Saturday
Oct192013
Irina Krush, Grandmaster
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 12:15PM
If anything, I thought it would happen sooner, but I'm pleased to learn from the current issue of ChessVibes Training that U.S. Women's Champion Irina Krush achieved her third grandmaster norm at the Baku Open, and as her current FIDE rating has passed the 2500 threshold it means she has earned the title.
Congratulations!
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Reader Comments (4)
Great news for Irina, and for chess in the US! Is Susan Polgar the only other female GM here? I ask because the FIDE site seems to indicate she hasn't played in a FIDE-rated event since 2005, so I guess that makes Ms. Krush the only active female GM in the US.
[DM: Correct, and Polgar achieved the title when she was a teenager in Hungary; she's an American GM like Wilhelm Steinitz was an American world chess champion. We're happy to have/have had both, but we can't really take any credit for either.]
Hooray!!!! This is thrilling news!!
Awesome news. Congratulations to Irina for her hard work.
Hi. Do you remember me from the Queen City Classic?
[DM: I've never played in the Queen City Classic or even been to it, so no.]