Tag Archives: Anatoly Karpov
Chess saga continues with scathingly legalistic open letter
On Saturday, the day before he turned 59, chess champion and Russia’s contested nominee for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) presidency, Anatoly Karpov fired off a scathing open letter. Addressed to his “dear colleagues,” the letter took aim at Arkady … Continue reading
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Tagged Anatoly Karpov, Arkady Dvorkovich, chess, Dmitry Medvedev, FIDE, Games, Garry Kasparov, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, russia, Russian Chess Federation
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Kremlin seizes Russian Chess Federation offices; no pawn pun intended
For those of you following the titillating chess scandal unfolding in Moscow, today brings new, exciting, dangerous developments. As Carl Schrek reported in Foreign Policy this week, the Kremlin has been starting to meddle a bit in the nomination of … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Anatoly Karpov, Caspian Sea, chess, FIDE, Garry Kasparov, Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kremlin, russia, Saddam Hussein, ufo
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