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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 1836

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 979

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

WADA REFUSES TO REINSTATE RUSSIA'S ANTI-DOPING AGENCY


The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA has refused to recognise Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA as compliant with the international code... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 3

WORLD ANTI-DOPING BODY REFUSES TO LIFT RUSSIA SUSPENSION


The World Anti-Doping Agency maintained its suspension of Russia on Thursday, raising the spectre of a possible ban from February's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang... READ MORE

17th November, 2017 0

WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY HEADQUARTERS WILL STAY IN MONTREAL UNTIL 2031


The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA headquarters will stay in Montreal until 2031, according to a decision from the body's executive committee... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 79

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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

STUDENTS USED TO TAKE DRUGS TO GET HIGH. NOW THEY TAKE THEM TO GET HIGHER GRADES


Modafinil a prescription-only medication for narcolepsy that the NHS's website describes as a central nervous system stimulant that prevents excessive sleepiness during daytime hours ... READ MORE

14th February, 2015 2452

GARRY KASPAROV WINS HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST RUSSIA


Kasparov unsuccessfully tried to bring legal action in Russia in 2007 before taking his case to Strasbourg... READ MORE

11th October, 2016 1657

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

GARRY KASPAROV: WHY THE WORLD SHOULD EMBRACE AI


Not at all, says chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov... READ MORE

16th June, 2017 573

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

WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY CONFIRMS RUSSIAN HACK OF RIO OLYMPIC DRUG-TESTING DATABASE


The IOC strongly condemns such methods which clearly aim at tarnishing the reputation of clean athletes, the organization said... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 331

RIO'S 'SYMBOL OF HOPE': THE INCREDIBLE STORIES OF THE WORLD'S FIRST REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM


Biel, 21, fled fighting in South Sudan in 2005, and grew up on his own in a refugee camp... READ MORE

4th June, 2016 320

RUSSIAN ATHLETES BAN IS 'UNFAIR', SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN


Meanwhile, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva said she would challenge the IAAF's decision in court, claiming it was a human rights violation ... READ MORE

18th June, 2016 304

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

CREATE A NEW PASSWORD


Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov tells FRANCE 24 he sees Russian President Vladimir Putin as a dangerous dictator ... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 149

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

RUSSIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES CONFRONT WORLD OF HYPOCRISY, GEOPOLITICAL INTRIGUE & FIG LEAVES


But that fig leaf was largely absent in Rio... READ MORE

17th November, 2016 130

LIFE & DEATH ON A STREETCAR NAMED WADA


Unfortunately, the sport and theater combination is very appropriate when we touch upon the topic of the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA ... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 126

RUSSIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES BANNED DUE TO 'WORDS OF INFORMANT, NOT A DOPE TEST'


The World Anti-Doping Agency would appear to have fallen down on its duty, which is to catch cheating athletes catch athletes who take dope... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 125

IAAF FIGHTS BACK AGAINST REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD SUSPECTED DOPING


The Sunday Times and ARD said they were given access to the doping results of over 12,000 tests from more than 5,000 athletes taken between 2001 and 2012... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 124

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

WADA DOPING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RUSSIA ARE GROUNDLESS


WADA doping allegations against Russia are groundless Russian anti-doping chief... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 69

GOLD MEDALLIST LENDS VOICE TO AUSTRALIAN CONDEMNATION OF RUSSIAN DOPING


The second McLaren report's revelations of a shocking doping conspiracy involving Russian athletes has sparked widespread condemnation by Australian Olympic administrators and athletes... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 63

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

IOC INSISTS GAMES WILL GO AHEAD DESPITE ZIKA


Dr Budgett was responding to a call by Canadian health Professor Amir Attaran for the Games to be postponed or moved... READ MORE

12th May, 2016 56

BORIS NEMTSOV MURDER WITNESS SAYS SHE IS BLOCKED FROM LEAVING RUSSIA


He said there appeared to be little room for political activists in Russia to maneuver, let alone to develop a political strategy... READ MORE

2nd March, 2015 55


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