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Russian claims European chess crown

Published: 20 March, 2009, 19:21

Russian Tatiana Kosintseva has taken the women's European chess championship, which ended in St Petersburg on Friday.

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2 COMMENTS

noe_villatoro March 21, 2009, 22:03 quote

Russian are the undisputed chess champions of the world, what does that prove? Russians are the smartest people of the world, congratulations from Latin America!!!

Meslin July 14, 2009, 08:58 quote

Overall, russians are the best chess players in the World. Being also good in sports and culture, it prove that russian society is well balanced. There is an exception to this statement: When russian politicians meet american politician-poker-players, they end up losing the match. We had a perfect example when Obama made his stop in Moscow. Let us just hope that I am mistaken (I play a correct game of chess but I am not a master). Best Regards... Jean-Claude Meslin

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