Master resumes classes in WestchesterBy Stacy A. Anderson • The Journal News • January 11, 2009 HARTSDALE – Rusudan “Rusa” Goletiani, 28, has defeated some of the best chess players in the world. Just back from her most recent...
Party Trouble
Female players of Olympiad team rapped for attending partyVijay TagoreSaturday, January 10, 2009 3:15 IST Mumbai: The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has recently showcaused two female players of India’s Olympiad team for attending parties in Dresden, Germany, in...
Georgian women honored
Sport Journalists Association Awarded the Best Sportsmen of the YearInterpressnews2008.12.29 13:18 Georgian sport journalists association awarded the best sportsmen in café ‘World Sport’. The best sportsman of the year was named, Olympic champion Judaist Irakli Tsirekidze. Team of Georgian...
Golden year for Armenia
Sports Review 2008: ‘Bronze’ Beijing Spells ‘Golden’ Year for ArmeniaBy Suren MusayelyanArmeniaNow reporterPublished: 26 December, 2008 Chess Triumph Adding Mind to Muscle… The climax of the overall solid performances by Armenian chess masters throughout the year was in Dresden,...
Howl at the moon
Sports doping scandal… in chess!December 19, 2008, 11:37 The normally sedate world of chess was rocked last month with a doping scandal that is likely to hamper the game’s chances of becoming an Olympic sport. Ukrainian Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk...
Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition
Vladimir Hakobyan – “Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition” Lilit NurijanyanDecember 15, 2008 Ten year-old Vladimir received many congratulations in school on November 26th. He was proud of his father who had just become an Olympiad champion...
Grandpa, let’s play a game together
Gabriel Sargsyan – For the chess champ who once wanted to be a football star…billiards is the most beautiful game around Lilit NurijanyanDecember 15, 2008 In 1989, at the age of six, Gabriel would follow the chess games played...
Chess videos
Closing ceremony clip here. Armenia Olympiad Gold news here. General Olympiad video here. Israel wins Silver video here. Many more Olympiad videos here. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Interview with Fabiano Caruana
Click here to see the video. Il 20 novembre, subito dopo aver brillantemente vinto con il GM svedese Berg, Fabiano Caruana è stato fra gli ospiti di una delle consuete conferenze stampa olimpiche condotte da Susan Polgar. Il sedicenne...
How … do you dope in chess?
Doping Scandal Threatens To Destroy The World Of … Chess?By Dashiell Bennett, 3:30 PM on Fri Dec 12 2008 Vassily Ivanchuk of the Ukraine is the third-ranked player in the world, but he faces a two-year ban from his...