Chess

11.05.2012 14:11 Anand and Gelfand kick off Moscow chess crown battle Chess masters Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand expect their World Championship clash to be a spectacular battle to match the exquisite surroundings of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery, which is hosting the event.		15.03.2012 13:24 41 comments Russia beauty claims European chess crown Russian ladies are not only beautiful, but smart as well. Valentina Gunina has proved it by becoming the new European women’s individual chess champion.
12.03.2012 18:58 2 comments Chessed: Players’ dress kept in check The European Chess Union (ECU) has astonished chess players by introducing a new dress code, including some strict policies on cleavage exposure.		20.02.2012 15:35 1 comment Tretyakov Gallery to host chess crown battle Chess masters Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand will get an artistic surrounding for their duel as one of Moscow finest art museums, the Tretyakov Gallery was chosen to host their world championship mind clash.
24.11.2011 22:34 Historama, November 24 A child victorious in war and a lieutenant failing at revolution made up this day in Russian history.		17.08.2011 10:31 1 comment Chess grandmaster Kramnik to retire at 40 The 14th chess world champion, Vladimir Kramnik, says he will finish his career when he turns 40 in four years’ time.
09.08.2011 16:34 Moscow to host match for men’s chess crown The battle for the men's chess world crown will take place at Skolkovo in Russia in May 2012, World Chess Federation President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said Tuesday.		29.06.2011 22:06 Moscow bids to host Anand-Gelfand $2-million chess clash Following successful bids to host the Winter Olympics, the football World Cup and its first F1 Grand Prix, Russia is evidently developing a taste for hosting major sporting events.
26.05.2011 02:31 Israeli grandmaster Gelfand to challenge champion Anand in 2012 Boris Gelfand of Israel will meet India's Vishy Anand, the reigning chess world champion, in the 2012 world championship match. That comes after the veteran beat Aleksandr Grischuk in the decider of the World Candidates Matches final in Kazan.		29.09.2010 17:07 Ilyumzhinov re-elected FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been re-elected president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at the 81st FIDE congress held in the Russian Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.
07.09.2010 19:17 1 comment World chess boss to retire from regional presidency The president of the Russian republic of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is leaving his post after four terms in office.		10.06.2010 10:58 Presidential aide ties against robot champ in blitz chess An international master, a presidential official and a seven-year-old prodigy have tested Russia’s contestants in the upcoming chess tournament for robots.
04.03.2010 20:24 2 comments Former chess champ to entertain 'space travelers' Volunteers who will isolate themselves from the outside world for 520 days as part of the Mars-500 experiment will wind down playing chess with former world champ Anatoly Karpov. Mars-500		25.09.2009 11:19 1 comment Kasparov beats Karpov in duel of chess legends Garry Kasparov has beaten his archrival Anatoly Karpov in a three-day match in Valencia, which the two Russian chess masters played to mark the 25th anniversary of their first clash for the sport’s crown.
24.09.2009 11:44 Kasparov keeps his lead in Karpov duel Garry Kasparov has maintained his 2-point lead after the second day of his match against Anatoly Karpov. The two legends are playing in Valencia to mark the 25th anniversary of their first clash for the chess crown.		23.09.2009 12:44 Kasparov takes 2-0 lead in nostalgic chess duel Garry Kasparov has taken a 2-0 lead on the first day of his match against archrival Anatoly Karpov, as the chess masters play in Valencia to mark the 25th anniversary of their first clash for the sport’s crown.
21.09.2009 14:58 2 comments Chess legends to repeat their historic rivalry A retro match between world chess legends Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov will kick off in Valencia on Monday, marking 25 years since their first clash for the sport’s world crown, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.		14.07.2009 00:21 Russian grand master secures world record Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian grand master, will see his name added to the Guinness Book of World Records.
30.06.2009 12:31 2 comments Former chess world champ to play convicts Chess grandmaster and former undisputed champion of the world, Anatoly Karpov, will play an online chess tournament with a Krasnoyarsk prisoner Sergey Bryukhov and his fellow inmates.		24.04.2009 10:45 Checkmate! Angry chess player throws rival out of the window The court in the Russian Republic of Udmurtia has sentenced to a man, who was so upset to lose a chess match that he threw his opponent out of the window, to six years in prison, Infox.ru reports.

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