Pages

Friday, September 21, 2012

Can Chess Make You a Millionaire?

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,
 

Yes, chess can take care of your bread, butter and jam! The Armenian team that became champions at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul recently are going to receive a nice cash award: 20 million AMD. Levon Aronian, Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran Petrosian, will get the noted award. Also, 114 million AMD are given by the Government to award the other members of the Armenian team, according to the Press service of Armenian Government. 

From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss 

4 comments:

  1. would you compare it to poker?

    ReplyDelete
  2. @anonymous Pleasure of playing chess+money earned > pleasure of playing poker+money!

    ReplyDelete
  3. it's tough to play like the russians or armenians so it's tough to become a millionaire via chess!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Chess is irresistible with or without the millions though good if the millions come!

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.