The French Chess Federation has done something truly shocking! It is accusing three of its own players of cheating during the 2010 Chess Olympiad! The announcement was made on Friday, January 21st. The astounding accusations are being made against “grandmasters Sébastien Feller, ranked No. 5, and Arnaud Hauchard, No. 16, and Cyril Marzolo, ranked No. [...]

Sebastien Feller, a 19-year-old French grandmaster who has been accused of cheating during the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, last year, by his own federation has evidently released a statement denying the charges. The statement was sent to Alexandra Kosteniuk, the former women’s world champion, who posted it on her blog. The total statement, translated [...]

Pa. chess players are hip to the squares By CRAIG SMITHFriday, 9:01 PM (AP) Lufei Ruan came to Pittsburgh in August with two goals: Work on a doctoral degree in business at Carnegie Mellon University, and find a couple of people willing to play chess. She thought the latter would be the tougher task. Pittsburghers, [...]

By Times.am at 27 December, 2010, 9:59 am

December 25, 2010 | 19:08 RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who is also President of the Chess Federation of Armenia, attended the Dec. 25 closing ceremony of a chess tournament on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Chess and Draughts Junior School after Henrik Gasparyan. The winners received cups, diplomas and commemorative medals. [...]