- Anya Corke
Anya Sun Corke (born
12 September 1990 inCalifornia ,USA ) is aWoman Grandmaster and the topchess player currently active inHong Kong . She earned the title with her performance in 36th chess olympiad, playing for the Hong Kong men's team. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2605 Article about the Susan Polgar National Invitation] byChessBase .] .She was the 2004, 2005, and 2006 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. [ [http://www.chessville.com/News/2005PolgarNationalInvitationalGirls.htm 2005 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls] ]References
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