IRINA KRUSH (born Dec-24-1983, 41 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality United States of America) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Woman Grandmaster; International Master (2000); Grandmaster (2013). Irina Krush ((Russian: Ирина Круш) was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She learned chess in 1989, the same year she and her family moved to Brooklyn in the United States. At age 12 she became a master and won the International Master title in 2000. Championships In 1998 she won the U.S. Women's Championship, becoming the youngest-ever holder of that title. The following year she tied for first place in the female section of the World Junior Championship. In 2007 she reclaimed the title of U.S. Women's Champion, and repeated that feat in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2020. Krush has competed in a number of Women's World Championship events. In 2000, 2004 and 2006, she played in the Women's World Championship Knockout matches, making it to round two on all three occasions. She qualified for the 2008 event but was unable to participate. In the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012), and beat Singapore IM Li Ruofan and Swedish GM Pia Cramling in the early rounds before bowing out in the tiebreaker to the third round to WGM Huang Qian. Standard Tournaments Krush earned her first GM norm in 2001 by tying for first place at the Mayor's Cup International Tournament in New York City. She won her 2nd GM norm at the Women's World Team Championship (2013) and her 3rd GM norm (and requisite 2500 rating) at the Baku Open (2013). Match In 1998, she lost a short match to John Fedorowicz by 1.5-2.5 (+0 -1 =3). Team Events <Olympiads> Krush played for the US women's team in 1998, and from 2002 to 2012 inclusive, playing either first or second board. She was second board for the silver-medal-winning US team at the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004) and board one for the bronze medal winning team at the Dresden Olympiad (Women) (2008). <World Team Championships> Krush played for the USA in the Yinzhou Cup Women World Teams (2009) and the Women's World Team Championship in 2013 (see above). Playing board 2 in the latter, she scored a silver and a gold medal, and won her 3rd GM norm, for her efforts on board two. <National Leagues> Krush plays for the New York Knights in the U.S. Chess League and has played for Guildford ADC in the 4NCL. Kasparov vs The World Krush was part of the consultation team that included Etienne Bacrot, Elisabeth Paehtz and Florin Felecanin that made recommendations to the public in the Kasparov vs The World, 1999 game played over the internet. Garry Kasparov played the white pieces and The World, via the internet, voted on moves for the black pieces, guided by the recommendations of Krush and the others. Other Pascal Charbonneau is her ex-husband. Wikipedia article: Irina Krush; USCF bio: http://www.uschesschamps.com/2013-u... Last updated: 2020-10-27 14:08:26

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page 1 of 58; games 1-25 of 1,434  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Azarova vs I Krush   0-1 40 1993 Wch U10 Girls B20 Sicilian 2. I Krush vs D Strenzwilk   1-0 57 1996 US op A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 3. Y Dembo vs I Krush 1-0 30 1996 Wch U14 Disney Girls B89 Sicilian 4. I Krush vs G Leite   1-0 31 1996 New York Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. I Krush vs M Fierro   0-1 36 1996 New York Open E92 King's Indian 6. I Krush vs Y Wang 0-1 36 1996 Wch U14 Girls A56 Benoni Defense 7. R Burnett vs I Krush   ½-½ 55 1997 New York Open B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 8. I Krush vs S Burtman   ½-½ 38 1997 United States Championship (Women) A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 9. A Akhsharumova vs I Krush   ½-½ 46 1997 United States Championship (Women) D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 10. J Frenklakh vs I Krush   ½-½ 64 1997 United States Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 11. I Krush vs A Belakovskaia   1-0 44 1997 United States Championship (Women) E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 12. I Krush vs A Hahn   ½-½ 45 1997 United States Championship (Women) D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 13. I Krush vs J Shahade   ½-½ 48 1997 United States Championship (Women) A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O 14. T Zitserman vs I Krush   0-1 37 1997 United States Championship (Women) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. I Jezierska vs I Krush   1-0 38 1997 United States Championship (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 16. I Krush vs E Epstein   0-1 41 1997 United States Championship (Women) E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 17. I Krush vs L Khusnutdinova 1-0 33 1997 Wch U14 Girls D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 18. N Kosintseva vs I Krush   1-0 38 1997 Wch U14 Girls B23 Sicilian, Closed 19. A Sherzer vs I Krush   1-0 43 1998 26th World Open B56 Sicilian 20. Kudrin vs I Krush   1-0 40 1998 26th World Open B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 21. K L Deng vs I Krush   1-0 44 1998 Saitek US Masters B50 Sicilian 22. I Krush vs F Wolferink   1-0 48 1998 Saitek US Masters B06 Robatsch 23. I Pohl vs I Krush   0-1 51 1998 Saitek US Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 24. I Krush vs I Rogers   0-1 30 1998 Saitek US Masters A56 Benoni Defense 25. D Woods vs I Krush   ½-½ 34 1998 Saitek US Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 58; games 1-25 of 1,434

