Chess

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the current president of chess governing body FIDE, beat former world chess champion and Russian dissident Garry Kasparov to win another four-year term. The election turned bitter as the two men sparred over their political ties.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the current president of chess governing body FIDE, beat former world chess champion and Russian dissident Garry Kasparov to win another four-year term. The election turned bitter as the two men sparred over their political ties.

Spaniard Jonathan Rodriquez Vega has become a near-champion in Chessboxing. It’s a sport growing in popularity, that yes, combines boxing and chess.

If being in the French Alps isn’t enough of a thrill, now you can “step into the void” with only a glass floor to hold you. Indian police use bananas to recover stolen goods. And we introduce you to the Paradogs of World War II, Chess boxing, Christian Rock Pakistani-style, and more in today’s Global Scan.

It was a novel idea… to crowd-source a chess match online. If your computer’s address was in Norway, you could vote on Norway’s moves. If it was outside Norway, then you could vote on the “rest of the world’s” moves. If only it had worked that way…