Tweet PARIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) — The French Chess Federation has accused three of its players of cheating at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Russia. The federation said Friday grandmasters Sebastien Feller and Arnaud Hauchard and international master Cyril Marzolo cheated at the September 2010 event in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, but did not provide details of [...]

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MANILA, Philippines – Woman Fide Master (WFM) Rulp Ylem Jose bagged a bronze medal in the 2010 Grand Asian Chess Championship (GACC) at the University of Malaya (UM) Second College in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday. Jose, a member of the reigning UAAP champion Far Eastern U chess team under Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales, drew with WFM Jeslin [...]

Visitors look at the “1812” chess set, which depicts Russian and French participants of Napoleon’s Russian campaign displayed at an exhibition in the Ethnographic museum in St Petersburg, Russia. The set chess pieces, made of white and black jade, golden and silver details decorated with 6,700 diamonds, 9400 rubies and 3200 sapphires, depict prominent participants [...]

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. Chess champion Kasparov calls Russia’s ballot ‘rape’ Speaking to a crowd of mostly foreign reporters after [...]