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 30 OF 30 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-26-20    perfidious: <jess>, no chance Angelfire was preserved on <Wayback Machine>? Nov-26-20    jessicafischerqueen: <perfidious> A lot of material is indeed preserved on <Wayback Machine>, most profitably by the tireless volunteer editors at Wikipedia. I used to read a lot of <AJ's> stuff on Angelfire, but tbh I have not looked for any of it recently. I save a lot of cg.com pages on the <Wayback Machine>, but certainly our whole website is not saved at the moment. I haven't counted the pages at cg.com but I imagine there are "plenty of them." Fans of the the movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and the TV series "Alice" may prefer archiving with the <Vic Tayback Machine>: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/pro... Nov-26-20    HeMateMe: I've always liked Bat Girl's posts. I've seen her stuff copied, cut and pasted to other chess sites or pseudo chess sites. I remember seeing a Bat Girl reference on Yahoo Backgammon, of all places. Does anyone remember a guy named Mitt Greengard or maybe Midge Greengard? Chess columnist, and [I think] free lance computer programmer? He had some funny chess columns, good opinion type writing, especially about the horrors that ARE the USCF and the state of North American chess, in general. Is Kevin Spragett still putting out his entertaining chess column? Nov-26-20    jessicafischerqueen: <HeMateMe> Mig Greengard was excellent. I used to read his stuff regularly at chesscafe.com before they put up their paywall. He had all his stuff at the <Daily Dirt> but that website is now defunct AFAIK. Nov-26-20    jessicafischerqueen: <HeMateMe> Kevin Spragget's chess website is still up and running: http://www.spraggettonchess.com/ Nov-27-20    HeMateMe: thanks Jessica! Good info. Spragett is a funny guy, offbeat. Nice to have a few loose wheels here and there in the chess world. I liked the Mig columns but never thought it was quite good enough to be a pay site. As much as <Winter> seems to be an unlikeable curmudgeon, one has to admit his historical chess columns have worth. I've always read them, when they pop up in my travels. Nov-28-20    jessicafischerqueen: <HeMateMe> I've read a lot of Spragget he is an excellent commentator and personality eh. Edward Winter is the standard all others should try to live up to. He's all about the facts. Nov-28-20    HeMateMe: Jess, you have mentioned loving horror films so I left you a trailer in the cafe for <Motel Hell>, all time great campy horror! (better see the film with a friend...) Nov-29-20    jessicafischerqueen: <HeMateMe> Thank you! I haven't seen that horror movie yet, but I'm going to look for it now. Dec-11-20    Wanda Nida: whats batgirl's email? Dec-24-20    Check It Out: Happy birthday, GM Krush. The perfect chess name. Women's US Champion at the age of 15! Wow. When I was 15...well, let's not go there. Dec-24-20    HeMateMe: I think the NY times did an interview with her at the park in queens where she played a lot of chess, as a teenager. The russians and Ukrainians seemed to live in little communities in the boroughs. She probably had some strong competition in that park. Jun-21-21    pazzed paun: Nice interview with Irina on. Chessbase Dec-24-21    HeMateMe: Many time USA champ krush celebrated today. Wish the site would update the somewhat dour photo. Dec-24-21    Stonehenge: OK, I have uploaded another photo. Dec-25-21    HeMateMe: Well done, Stonehenge. She's really pretty, I'd hope for something with a nice big smile <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> how 'bout a little Mona Lisa grin?<https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> chess in schools, Irina <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> I love this one, date night with ex husband Pascal <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> relaxing after a game <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> Wait, wrong Irina! <At age 14 Krush won the 1998 U.S. Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U.S. women's champion ever. She has won the championship on seven other occasions, in 2007,[3] 2010,[4] 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2020.[5]> That's pretty Fischeresque, mostly 'owning' the USA championship! Dec-25-21    Stonehenge: Yes, but I don't want any problems with copyrights. Commons.wikimedia.org is safe in that regard. Dec-25-21    HeMateMe: Oh dear, the old photo is back. Why not just email irina for a photo you can use? Jun-05-22    Albertan: Thé US Women’s team for thé 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 has been announced: https://www.chessdom.com/the-us-wom... Dec-04-22    stone free or die: A game when she was almost 10 yo, against Stephanie Chu (CN), can be found on <CL&R (Dec 1993) p58>. It pre-dates her earliest here on <CG>. Feb-16-23    SChesshevsky: Irina had an interesting game with Magnus in the first round of the Pro Chess League on 2/14. In a seemingly rare ...c6, Be3 KID, looked like Irina had decent drawing chances. But probably was surprised at the opening and burned some time sorting it out. Magnus, prepared and comfortable, eventually crushed Krush in a double rook endgame as she had to contend with a faltering position and time pressure. Regardless of the ending, thought Irina played the opening and early middle game well. Especially against a tricky, well prepared, world champion. Jun-15-24    MissScarlett: Irina won a hundred thousand dollars for just being Irina: https://saintlouischessclub.org/edu... Dec-24-24    eternaloptimist: Happy Birthday to 1 of the best combinations of beauty & brains, GM Irina Krush!! I had the privilege of meeting her & have talked to her a couple of times. She's really nice, has a good personality & she's 1 of my favorite chess players as well <MissScarlett> She definitely deserves that $100,000 Dec-24-24    HeMateMe: Merry Xmas Irina! One of our favorite American players. Dec-25-24    sakredkow: She's a peach. So much talent. She's so professional in commentary - keeps the young guys in line regardless of their rating. There was a nice cover story on her in the New York Times Magazine this past year IIRC. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 30) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 30 OF 30 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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