Kosteniuk and Pogonina will Play an Exhibition Strip-Chess Match

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Friday, 01 April 2011

Alexandra Kosteniuk and Natalia Pogonina, both known for being top female chess players and energetic promoters of the game, have agreed to play an exhibition strip-chess match! It will take place in GUM, Moscow (the same venue where the World Blitz Championship took place last year).

Six rapid games will be played on May, 17th. The players will be asked to change the garments after each game. The main sponsor of the event is a leading international underwear company.

Total prize fund: $100,000 (60% to the winner; 50%-50% in the case of a tie).

Chess.com, Pogonina.com and ChessQueen.com will be featuring live video broadcasts of the event.

Tickets for spectators will be sold on the spot for $50, $100 for a VIP ticket signed by both players.

Update: it was an April Fool's Day prank, of course.

Comments (9)

	1. Written by Alexandre on 20:27 01 апреля 2011 г.
	What's the date today?

	2. Written by anonymous on 20:48 01 апреля 2011 г.
	April Fools' Day LoL

	3. Written by Luigi on 20:49 01 апреля 2011 г.
	April fool!!! :D

	4. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 23:22 01 апреля 2011 г.
	life always better....be peaceful.... http://www.tparents.org

	5. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 00:16 02 апреля 2011 г.
	sexy chess match wow! if that happened there will be more matches would happened..All the audiences got blundered...lol

	6. Written by Проходил мимо on 10:24 02 апреля 2011 г.
	sexy chess match А в реальности такое возможно?

	7. Written by Дмитрий on 12:20 03 апреля 2011 г.
	sexy chess match Без сомнения, это был бы матч века! - Теннисистки отдыхают и нервно курят в сторонке... Наталья, вам с Александрой надо бы действительно подумать о реализации такой идеи. Пожалуй, сегодня это единственный способ сделать шахматы вновь популярным видом спорта. В первую очередь - женские, конечно... (У мужчин - Ананда там, Крамника, - смотреть-то особо не на что: так, сплошная субтильность и очочки...)

	8. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 03:04 05 апреля 2011 г.
	sexy chess match А я уже успел порадоваться что физикам и хакерам ничего популяризировать не надо, прежде чем на дату посмотрел.

	9. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 14:02 12 апреля 2011 г.
	sexy chess match Awwwww. The first few lines were a teaser. Too bad it was only a joke.

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