Link to photos from the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiad: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/IstanbulChessOlympiad Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Interview with Chinese Federation President
Karlovich: Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome Mr. Chu Bo, the head of the Chinese chess federation who is a special guest of the Olympiad. My first question is what do you think of the atmosphere and the...
Humanitarian campaign for WGM Gabriela Olarasu
WGM Gabriela Olarasu, six-times champion of Romania and individual gold medalist from the 1986 Chess Olympiad, is in need of an urgent medical treatment in a private clinic abroad. In July this year she suffered an acute myocardial infarction,...
Top 50 performers after 8 rounds
Top 50 performers after 8 rounds No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 GM Radjabov Teimour 2788 Azerbaijan 2929 6.0 7 85.7 1 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2729 Azerbaijan 2854 6.0 7 85.7 3 3 GM...
World Chess Olympiad – Round 8 Report
World Chess Olympiad – Round 8 Report Russia made a huge step in their quest for the first gold medal since 2002 as they beat the defending champion and one of the main rivals – the team of Ukraine....
Russia lost Olympiad lead to China after 2 subpar rounds
Top teams after 8 rounds Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 1 China CHN 8 6 2 0 14 228.0 24.0 81.00 2 2 Russia RUS 8 5 3 0 13 209.5...