The last one was very close …

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Women’s world chess champ visits (Arizona Daily Star)