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Chess | 14.05.10 | 12:55

In Armenia chess is king and grandmasters are stars

Editor’s note: An article in London’s Independent newspaper says of Armenia that “the chess-mad country is in the kind of frenzy of anticipation that most countries reserve for the football World Cup”. The “frenzy” comes as news to those of us who live here. Nonetheless . . .

On the nightly news, its masters treated as sports stars and victories celebrated like national holidays, chess is the king of games in Armenia.

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