Natalia Pogonina gives birth to baby boy

Natalia Pogonina gives birth to a boy
Pogonina to play a match against the world

Chessdom.com’s commentator Natalia Pogoniana gave birth to a boy. Natalia and her husband Peter named him Nikolai. Our team wishes all the best to the family!

In the next days Pogonina will play a correspondence chess match against the world on Chess.com. “I have received lots of challenges from all over the world. However, I have never played correspondence chess, and was so busy that I couldn’t accept a single invitation. Therefore, I’d like to pay my debt to all of my chess fans, and compete against their combined efforts,” commented Natalia.

Natalia wrote the following on her website (http://www.pogonina.com):

“I have been receiving many messages asking why I have missed a few recent important chess events. As you can now see, the reason is that I recently gave birth to a child. We decided to name him Nikolai in the honor of a good friend of our family.

Thanks for your support & see you at the upcoming exciting chess tournaments! I will continue to do my best to promote chess, become a better player myself & help others do it.”