Topic: Moscow
Indian chess champion Viswanathan Anand and his Israeli rival Boris Gelfand agreed Saturday to play a $2.5-million series of matches in a historic Moscow art gallery for the 2012 world crown.The May 10-21 series will be played inside Moscow's Tretyakov State Gallery ...
Thailand - Chatuchak Market is arguably the largest flea market in the world. Located in Bangkok, its vendors offer trinkets and goods from every corner of Thailand. U.S.A - First Monday Park in Canton, Texas is a huge event for the vendors ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - The stepping down of a remote Russian regional leader who once claimed to have been abducted by aliens has set off an unexpected battle for the world's most important chess job.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the impoverished Buddhist region of ...
Rivalry between the world ruling body FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs, founded 1924) and the Professional Chess Association (PCA, founded 1993) dominated competition in chess in 1994. The PCA ran a well-funded Grand Prix of quick-play events in Moscow, Munich, New York ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Soviet world chess champion Vasily Smyslov died on Saturday of heart failure, Russian television reported.Smyslov, who turned 89 on Wednesday, was taken to a Moscow hospital earlier in the week after complaining of heart problems. He died on ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If you've ever worked in an office or own a computer, chances are you've heard of Tetris. Born in 1984 and a near-immediate worldwide sensation, the classic puzzle game is set for a modern renaissance of sorts.In an ...
Hundreds gather in rainy Moscow to remember slain reporter Politkovskaya 2 years after killingHundreds of people gathered in central Moscow Tuesday to remember Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya on the second anniversary of her killing.Politkovskaya was shot in her apartment building in ...
Russian court convicts 13 of ethnic killings, including murder of chess championA Moscow court on Monday convicted 12 teenage boys and a man of committing a series of vicious ethnic attacks, including the murder of a chess champion who was a member ...
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