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'''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.
'''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.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2605 Article about the Susan Polgar National Invitation] by [[ChessBase]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/anya-corke-a-special-talent-from-hong-kong |title=2005 Anya Corke - A Special Talent from Hong Kong |publisher=Chessbase.com |date=2009-07-05 |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref>
She earned the WGM title with her performance in [[36th Chess Olympiad]], playing for the Hong Kong men's team.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2605 Article about the Susan Polgar National Invitation] by [[ChessBase]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/anya-corke-a-special-talent-from-hong-kong |title=2005 Anya Corke - A Special Talent from Hong Kong |publisher=Chessbase.com |date=2009-07-05 |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref>


She was the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women), one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. She is almost certainly the only woman to win three consecutive national federation "men's" championships.
She was the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women), one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. 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 2004, she became joint British U-14 Champion.
She was the British Junior Under-11 Champion in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ |title=British Champions 1904-present |publisher=EnglishChess.org.uk |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref> and the Under-12 Champion in 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ |title=British Champions 1904-present |publisher=EnglishChess.org.uk |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref> the first girl to win either of these age groups. In 2004, she became joint British U-14 Champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ |title=British Champions 1904-present |publisher=EnglishChess.org.uk |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref>


In December 2004, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship.
In December 2004, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship.

Revision as of 19:04, 31 January 2015

Anya Corke
File:Anya Corke at simultaneous exhibition.png
Anya Corke, Wellesley, MA, 2012
Full nameAnya Sun Corke
Country England  Hong Kong
Born (1990-09-12) September 12, 1990 (age 33)
California, United States
TitleWoman Grandmaster
FIDE rating2276 (March 2013)
Peak rating2301 (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 WGM title with her performance in 36th Chess Olympiad, playing for the Hong Kong men's team.[1][2]

She was the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women), one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. 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[3] and the Under-12 Champion in 2003,[4] the first girl to win either of these age groups. In 2004, she became joint British U-14 Champion.[5]

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.[6]

Corke represented the England Women's team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul[7][8] and the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw.[9]

In 2013, she graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy.[10][11]

In 2014, she started a Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.[12]

Media

Her photograph was misappropriated by supporters of Barisan Nasional, the ruling political party of Malaysia, to depict the victim in a controversy alleging sexual misconduct by the son of Lim Guan Eng, who is one of the leaders of DAP, a Malaysian opposition party.[13] DAP and their supporters then contacted Anya Corke to obtain an official denial that she knows Lim Guan Eng's son; she confirmed that the allegations were false, and that the photo was used without her knowledge or consent.[14][15] The original photo used in this controversy was stolen from an article on the website ChessBase News, and had the chess board cropped out. [16]

References

  1. ^ Article about the Susan Polgar National Invitation by ChessBase.
  2. ^ "2005 Anya Corke - A Special Talent from Hong Kong". Chessbase.com. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  3. ^ "British Champions 1904-present". EnglishChess.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  4. ^ "British Champions 1904-present". EnglishChess.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  5. ^ "British Champions 1904-present". EnglishChess.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  6. ^ "2005 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls". Chessville.com. 2005-08-12. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  7. ^ "Wellesley Senior Among World's Top Chess Players". Wellesley.edu. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  8. ^ "Wellesley College Champ Returns Home a Victor". Boston.com. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  9. ^ "England Women's Team". EnglishChess.org.edu. 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  10. ^ "2009 Wellesley College Press Release". Wellesley.edu. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  11. ^ "Wellesley College 135th Annual Commencement" (PDF). Wellesley.edu. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  12. ^ "Yale Slavic Languages and Literatures". Slavic.Yale.edu. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
  13. ^ "Umno blogs used chess champion's picture to attack Guan Eng's son, says DAP". Malaysia-today.net. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  14. ^ "Anya Corke I don't know Guan Eng's son". www.themalaysianinsider.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  15. ^ "Everybody seems to have forgotten about the girl". helenang.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  16. ^ http://en.chessbase.com/post/first-international-carinthian-che-festival

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