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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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Come to my boo-doo-arrrrr

This Friday, faux gypsy cacophonist with windpipes of gold Peter Nalitch and his orchestra will play at Moscow’s B1 club. He was all the rage among the Moscow intelligentsia a couple years ago, but apparently the rage hasn’t passed: the … Continue reading

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