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{{short description|English chess player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image= Anya Corke 2013.jpg
|name = Anya Corke
|caption = Anya Corke, Warsaw 2013
|birthname = Anya Sun Corke
|country = [[Hong Kong]] (until 2009)<br>[[England]] (since 2009)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2009 | title=FIDE Player transfers }}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|09|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[California]], United States
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Woman Grandmaster]] (2004)
|rating = 
|peakrating = 2301 (October 2008)
}}

'''Anya Sun Corke''' (born 12 September 1990 in [[California]], USA) is an American-born English [[chess]] player holding the title of [[Woman Grandmaster]] (WGM). She played for [[Hong Kong]], where she was the top ranked chess player, until 2009.<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2009 Player transfers in 2009], FIDE</ref>

== Career ==
Corke earned the WGM title with her performance in the [[36th Chess Olympiad]], playing for the Hong Kong men's team.<ref>[https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2605 Article about the Susan Polgar National Invitation] by [[ChessBase]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mihajlova|first=Diana|title=Anya Corke – a special talent from Hong Kong|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/anya-corke-a-special-talent-from-hong-kong|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=31 January 2015|date=2009-07-05}}</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 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111649/https://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ |archive-date=2018-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111649/https://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ |archive-date=2018-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111649/https://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ |archive-date=2018-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In December 2004, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship in [[Singapore]].<ref>[https://www.fide.com/FIDE/calendar/download/AsianYouth04G-14.txt Asian Youth Girls U-14], FIDE</ref>

In August 2005, she jointly won with [[Alisa Melekhina]] and Abby Marshall the second annual [[Susan Polgar]] National Invitational for Girls under-19.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls |url=http://www.chessville.com/News/2005PolgarNationalInvitationalGirls.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831000431/http://www.chessville.com/News/2005PolgarNationalInvitationalGirls.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=31 August 2006 |publisher=Chessville News |accessdate=17 January 2016 }}</ref>

Corke represented the England Women's team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/30201 |title=Wellesley Senior Among World's Top Chess Players |publisher=Wellesley.edu |date=2012-09-28 |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/wellesley/2012/10/wellesley_college_chess_champ.html |title=Wellesley College Champ Returns Home a Victor |publisher=Boston.com |date=2012-10-01 |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref> and the 2013 European Team Championship in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englishchess.org.uk/england-womens-team/ |title=England Women's Team |publisher=EnglishChess.org.edu |date=2013-10-21 |accessdate=2015-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131231033/http://www.englishchess.org.uk/england-womens-team/ |archive-date=31 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
In 2013, Corke graduated from [[Wellesley College]] summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2010/010410.html |title=2009 Wellesley College Press Release |publisher=Wellesley.edu |date=2010-01-04 |accessdate=2011-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/commencement/commencement2013.pdf |title=Wellesley College 135th Annual Commencement |publisher=Wellesley.edu |date=2013-05-31 |accessdate=2015-01-31}}</ref>

In 2014, she started a Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at [[Yale University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slavic.yale.edu/people/anya-corke |title=Yale Slavic Languages and Literatures |publisher=Slavic.Yale.edu |accessdate=2015-01-30}}</ref> She obtained an M.A. and M.Phil Slavic Languages and Literatures (specializing in Russian).<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABOUT|url=https://www.anyachess.com/about|access-date=2020-07-25|website=anyachess|language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, Corke started the [[Juris Doctor|J.D. program]] at [[Yale Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Anya Corke Allen|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/anya-corke-allen|access-date=|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

Corke is married and lives in the United States with her husband.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOME|url=https://www.anyachess.com/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=anyachess|language=en}}</ref>

== 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 [[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|DAP]], a Malaysian opposition party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/newscommentaries/44255-umno-blogs-used-chess-champions-picture-to-attack-guan-engs-son-says-dap |title=Umno blogs used chess champion's picture to attack Guan Eng's son, says DAP |publisher=Malaysia-today.net |accessdate=2011-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020132557/http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/newscommentaries/44255-umno-blogs-used-chess-champions-picture-to-attack-guan-engs-son-says-dap |archivedate=2011-10-20 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Anya Corke I don't know Guan Eng's son|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/anya-corke-i-dont-know-guan-engs-son/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021203658/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/anya-corke-i-dont-know-guan-engs-son|archivedate=2011-10-21|accessdate=2011-10-21|website=|publisher=The Malaysian Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://helenang.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/everybody-seems-to-have-forgotten-about-the-girl/ |title=Everybody seems to have forgotten about the girl |publisher=helenang.wordpress.com |date= 18 October 2011|accessdate=2011-10-21}}</ref> The original photo used in this controversy was stolen from an article on the website ChessBase News, and had the chess board cropped out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/first-international-carinthian-che-festival|title=First International Carinthian Chess Festival|date=10 July 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.anyachess.com/}}
* {{FIDE|name=Anya S. Corke}}
* {{Chessgames.com player|88914|Anya Sun Corke}}
* {{365Chess.com player|Corke_Anya_Sun|Anya Sun Corke}}
* {{365Chess.com player|Anya_Corke}}
* {{OlimpBase player}}

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[[Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters]]
[[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]
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[[Category:American emigrants to Hong Kong]]
[[Category:American female chess players]]
[[Category:Wellesley College alumni]]
[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
[[Category:Yale Law School alumni]]
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