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Irina Krush on Winning Streak at Women's World Champs |
November 17, 2012 | |||
Reigning US Women's Champion IM Irina Krush is on a four-game winning streak at the World Women's Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. After a first round loss to GM Pia Cramling in match two, Irina won game two against Cramling to advance the match to tiebreak. Then she won the rapid tiebreak 2-0. 6564 6563 6562 In the same tiebreak round, the other remaining American player, Anna Zatonskih, was eliminated. 6560 With just sixteen players remaining, Irina won round one of match three vs. Qian Huang. 6561
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