Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
RCF to take action, issues official position
The news related to the exclusion of the nine teams from the Chess Olympiad 2014 continue coming. After theinterview with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the official position of FIDE, the Russian Chess Federation also issues a statement. Anatoly Kaprov also...
Karpov on Chess in the Caucasus
Chess in the Caucasus 11 July 2014 – 12:27pm By Vestnik Kavkaza The Soviet chess school was well-known all over the world. When the Soviet Union collapsed, world champions such as Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Karpov, and Spassky founded the...
Ridiculous criticism about a friendly chess game
Swiss-Russian chess game prompts criticismBy Jo FahyUkraine Crisis REUSE ARTICLE JUN 18, 2014 – 16:44 A group of Russian politicians, including chess legend Anatoly Karpov, took on Swiss parliamentarians in a chess tournament at the Federal Palace in Bern...
Anatoly Karpov’s simul in Normandy
From the 4th to the 14th June in France there being are held celebrations dedicated to the to 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Within this event in Caen are taking place The Forum of Liberty...
Russia’s President Putin at Belaya Ladya tournament with Karpov, Ilyumzhinov, Filatov
President of Russia Vladimir Putin at Belaya Ladya tournamentTuesday, 03 June 2014 06:27 Sochi, June 2nd 2014. President of Russia Vladimir Putin positively views the revival of grass roots chess education tradition in Russian schools. President Putin spoke today...
Chess legend Karpov turns 63!
Photo: Susan Polgar, Mikhail Gorbachev, Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, PhD (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, Anatolij Evgen’evič Karpov; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975...
Battles of the Gender
Polgar: Battle of the Gender matches between chess champsPublished: Sunday, February 15, 2009 The question of the week is has there ever been a chess match between World Chess Champions of opposite gender, something similar to the Bobby Riggs...
Karpov opened Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy
The 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov visited Almaty in Kazakhstan to open the newly established Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy. Karpov and Abdumalik also played a four-game match after the ceremony. Karpov won both rapid games (20 minutes per player),...