A passage through Europe

The village of Alcubierre, province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain has apparently become a battleground in the campaign for women’s rights in chess. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) came here two years ago, and now it has been the turn of Ukrainian Grandmaster Anna Olehivna Muzychuk (pictured above), who, invited as a special guest of the 12nd Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez, on Sunday, July 22, 2018 performed a spectacular 24-board simultaneous exhibition, winning all games in a hour and fifty-three minutes. Photo: Radio Huesca.

Pit Stop

Anna Olehivna Muzychuk from Ukraine, former Women’s World Rapid & Blitz Chess Champion and currently ranked number three in the women’s world rating list, has been invited to play the 12th International Rapid Chess Tournament in Alcubierre, province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain which will be held from 21–22 July 2018. Just earlier, from July 1–6 Muzychuk will play the 4th Gideon Japhet Cup in Jerusalem, Israel along with Boris Abramovich Gelfand, Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, Georg Meier, Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi, and Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler.

Anna Olehivna Muzychuk (left) pictured with Ukrainian freestyle wrestler Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach (right) while taking part in the 2 km charity race of the 3rd Molokiya Lviv Half Marathon in Lviv, Ukraine on June 10, 2018. Photo: Anna Olehivna Muzychuk/News agency Vector News.

Chireta

On July 31, 2016 four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), invited as a special guest of the 10nd Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez in Alcubierre, province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain, performed a 18-board simultaneous exhibition, scoring 17 wins and 1 draw in a hour and twenty-three minutes. Photos: Noticias de Huesca.

Desembargo

• La actual campeona del mundo de ajedrez Yìfán Hóu, estará en el X torneo internacional de Alcubierre que se celebrará los días 30 y 31 de julio | Current Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will participate in the 10th Alcubierre International Tournament which will be held on 30 and 31 July, Noticias Huesca, June 23, 2016

From left: El País’ chess columnist Leontxo García, Alcubierre’s Mayor Álvaro Amador, PSOE provincial deputy Francisco Mateo, and the Secretary of the Federación Aragonesa de Ajedrez Asunción Gracia announcing the 10th Alcubierre International Tournament, scheduled for 30 – 31 July 2016. Photo: Noticias Huesca.