CHATTER: WHAT WE’RE HEARING

Global Post
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Dec 2 2009

Want to know: Armenia has 27 chess grandmasters, that’s more than
China and many more per capita than Russia. This little nation is
a chess superpower. To truly understand why it became such a chess
sensation requires a deeper look into the country’s past, and in
particular one moment, a generation ago, in which this most highbrow
game first began to embody the spirit of a subjugated people. The
U.K.’s Prospect magazine goes in depth.