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Sunday, December 24, 2017
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Sunday, December 24, 2017
Israeli players denied travel to Saudi Arabia for chess championship
Israeli chessplayers are being denied visas to travel to Saudi Arabia for a speed chess championship this week, Reuters reports.
Seven Israeli players had requested visas for the tournament on December 26-30. It would have marked the first time Saudi Arabia had publicly hosted Israelis as the Gulf state does not recognize Israel and there are no formal ties between them.
[World Chess Federation] FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer, speaking in Athens where the body’s Secretariat is based, said visas for the Israeli players “have not been issued and will not be issued.”
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