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FIDE, the International Chess Federation, issued a statement denouncing "some very embarrassing comments" made by the Israeli grandmaster Ilya Smirin.
Trying to buy time here with this call up of reservists? what do you think his strategy is right now, if he has won? >> [laughs] there's a whole cottage industry of people trying to understand vladimir putin's motives and his decision-making. i am not sure he knows what's next. you know, the argument about germany feeling pressure from the cut off of russian oil, was more compelling a few weeks ago before ukraine began its comeback. now, the nato countries and the european countries are looking at a resurgent ukraine and a retreating putin. now, the cliché is that he is a cornered animal now ...
A young Lebanese chess player quits the 28th edition of Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates to avoid playing against an Israeli contestant.
Calcutta’s ties with chess await rediscovery
Carissa Yip was around six when she first started playing chess. Although her interest had started earlier it was at around this time that she was able to convince her