Kings of the chess

They did it!! - Armenia wins 2nd consecutive Chess Olympiad gold.

Congrats!!

They will get heroes reception today upon return to Yerevan.

*photo - by Photolur, via ArmeniaNow

Hate of The Day

Teimur Radjabov: The enemy is the enemy – we all hate Armenians

The head of the Azerbaijani national chess team that won the bronze medal at the European Team Championship, behind Russia and Armenia, Teimour Radjabov, 20 yrs old, on his team's feelings before the match against Armenia (ended in draw):

"I will not deny that we were very nervous. Regardless of where we meet, the enemy is the enemy. We all have feelings of hate towards them. But you must try to suppress those feelings and not let them interfere. Chess must be played with a sober head."

I wonder what could have happened should they not "suppress" their (hate) feelings - second Safarov?

Last year Teimour Radjabov was appointed as the UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for Azerbaijan. If he is the one to inspire young people, one should worry about their future.

You may dance again, Levon!

"Yerevan shocker" - that's how one German chess web site reported Aronian's results.

Armenian Olympic chess champion Levon Aronian wins the rapid chess match in Yerevan against world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik with 'shocking' (for Kramnik) scores - winning three games in a row, something that Kramnik never experienced before!



Levon Aronian in 'action' during party time at the Turin 2006 Chess Olympiad, which bring Armenia a Gold Medal in chess.



I like the way they look at each other, at the dinner party in Yerevan, a day before the match.



At the dinner party in Yerevan, Kramnik is accompanied by his wife, French journalist Marie-Laure Germon; Aronian - by his girlfriend, Australian chess player Arianne Caoili, whom he met at a party in Turin.

*Source of pictures: ChessBase.com