Solberg in stalemate over Russian chess matchPublished: 18 Sep 2014 00:15 GMT+02:00Updated: 18 Sep 2014 00:15 GMT+02:00 Prime Minister Erna Solberg has declined attending the Chess World Championship in Sochi this November, it was announced on Wednesday. Solberg wrote in a letter to the International Chess Association: “I regret that the current international circumstances do […]
Congratulations from the President and Prime Minister
President and Prime Minister of Georgia congratulate Zurab AzmaiparashviliOn the occasion of winning the election for President of the European Chess Union, President of Georgia Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, and the Prime Minister of Georgia Mr. Irakli Gharibashvili congratulated Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili. Letters are presented on the ECU website Letter of Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of […]
Norwegian Prime Minister visited the Chess Olympiad – Exclusive video
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Olympiad photos with Norway’ Prime Minister
Official website: www.Tromso2014.comOfficial twitter: @tromso2014My twitter: @SusanPolgar Photos: Photos – Round 10:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound10 Photos – Round 9:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound9 Photos – Round 8:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound8 Photos – Round 7:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound7 Photos – Round 6: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound6 Photos – Round 5:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound5 Photos – Round 4:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound4 Photos – Round 3:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound3 Photos – Round 2:https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound2 Photos – Round 1: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/TromsoOlympiadRound1 Photos – 2014 Chess Olympiad […]
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met World U14 Champion Stavroula Tsolakidou
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras received the World U14 Girls Champion Stavroula Tsolakidou in the presidential residence Maximos Mansion on Tuesday. The Prime Minister praised Tsolakidou and said that she symbolises the best virtues of Greek people. He added that the young girl made the whole Greece proud of her achievements. While leaving the Maximos […]
Israel’s PM vows to turn country into chess superpower
Israel’s PM vows to turn country into chess superpowerPTI | Jun 5, 2012, 04.33PM IST JERUSALEM: Encouraged by Boris Gelfand’s heroic battle against India’s Viswanathan Anand, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to make the Jewish state a “chess superpower”. “The State of Israel is a ‘brain superpower’ and chess is a game of […]
The chess playing Prime Minister follows WC match
Chess enthusiast Netanyahu follows Anand-Gelfand matchMay 29, 2012 Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an amateur chess player and an enthusiast of the game, closely followed the 12th game of the World Championships between his countryman Boris Gelfand and India’s defending champion Viswanathan Anand in Moscow. The game was broadcast on a giant screen in […]
Bulgarian PM Draws 10-Year-Old Chess Medalist
Bulgarian PM Draws 10-Year-Old Chess MedalistSports | January 11, 2012, Wednesday Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov scored a draw against a 10-year-old chess medalist, Viktoriya Radeva, at the Council of Ministers office. Radeva has a silver medal from the World Chess Championship for girls up to 10 years of age in Caldas Novas, Brazil; she […]
PM congratulates Anand
Photo courtesy of Chessdom Prime Minister congratulates Vishwanathan Anand20:43 IST The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has called Vishwanathan Anand the grandest of the Grand Masters in Chess. Following is the text of Dr. Singh’s message to Vishwanathan Anand on his triumph at the World Chess Championship: “I am delighted to salute you at your […]
Bulgarian President and PM to open WC
Bulgaria’s President and PM Open Chess World Title GameWEDNESDAY, 21 April 2010 Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov and PM Boyko Borissov will open today the match for the chess World Title between Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. PM Borissov is the patron of the event which will start today in Sofia. President Parvanov is also a […]