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SAUDI ARABIA BLOCKS ISRAEL'S CHESS TEAM FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS


Lior Aizenberg, spokesman of the Israeli Chess Federation, said the decision to prevent the Israelis from attending was indeed political... READ MORE

27th December, 2017 4

SAUDI CHESS TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF AMID TENSIONS AFTER ISRAELI PLAYERS' VISAS DENIED


In November, Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura hit out against FIDE for awarding Saudi Arabia the tournament... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 27

HEAD OF ENGLISH CHESS CALLS FOR SAUDI ARABIA TO BE STRIPPED OF WORLD SPEED CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER VISA SNUB


Meanwhile, players from Qatar and Iran, which have strained ties with Saudi Arabia, have been granted visas to participate in the tournament... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 340

CHESS FEDERATION SAYS ISRAEL EXCLUDED FROM SAUDI-HOSTED MATCH


Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communication said in a statement that more than 180 players would participate but did not immediately respond to a request for comment... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 2177

IT'S 'CHECKMATE' FOR ISRAELIS BARRED FROM INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA


At an international chess tournament in Saudi Arabia, women are not forced to cover their heads, but Israelis are excluded... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 964

ISRAELI CHESS PLAYERS DENIED VISAS FOR EVENT IN SAUDI ARABIA


Lior Aizenberg, a spokesman for the Israel Chess Federation, said efforts were still being made by various parties to allow Israeli players to take part... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 1074

GRANDMASTERS COMPLAIN LONDON'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP LOGO LOOKS LIKE THE KAMA SUTRA


Yet for the next World Chess Championship the organisers may have gone a bit too far in trying to set pulses racing... READ MORE

19th December, 2017 5977

NORWEGIANA PIN-UP MAGNUS CARLSEN TO DEFEND WORLD CHESS CROWN IN LONDON


World Chess, the commercial arm of the game's governing body Fide, then turned its attention to London... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 591

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'I WILL NOT WEAR A HIJAB'


Nazi Paikidze says Iran's hijab law is oppressive. But one of the country's top chess players says a boycott will only hurt women's sports in Iran... READ MORE

7th October, 2016 42180

Q&A: IRANIAN CHESS PLAYER SARA KHADEM


Sara Khadem I was in the second grade when my friend talked about playing chess... READ MORE

19th January, 2017 4161

'QUEEN OF CHESS' RESIGNS AFTER FIVE MOVES HAVING REPEATEDLY BEEN MADE TO PLAY WOMEN


Gibraltar Chess is an open event meaning that, unlike women-only tournaments, entry is open to players of both sexes... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 3945

RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMPION YURI YELISEYEV DIES IN MOSCOW FALL


Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev, 20, has died after apparently plunging from a balcony on the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 1086

CHESS DRESS 'BAN': MALAYSIAN GIRL'S OUTFIT 'PROVOCATIVE'


The girl was participating in last month's National Scholastic Chess Championship in Putrajaya, just south of Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE

2nd May, 2017 784

CHESS PLAYERS NEED CHECKING FOR DRUGS, SCIENTISTS SAY


Drug-testing exists to some extent in chess, but only at events such as the world championship... READ MORE

27th January, 2017 728

GOOGLE'S GO-PLAYING AI STILL UNDEFEATED WITH VICTORY OVER WORLD NUMBER ONE


AlphaGo, the AI created by Google subsidiary DeepMind, reported that Ke's first 50 moves were played perfectly, according to DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis... READ MORE

25th May, 2017 416

WORLD CHESS SECURES BIGGEST SPONSOR SINCE DAYS OF GARRY KASPAROV'S BREAKAWAY


Bobby Fischer captured the world's imagination when he took the world chess championship from Boris Spassky in their epic 1972 encounter... READ MORE

6th February, 2017 397

ITALIAN CHESS PLAYER 'CHEATS' USING MORSE CODE AND SPY PENDANT


Mr Coqueraut said Mr Ricciardi constantly drank from a glass of water and wiped his face with a handkerchief to conceal the pendant around his neck... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 280

UGANDA'S 'QUEEN OF KATWE' GOT HER START AT THIS SLUM CHESS SCHOOL


KATWE, Uganda -- Seventeen-year-old Richard Buyinza stared at the chessboard in front of him, plotting what he hoped would be his killer move... READ MORE

