France beats Iran in Chess Olympiad
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:13:31 GMT
France has defeated the Iranian chess team in the men’s division at the 38th Chess Olympiad currently being held in Dresden, Germany.
The four-member Iranian squad lost 3-1 to France in its second encounter on Friday evening. Iran drew 2-2 against fifth-seed Hungary in its opening match on Thursday and will now face Mexico on Saturday.
In the women’s division, Iran was defeated 5-3 by Ukraine on the same day and is scheduled to clash with Botswana on Saturday.
A hundred fifty four countries are competing in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden from November 12-25.
Source: http://www.presstv.ir/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
nice piece of architecture..
I hope France and Hungary team have a good tournament , cheers
Is that a mosque behind the Olympiad building?
Designed by Martin Hammitzsch for the tobacco manufacturer Hugo Zietz in the style of an Arab mosque, it was like most of Dresden heavily damaged in 1945. During the East German regieme it was used as a storage facility for a manufacturing plant. It has now been restored for uses as a business and office building. The dome is glass and is lit from within at night.