The young Uzbek team winning this year’s Olympiad came as a pleasant surprise, but it is not an isolated example in the recent shift of world chess power. Uzbek boys, Kazakh girls, Azeri youth, Chinese, Indian and Iranian young phenoms ever more frequently lit the chess sky. What do their countries have in common? They all once lined the Silk Road.
China, MNA | China won the 2022 Men's World Team Chess Championship after beating the reigning Chess Olympiad champion Uzbekistan in the final here on Friday.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) China won the 2022 Men World Team Chess Championship after beating the reigning Chess Olympiad champion Uzbekistan in the final h