Trike Daily
Buddhist chess king hosts extraterrestrials
Chess is compulsory at schools in Kalmykia, the Russian Federation’s only Buddhist republic. The republic’s millionaire chess fanatic president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (pictured here in 2006 with World Juniors Champion Zaven Andriasian), is also president of the the World Chess Federation, the most prestigious organization of its kind. But maybe not for much longer: chess great […]