Archive for December, 2008

Creative summary of FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Elista

GM Sanan Syugirov and GM Andrey Zontakh give their comments on the tournament in Elista.

The tournament is over, let us strike sport, creative and theoretical balance.

First and foremost I would like to distinguish the tournament winners. Dmitry Jakovenko will be remembered for his amazing tenacity in the defence and delicate end-game technique.

Teimur Radjabov, a bedivere of King’s Indian defence, – confident game with Black. Read the rest of this entry »

The official journal of the Society for Neuroscience published a scientific article by Nobuhiko Kojima, Gilyana Borlikova, Toshiro Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Yamada and others scientists

The Journal of neuroscience – the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience published a scientific article by Nobuhiko Kojima, Gilyana Borlikova (from Kalmykia), Toshiro Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Yamada, Toshio Ikeda, Shigeyoshi Itohara, Hiroaki Niki and Shogo Endo “Inducible cAMP early repressor acts as a negative regulator for kindling Read the rest of this entry »

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov offered a horse as a gift to Alexandra Kosteniuk for her win at the recent world championship

Кирсан Илюмжинов Women World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was the guest of honor in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia in December 2008.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov offered a horse as a gift to Alexandra Kosteniuk for her win at the recent world championship.

Women World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk also gave several simuls, including to the School of Iki-Chonos. Read the rest of this entry »

World chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk visited Kalmykia

World chess champion in Elista, Kalmykia World chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk visited Kalmykia [ De | Ru | Es ]

At the invitation of the President of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, from 11 to 13 December Kalmyk Republic visited the world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, reports KalmykiaNews.

During his visit to the Buddhist republic the world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, met with the students of the Chess Academy of Elista.

World chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk gave two simultaneous display and gave a master class in the Kalmyk National Gymnasium. Read the rest of this entry »