AP News: Mubarak resigns, hands power to military CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s vice president says Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yemen boycotted against Israel
Yemen sacks chess team for Israel gamePublished: 7:12PMWednesday September 22, 2010Source: Reuters Yemen’s sports minister has dismissed the Yemeni national chess team for playing against Israel in an international tournament, a government website said today. The team was participating...
40-Something
Chess ColumnBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, June 29, 2009; 9:00 AM 40-Something Give or take a few years, the successful career of a professional chess player lasts roughly a quarter of a century and goes through four...
Europe’s Last Dictatorship
Europe’s Last DictatorshipLukashenko’s imputiny only encourages Putin.OPINIONMAY 29, 2009 By JEFFREY GEDMINMinsk , Belarus One of the questions I was repeatedly asked during a recent trip to the capital of Belarus was whether the Obama administration would opt for...
The meaning of mutual respect
Iran-US: the meaning of Mutual RespectApr 3, 2009Bahman Aghai Diba, PhD International Law – Persian JournalIranian.ws President Obama said in his message to the Iranian people and rulers on the occasion of Nowruz: “My administration is now committed to...
The Middle East chess game
Middle EastMar 12, 2009Iran wants chess, not American footballBy Emrullah Uslu …The Iranian side says that the United States should take the first step toward Iran. Mottaki has stated, “The prospects for the establishment of relations between Iran and...
Chess over American football
March 9, 2009Iran prefers chess to American football: Mottaki Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says that Iran is more inclined toward chess than American football. “We have no interest in American football. Rather,...
From Chess to Politics
Kasparov’s movie: from chess to politics At the premiere of a film following Garry Kasparov’s battle to stand for president in Russia, the chess champion tells Geoffrey Macnab why it ended in stalemate Tuesday, 30 December 2008 The first...
Kasparov anti-Kremlin strategy
Kasparov starts new Russian anti-Kremlin movementBy PAUL SONNE – 1 hour ago KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — Former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other prominent liberals launched a new anti-Kremlin movement in Russia on Saturday. The organization, called Solidarity after...
Kasparov picks Kramnik and Obama
Kasparov recently picked Kramnik to win the World Championship match against Anand. Today, he picks Senator Obama to win the U.S. President Election. Here is the article: Kremlin critic Kasparov backs ObamaFrom correspondents in Ajaccio October 28, 2008 CHESS...