Istanbul Chess Olympiad Rest Day Photos by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk

The world is watching the games and the results of the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiads, on the official site or on Chess Blog, it’s the biggest chess event of the year. 5 rounds have been played, see the results page. There are 6 more to go, so anything is possible. On the photo to the left you can see our Russian women’s team, with coaches, having a rest moment at a coffee shop today Sunday. If you tried to recognize all the players, they are: Rublevsky, Pogonina, Kosteniuk, N. Kosintseva, Dokhoian, T. Kosintseva, Riazantsev and Naer. That’s a powerful Elo average of approx. 2582! Below you can find some more photos of today’s tourism in Istanbul.













Posted by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk
12th women’s world chess champion
Follow me on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube!




Tags: Chess Olympiads, istanbul chess olympiad, kosteniuk photo
Posted in Uncategorized | 12 Comments »