Story by FIDE FIDE Deputy President, Georgios Makropoulos, together with ECU President, Zurab Azmaiparashvili and ECU General Secretary, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, after an official invitation received, met with the Bulgarian Minister of Youth and Sports, Krasen Kralev in Sofia on Monday to discuss the situation of the Bulgarian Chess Federation. The purpose of the meeting was […]
Threats, blackmail, criminal activities lead to criminal investigation
After the ECU General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan, all the investigation’s reports and materials from Bulgaria, Montenegro and FIDE Ethics Commission, as well related with the case press items & letters from the above countries, including Serbia, were sent to the major legal office in Zug, Switzerland, for further evaluation. Additionally were forwarded to Switzerland […]
Chess playing bad guys
Pestaño: Chess playing bad guys By Frank ‘Boy’ PestañoChessmoso Friday, December 21, 2012 The deadly mass shooting of 26 persons at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last week shocked the whole world. The act is so evil that it is almost beyond comprehension. Sixteen of the children who died were only six years […]
The mystery class A player in Oregon
Click on image to view the video. Mystery Remains05/26/2010 Bend The mystery remains into who the man calling himself Jason Evers really is. He’s been described as a talented chess player and a member of the Central Oregon Chess Club – meaning he has a specialized level of intelligence. It has left the U.S. State […]
12 years to life
Convicted sex offender sentenced for fleeing The Associated Press Tuesday, March 30, 2010; 4:41 PM FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A youth chess teacher who moved to Belize when he was supposed to be serving probation in Colorado as a convicted sex offender has been sentenced to 12 years to life in prison. Robert Snyder was […]
A demented individual
‘Chess Killer’ confesses to 63 murdersFrom correspondents in MoscowOctober 09, 2007 10:58pmArticle from: Agence France-Presse A RUSSIAN serial killer, who reportedly hoped to murder one person for every square on a chessboard, today admitted at his trial to 63 murders and attempted murders, Interfax news agency reported. Alexander Pichushkin told the court he would admit […]
What should be the penalty?
Mr. Sam Sloan, a board member of the USCF, recently posted a link to a porn site to 5 different forums, including the official USCF forum where children do have full access to. He worded his post in a way to create curiosity to the readers to purposely get them to click on the porn […]