The chess teams of Russia and Belarus are to remain banned from international competitions, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) ruled on Sept. 22. Both countries were excluded from the ...

Russian Grandmaster Volodar Murzin, the 2024 FIDE Rapid champion, is set to compete for American Gambits in the Global Chess ...

A Russian chess player has been suspended from participating in all competitions after being accused of trying to poison her opponent's pieces, officials have announced. Amina Abakarova is now under ...

Oleksii Nakonechnyi, a 10-year-old chess player from Truskavets, won the U10 World Cadet Rapid Chess Championship in Albania, defeating Russian champion Roman Shogdzhiev, who participated in the ...

A Russian chess player is under investigation for allegedly attempting to poison another player ahead of a match last week. Security video shows the chess player Amina Abakarova smearing what is ...

It’s no queen’s gambit. A Russian chess player is under investigation after allegedly being caught on camera spraying her opponent’s board with what authorities said was a substance containing mercury ...

MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. Russian chess players will be able to compete internationally under the national flag only after a Ukraine deal that Russia is satisfied with is reached, Russian Chess ...

Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent "novichok" when making assassination attempts against both ...

The U.S. has more chess grandmasters than Russia for the first time, as a growing number of top Russian players are opting against representing their country following Vladimir Putin's decision to ...

"Such steps will affect me and other chess players, but I made a personal decision previously that I would not play under a neutral flag and, in fact, I am not going to change my mind about this," the ...

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The competitor "threatened the lives" of contest attendees, one official said. LONDON -- A Russian chess player has been suspended from participating in all competitions after being accused of trying ...