Anya Corke

Who is Anya Corke?

Anya Sun Corke 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.

She was the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion, 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.

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.

In 2009 she enrolled at Wellesley College as a first-year student.

Corke represented the England Women's team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.