Almira “Chessbaby” Skripchenko is a woman of many talents. She appears to do well with anything she sets her mind to, and, in recent times, has increasingly become a great threat at the poker table.

Almira Skripchenko has final tabled a WSOP event and the WPT Invitational, but before she became a serious poker player Skripchenko was an incredibly successful professional chess player, earning the ...

With the success of China's women chess players in recent years, China is becoming an ideal place for foreign players to improve their game, said a top European player. "To discover the secret behind ...

Irina Krush the youngest player ever to win the US Women's championship defeated the French Women's Champion Almira Skripchenko 1.5-0.5 in the ACCOONA French-American Women's Chess Championship in New ...

IT’S been four years since there was a true world championship match – but in its place there’s been a series of overhyped, phony “championships.” Typically these feature former champions of various ...

Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli finished fifth in the Fide Women's Grand Prix chess tournament after beating Skripchenko Almira of France in the 11th and final round here today. "I opted for an ...