Final move: Gaddafi says goodbye to chess buddy As checkmate nears for the Libyan dictator he calls his Russian chess partner Kirsan Ilyumzhinov By Jonathan Harwood LAST UPDATED 1:00 PM, AUGUST 24, 2011 As Nato officials admit they have...
Phone call from Gaddafi
Russian says he spoke with Gadhafi by phone and that he doesn’t plan to leave Tripoli Associated Press | 47 minutes ago in World The Russian head of the World Chess Federation said he spoke Tuesday with Libyan leader...
FIDE president visits Libya – Will’s take on the situation.
By Chess Coach William Stewart (FIDE 2234, USCF 2256) Original article on FIDE President visits Libya available here. In a recent article from Chessbase.com, it was reported that “Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has claimed in a conversation with president...
Kasparov chimes in
Chess Enthusiast Finds Gadhafi in ‘Razor-Sharp’ Mental StateJune 14, 2011, 7:11 PM CETBy Alan Cullison MOSCOW — Moammar Gadhafi has suffered months of mutiny and a NATO bombardment, but he appears to be in a razor-sharp mental state, says...
Note to C.I.A.
June 13, 2011Chess with Qaddafi (and Aliens)Posted by Michael SpecterThe New Yorker The last time I spoke with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the autocratic Buddhist millionaire who, for nearly two decades, ran the Russian republic of Kalmykia and, perhaps more important,...
Wise to draw
Jon Speelman: Diplomatic draw is a good move when playing a tyrantTuesday, 14 June 2011 Since he was on home soil, it was only natural that Muammar Gaddafi had the White pieces and the advantage of the first move....
e2-e4! Checkmate in Lybia! Ilyumzhinov and Gaddafi video
http://www.telegraph.co.uk Eccentric Russian chess head ‘told Khadafy it was checkmate’ in LibyaAFP / NEWSCORELast Updated: 11:35 AM, June 13, 2011By NewsCore TRIPOLI, Libya — The pictures on Libyan state TV showed a civilized game of chess between Moamar Khadafy...
Ilyumzhinov and Gaddafi
Libyan TV broadcasts new footage of Gaddafi Libyan TV broadcasts new footage of Gaddafi TRIPOLI | Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:25pm EDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan state television on Sunday broadcast pictures of leader Muammar Gaddafi meeting the president...