Chess champ Garry Kasparov criticises Dutch Sochi delegation Monday 27 January 2014 Former world chess champion turned human rights activitist Garry Kasparov has criticised the heavyweight delegation the Netherlands is sending to the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Speaking...
Chess in the Olympics?
‘Efforts on to include chess in the Olympics’Dec. 28, 2013 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who was in Chennai recently for the closing ceremony of the World Chess Championship, spoke to P. K. Ajith Kumar about Garry Kasparov’s challenge in the coming...
Bigger things for chess in India?
Brace up for chess in the Winter GamesCHENNAI, November 27, 2013 Updated: November 27, 2013 01:50 IST P. K. Ajith Kumar Winter Olympics may not mean much to India at the moment, but it could in the future. Moves...
Tokyo will host Olympics 2020
2020 Olympics: Tokyo Named Host In IOC Vote, Edging Istanbul, Madrid By JIM ARMSTRONG 09/07/13 04:55 PM ET EDT TOKYO — Tokyo residents were elated on Sunday after it was announced the Japanese capital had beaten out rivals Istanbul...
A good weekend for Mexico and Brazil
Mexico defeated Brazil in soccer to win the Gold medal for the first time at the London Olympic. On the same weekend, Grandmaster Manuel Leon Hoyos, a freshman at Webster University, and Mexican Champion, scored 8-1 to win the...
Request of Paraguay to include chess to the Olympic Games Programme
Request of Paraguay to include chess to the Olympic Games Programme The FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov continues his working visit to Asuncion, Paraguay. There he met the chess players of Paraguay. One of them is Guillermo Vazquez Colman, he...
Chess in the Winter Olympics?
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov hopes chess to be included in winter Olympic Games program August 9, 2011 – 19:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov offered to carry out chess demonstration games during winter Olympics in Sochi. He considers...
Rio unveils logo for 2016 Games
This is the logo for 2016 Olympics Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Former RCF head leads Russian Olympic Committee
News and ViewsAndreeva SvetlanaMay 20, 2010 15:00 Moscow Time Russia’s Deputy-Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov has been elected as the president of the national Olympic Committee, and he will have two jobs. The replacement of the leaders of the Russian...
Olympics trivia
“He has won medals in three consecutive Olympics, trains ten hours a day to keep his frame chiseled, and is the best chess player in a sport that requires exquisite strategy.” Who is this athlete? Chess Daily News from...