Pit Stop

Anna Olehivna Muzychuk from Ukraine, former Women’s World Rapid & Blitz Chess Champion and currently ranked number three in the women’s world rating list, has been invited to play the 12th International Rapid Chess Tournament in Alcubierre, province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain which will be held from 21–22 July 2018. Just earlier, from July 1–6 Muzychuk will play the 4th Gideon Japhet Cup in Jerusalem, Israel along with Boris Abramovich Gelfand, Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, Georg Meier, Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi, and Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler.

Anna Olehivna Muzychuk (left) pictured with Ukrainian freestyle wrestler Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach (right) while taking part in the 2 km charity race of the 3rd Molokiya Lviv Half Marathon in Lviv, Ukraine on June 10, 2018. Photo: Anna Olehivna Muzychuk/News agency Vector News.

Two of a Kind

Jerusalem, Israel: People are silhouetted behind glass panels in the Dome of the Rock located on the compound known to Muslims as al-Ḥaram al-Šarīf and to Jews as Temple Mount. Photo: Ammar Awad/Reuters.

Roman currency

Jerusalem, Israel: An extremely rare, almost 2,000 year old, 24-karat gold coin showing the Roman Emperor Augustus. The coin was discovered by a hiker in the northern Galilee area two weeks ago. Photo: Jim Hollander/EPA.