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Sexism, cheating, and nightclubs: inside the dark heart of modern chess
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoNicolás Ortega for BI There is a singular misery to trying your very best, after months of training,...
CNN Sport’s top stories of 2023
CNN Sports via Yahoo Sport· 6 months agoFrom the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the Saudi Pro League and the seemingly impossible Barkley Marathon, CNN Sport has picked out the...
Eight-year-old chess ‘phenomenon’ wins women’s first prize at European Rapid and Blitz Championship
CNN via Yahoo Sport· 7 months agoAn eight-year-old British schoolgirl “phenomenon” won the women’s first prize in the Blitz category...
The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoCHEATING IN CHESS: US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of...
How an international network of chess players helped whisk a Ukrainian woman to safety
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 8 months ago"Chess saved my life," Kamila says. Once a rising chess star in eastern Ukraine, Kamila Hryshchenko...
Trans women banned from world chess as critics blast ‘appalling decision’
Attitude via Yahoo News UK· 11 months ago"The new regulations will make trans chess players all over the world face a horrible dilemma:...
Chess federation bans trans women from international top-level female tournaments
GCN via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoThe International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced that it will no longer allow trans women to...
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoThe world's top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official...
Chess World Bans Trans Women in Mind-Boggling New Policy
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoJulian Finney/Getty Images for DAGOCThe regulatory organization that governs international chess...
Iranian chess players Sara Khadem and Atousa Pourkashiyan compete in international tournament...
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoTwo Iranian women chess players have competed in an international tournament without a hijab. Sara...