Armenia: the cleverest nation on earth
BBC news agency wrote an article and made a report about the Armenian victory at World Chess Olympiad.
“Armenia – a tiny, poor country of around three million people – has won the chess Olympics twice in a row.
In so doing, it has triumphed over giants like Russia, China and the US.
Chess is pursued fanatically in many parts of the world, but nowhere more so than Armenia, where its over-the-board stars have become national celebrities.
But how has little Armenia created a nation of chess geniuses – is there something in the water? Assignment investigates”, BBC writes. The report is available here.
Source: http://times.am
They eat lots of cheese.
Hope the nation can benefit from chess and have more top scientists and engineers.
Armenian , like the Jews were prosecuted people and therefore has to be smart in order to survive.But, the Armenian women chess players are weak. Didn’t Armenia lost to China in the Olympiad?