Anya Corke
| Anya Corke | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Anya Sun Corke |
| Country |  England  Hong Kong |
| Born | September 12, 1990 California, United States |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2284 (January 2010) |
| Peak rating | 2301 (October 2008) |
Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California, USA) is a Woman Grandmaster and the top chess player from Hong Kong who is currently playing for England.
She earned the title with her performance in 36th Chess Olympiad, playing for the Hong Kong men's team.[1]
She was the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women), thought to be one of the youngest national champions ever. She is almost certainly the only woman to win three consecutive national federation 'men's' championships.
She was the British Junior Under-11 Champion in 2002, and the Under-12 Champion in 2003; the first girl to win either of these age groups.
In August 2004, she became joint British U-14 Champion (with Xi Yang Guo and Dan Hall).
In December 2004 she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship.
In August 2005 she won the second annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls under 19.[2]
In 2009 she enrolled at Wellesley College as a first-year student.[3]
Media
Her photograph was used in a blog by supporters of Barisan Nasional, the ruling political party of Malaysia, to depict the victim in the controversy surrounding the alleged sexual misconduct by the son of Lim Guan Eng, one of the leaders of DAP, the opposition party dominated by ethnic Chinese Malaysians. [4]. DAP and their supporters then contacted Anya Corke to obtain an official denial that she knows the Lim Guan Eng's son. [5] [6] The original photo used in this controversy had the chess board cropped out.
References
- ^ Article about the Susan Polgar National Invitation by ChessBase.
- ^ "2005 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls". Chessville.com. 2005-08-12. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "2009 Wellesley College press release". Wellesley.edu. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Umno blogs used chess champion's picture to attack Guan Eng's son, says DAP". Malaysia-today.net. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Anya Corke I don't know Guan Eng's son". www.themalaysianinsider.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Everybody seems to have forgotten about the girl". helenang.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
External links
- Anya Corke rating card at FIDE
- Anya Corke player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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