Today Afghanistan beat Scotland in the Cricket World Cup.
Look at the table after three matches in pool A:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket ... 09587.html
Afghanistan are ahead of England too! How long before we see an Afghani IM?
In the FIDE ratings, Afghanistan have 111 entries but the majority don't have ratings yet. Some have FM, IA or CM titles. A few are female.
They don't have a player above 2200 yet. Are any of them living in Britain or major chess-playing countries?
Chess in Afghanistan?
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Tim Harding
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Chess in Afghanistan?
Tim Harding
Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
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Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
http://www.chessmail.com
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Roger de Coverly
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Re: Chess in Afghanistan?
One of my opponents in the Turin Open of 2006 was playing under AFG.Tim Harding wrote:Are any of them living in Britain or major chess-playing countries?
His FIDE rating record now shows him as playing in Canada.
https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=11700076
Around 2000 strength.
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Matthew Turner
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Re: Chess in Afghanistan?
In 2006 we hosted the National Junior Squad Championships at Millfield. It isn't that easy to get to Millfield so I ended up collecting people from various different train stations. Hamidullah Sarwary, on the other hand, just rocked up at the school having researched the Bristol to Street bus service (changing at Wells, obviously) from Kabul - not bad for a 17 year old.