UTDallas Team Wins Pan-American Championship

Posted on December 31st, 2007 by admin

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Tuesday reclaimed its Number 1 ranking in college chess by winning the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, the top tournament of its kind held each year in the Western Hemisphere.

Accepting the first-place trophy are (from left) coach Rade Milovanovic and “A” team players Alejandro Ramirez, Igor Shneider, […]

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Kasparov calls Russia ballot “rape”

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by admin

Former world chess champion and opposition leader Garry Kasparov accused Russian authorities of “raping the whole electoral system” with numerous instances of irregularities in Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Speaking to a crowd of mostly foreign reporters after casting a protest vote, Kasparov said the opposition had evidence of ballot-stuffing and of threats to hospital patients and state […]

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