On October 13, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was awarded the annual International award the Golden Bolloc 2016 for his contribution to “the cause of peace and development of the relationship between nations and states”. Bookies’ favourites British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Korea’s Kim Jong-un…
Read More
Latest in Muammar Gaddafi
More Articles
“Chess is a kind of human activity which has room for manifestations of both intellect and the competitive spirit. But this is a bloodless competition. FIDE’s motto is Gens una sumus. And personally, I approve of only one kind of battles – the ones that…
Read More“The meeting [with Moamer Gaddafi] lasted around two hours, we played some chess with Gaddafi,” Ilyumzhinov, who is on a visit to Tripoli in his capacity as FIDE president, told Interfax. “Gaddafi stated that he is not going to leave Libya, stressing that it is…
Read More
- 10 Seconds with 7
- About Us 1
- Archive 224
- Articles 96
- Back issues 44
- Cheating 25
- Creative chess 86
- Features 200
- FIDE 49
- Front Page 99
- Games 83
- Hack Attack 51
- History scrapbook 124
- Homepage 103
- Interviews 40
- Kirsan 43
- Letters 9
- Nosher 10
- Private Eye 4
- Quotes 123
- Reviews 82
- Shop 29
- The Penguin Files 38
- The Poisoned Pawn 6
- Uncategorized 4
Jerry W
→ Commenting on: Pop Philosophy
Grunty
→ Commenting on: A Draw Offer
Toby Spiders
→ Commenting on: The Underdog
Beat Zueger
→ Commenting on: Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Play Chess