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Gaddafi plays chess with Russian visitor
As the world awaits Moammar Gaddafi's next move, the Libyan leader has been playing chess with the visiting Russian head of the World Chess Federation.The federation is headed by the eccentric Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who until last year was the leader of Russia's predominantly Buddhist republic of Kalmykia. He once claimed to have visited an alien spac...
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With Anand's loss, World Championship match tied at 4-4
World champion Viswanathan Anand was in for a surprise by a resurgent Veselin Topalov who scored a remarkable victory with white pieces in the eighth match to square off the World Chess Championship 4-4 in Sofia on Tuesday.
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Anand gets relief, WCF postponed first game by a day
World Champion Viswanathan Anand got a breather on Wednesday as the World Chess Federation has agreed to postpone the first game of the World Chess Championship by one day to Saturday.
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Gaddafi plays chess with Russian visitor
As the world awaits Moammar Gaddafi's next move, the Libyan leader has been playing chess with the visiting Russian head of the World Chess Federation.The federation is headed by the eccentric Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who until last year was the leader of Russia's predominantly Buddhist republic of Kalmykia. He once claimed to have visited an alien spac...
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With Anand's loss, World Championship match tied at 4-4
World champion Viswanathan Anand was in for a surprise by a resurgent Veselin Topalov who scored a remarkable victory with white pieces in the eighth match to square off the World Chess Championship 4-4 in Sofia on Tuesday.
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Anand gets relief, WCF postponed first game by a day
World Champion Viswanathan Anand got a breather on Wednesday as the World Chess Federation has agreed to postpone the first game of the World Chess Championship by one day to Saturday.