7th October, 2016 250

GRANDMASTER CLAIMS HE WAS TOLD HE COULDN'T WEAR SHORTS AT CHESS WORLD CUP BECAUSE HE 'LOOKED LIKE A GYPSY'


Kovalyov, 25, had turned up wearing the same stripey shorts he wore in the previous round when he knocked out India's former world champion Vishy Anand... READ MORE

10th September, 2017 232

RUGBY WORLD CUP? PAH! THE WORLD CUP OF CHESS IS FAR MORE EXCITING


All eyes however are on China's 16-year-old prodigy, Yi Wei, who is currently taking the chess world by storm... READ MORE

19th September, 2015 182

THE AGE-OLD WAR BETWEEN MUSLIM CLERICS AND CHESS-PLAYERS


Chess has roots in the Middle East older perhaps than even Islam... READ MORE

22nd January, 2016 151

CHESS WORLD AT WAR AS GAME'S RUSSIAN KING DENIES HE HAS RESIGNED AND CLAIMS HE IS THE VICTIM OF A US PLOT


Mr Ilyumzhinov has previously defeated two legends of the game in Fide elections, AnatolyA Karpov in 2010 and the dissident human rights campaigner Garry Kasparov in 2014... READ MORE

27th March, 2017 149

GOOGLE DEEPMIND'S PROGRAM BEATS HUMAN AT GO


Googles software engineers taught computer to beat almost any human at an ancient Chinese game... READ MORE

28th January, 2016 93

VIKTOR KORCHNOI CHESS GIANT WHO DREW SOVIET IRE DIES AT 85


After giving an interview in which he criticized the Soviet authorities, he shortly received word from friends in the Soviet Union that he was in trouble... READ MORE

7th June, 2016 93

CHESS CHEAT CAUGHT USING MORSE CODE AND SPY CAMERA


An Italian chess player has been removed from one of Italy's most prestigious tournaments after allegedly using Morse code and a hidden camera to cheat... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 62

CHESS WORLD PLUNGED INTO CRISIS AS FIDE PRESIDENT 'WITHDRAWS' TO FIGHT SYRIA ALLEGATIONS


Eccentric russian kirsan ilyumzhinov fiercely denies allegations claiming his only link to the war-torn country was delivering chess sets... READ MORE

6th December, 2015 60

CHESS AFICIONADO SAYS RUSSIAN HACKERS ARE TARGETING HIM


Never mind the Sicilian defense -- chess champ Magnus Carlsen needs a defense against Russian hackers... READ MORE

18th November, 2016 25

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! NORWEGIAN MAGNUS CARLSEN TAKES WORLD CHESS TITLE NO. 3


NEW YORK -- On a dreary, rainy Manhattan night, a huge, happy roar arose in a crowd of chess fans from around the world... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 11

NORWEGIAN, RUSSIAN TO SQUARE OFF IN WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP


Magnus Carlsen is tops in an endurance sport that does not require him to move from his chair... READ MORE

11th November, 2016 8

WHO WON THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2016? MAGNUS CARLSEN CROWNED CHAMPION


Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was once again crowned world chess champion for the third straight year Wednesday... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 8

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK, PUTTING AN END TO MONTHS OF SPECULATION AND CYNICISMA


Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York, said I and all New Yorkers welcome the World Chess Championship back to New York City... READ MORE

9th August, 2016 7

CHEQUE, MATE: WORLD'S BIGGESTA CHESSA CHAMPIONSHIP FACES AXE OVER A?300K TAX BILL


Entry into the UK Chess Challenge costs schools ?40 for 30 pupils and ?15 for every ?15 thereafter... READ MORE

29th August, 2016 7

KEEP AN EYE ON AI, SAY EXPERTS


But for some, unchecked AI development evokes apocalyptic images in which hostile machines enslave humanity... READ MORE

13th March, 2016 5

KASPAROV COMES OUT OF CHESS RETIREMENT 'KICKING AND FIGHTING'


Though the winner's purse in St Louis is a not-too-shabby 150,000, the grandmaster said he would donate any winnings to promote chess in Africa... READ MORE

14th August, 2017 0

CHESS LEGEND KASPAROV ROLLS BACK THE YEARS IN COMPETITIVE RETURN


AFP BILL GREENBLATT Chess legend Garry Kasparov came out of retirement on Monday to play in St Louis... READ MORE

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