Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center makes a move as he plays against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center makes a move as he plays against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky moves a knight as he plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center with a prosthetic leg sits at a chessboard during a game against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Artillery unit of 128th Brigade in Zaporizhzhia direction

Artillery unit of 128th Brigade in Zaporizhzhia direction

UKRAINE - AUGUST 11, 2023 - A chessboard is pictured as the artillery unit of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade serves in the Zaporizhzhia direction, southeastern Ukraine.

1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.

Tractors used to play massive game of chess in Spain

STORY: Tractors used to play massive game of chess in Spain DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the game 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Pablo, Tractor chess player 3. various of the game STORYLINE: A special chess game "played" by tractors was held over the weekend close to the village of Hinojosa in central Spain. During the game, the fields close to the village were turned into a giant "chessboard" of over 25,000 square meters. Instead of pawns, rooks, knights and bishops, the pieces were 30 tractors, with two combine harvesters to serve as the king. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Pablo, Tractor chess player "A move takes only seconds on the chessboard, but it takes minutes here, because you have to send the order to the tractors, and they have to drive it into position." The event attracted around 2,000 visitors. The organizers stressed that the reason behind their tournament was to draw people's attention to the fall in rural population. Xinhua Ne

China-ASEAN ties most dynamic model of regional cooperation: Chinese FM

STORY: China-ASEAN ties most dynamic model of regional cooperation: Chinese FM DATELINE: March 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have established a model of the most dynamic and promising regional cooperation over the past three decades, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday. China-ASEAN relations have no limits and are sure to grow even closer, Wang said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual session of the country's national legislature. He noted that China and ASEAN must be forerunners in international cooperation against COVID-19, pacesetters in regional cooperation, and defenders of stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Wang said the Asia-Pacific region should not be a chessboard for major-power rivalry. ASEAN countries are not "chess pieces" in a geopolitical contest, but important "chess players" who will

1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.

1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.