Chess master Fischer’s body exhumed
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Authorities in Iceland have exhumed the body of American chess champion Bobby Fischer to determine whether he is the father of a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines. Police district commissioner Olafur Helgi Kjartansson said Fischer’s corpse was dug up from a cemetery near Selfoss in southern Iceland early Monday in the presence of a doctor, a priest and other officials. Kjartansson said Fischer was reburied after DNA samples were taken. Fischer died in Iceland in January 2008 aged 64. He left no will, and legal wrangling continues over his estate. Last month Iceland’s supreme court ruled Fischer...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 12:01:48 PM
India's Anand Crowned World Chess Champion in Bulgaria
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India’s Viswanathan Anand was crowned chamion in Sofia Thursday night after he beat the Bulgarian challenger Veselin Topalov in the World Chess Title Match. Anand and Topalov received their awards at a spectacular ceremony in the Central Military Club in Sofia, the venue where they played 12 games in April and May, 2010. After two wins apiece and seven draws, Topalov gambled and lost to Anand in the very last 12th game, allowing the world chamion from India to retain his title. The award ceremony was attended by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the President of the international chess...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 12:01:48 PM
Anand outplays Topalov, moves into lead in World Chess
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Defending world champion Viswanathan Anand dealt Veselin Topalov a huge blow with a novelty and a win in the fourth game to go 2.5-1.5 up in the 12-game World Chess Championship match. 216topalovanand.jpgIn a game that showed Anand's ability to take mind games to his opponent's camp, Anand used an opening that Vladimir Kramnik had used to torment Topalov. The duo will meet again in fifth game on Friday. Anand, playing with white pieces, played the Catalan once again and came with a novelty as early as the tenth move (10. Na3) and pegged Topalov's moves to the queenside and...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 12:01:48 PM
Malignant Turks refuse to play Israeli national anthem for Israeli chess tournament winner...
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Marcel Efroimski, a 13-year-old Israeli chess prodigy, yesterday became the Girls' Under-14 World Chess Champion when she won the Gold Medal for her age group at the World Youth Chess Championships held in Turkey. This in itself is not of any interest to Jihad Watch -- except that during the awards ceremony, the malignant (if not turban'd) and increasingly Islamic supremacist Turkish authorities refused to play the Israeli National Anthem, as is required at such ceremonies. However, young Marcel would not play the dhimmi. She stood on the podium and raised her trophy with an expression of defiance -- as...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 12:01:48 PM
No Anthem for Israeli Girl
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WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN ANTALYA 24.11.2009 – A total of 1324 participants from 90 countries took part in six age groups, for boys and girls, at this World Youth Championship in Turkey. A great success for the host nation was the bronze medal for local talent Kübra Öztürk in the Girls U18 section. A protest has been submitted by the Israeli Chess Federation because no anthem was played for the winner of the Girls U14 section. … Of especial interest is the Girls Under 14 group. On the one hand it was won by an old friend, WFM Marsel Efroimski,...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 12:01:48 PM
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