The Syrian women team won in their section (D group) at the World Chess Olympiad Baku 2016 Wednesday, 12 October 2016 08:06 For the first time in the history of Chess Olympiads, the Syrian women team won in their...
Bold move as Syria leader makes time for chess
Bold move as Syria leader makes time for chessBy Alastair Jamieson, msnbc.com Syria leader Bashar Assad has taken time away from the deadly civil war raging in his country to consider the issue of chess tournaments for school children....
Syria: calls for armistice and chess diplomacy
Syria: calls for armistice and chess diplomacyMon, 04/30/2012 – 12:23 The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has paid an official visit to Syria. The head of FIDE had a three-hour conversation with Bashar al-Assad in...
FIDE President visits Syria
The 1st President of Kalmykia, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Syria on 28-29 April 2012. As Mr. Ilyumzhinov noted, on the 29th April he had a three-hour talk with the President of Syria Bachar...
Syria Third in Arab Chess Championship
Syria Third in Arab Chess Championship Last Update: 31-03-2012 6:24PM Syria’s national youth chess team won a gold and two silver medals at the Arab Championship held recently in the Jordanian capital Amman. Teams from eleven countries competed in...
3 days in Syria with Karpov (video & pics)
3 jours en Syrie avec Karpov Click here to see the Karpov video. Click here to see a lot more pictures. Special thanks to our friends at Europe Echecs (http://www.europe-echecs.com/) for sending us this. Chess Daily News from Susan...
Small master
Small Master in game of geniusBy Yasir Abbasher, Senior ReporterPublished: December 30, 2008, 23:46 Al Ain: At first sight, you could think that he was accompanying his father or elder brother to watch matches of the Asian Chess Champions...