Scandal in Boryspil airport: chess cup broken, diamond stolen A precious diamond was stolen from a diamond-encrusted cup, which had been won by the Ukrainian National Chess Team in the World-Wide Chess Olympiad in Germany, in the main airport...
Precious Chess Diamond Stolen!
The above picture was from the Closing Ceremony when Nona Gaprindashvili presented Leonid Timoshenko the diamond-encrusted cup (photo by Paul Truong) November 28, 2008, 21:59Timoshenko’s diamond stolen in Kiev Leonid Timoshenko, a representative of the Ukrainian Chess Federation, has...