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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Chess

Screen capture of the Chess.com website, November 4, 2024. (Times of Israel)
November 4, 2024, 9:32 am
Users claim rampant antisemitism on popular Chess.com application
Dozens of reported intances of players using pictures of swastikas or Hitler, or openly antisemitic usernames, with no action taken by company
By ToI Staff
Melan Halbi, standing, watches her peers compete at the Israeli Chess Federation tournament in Acre, January 2024. (Olga Volkov)
February 10, 2024, 8:04 am
Chess tournament makes mates of Arabs, Jews and Druze amid Gaza war
In late January, the Israeli Open Championship in Acre brought all of Israel’s diverse sectors together to battle it out on the board, fostering community through love of the game
By Diana Bletter
French-Iranian chess player Mitra Hejazipour watches Iranian news at home in Paris, France, on September 15, 2023. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
September 16, 2023, 10:07 pm
Chess star who fled Iran after shedding headscarf hails ‘courage’ of protesters
Mitra Hejazipour, who is now living in France after removing head covering at 2019 tournament, wants to use her platform to ‘show Iranian women that they are not alone’
By Valentin GUELET
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem competes without a headscarf at a chess tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 26, 2022. (Lennart Ootes/FIDE)
January 4, 2023, 2:14 am
Iranian chess player who shunned hijab moves to Spain after reported threats
Source close to Sara Khadem says she was warned to stay away from Iran; Spanish media reports she will settle with husband, child in already owned apartment in undisclosed location
By ToI Staff
Igor Yarmonov and Galina Gurina in their room in a communal flat in Ashdod, December 18, 2022. (Inna Lazareva/Times of Israel)
December 22, 2022, 10:54 am
Disabled world chess champion from Mariupol faces eviction from his Ashdod lodgings
Igor Yarmonov and his wife fled to Israel with the help of chess enthusiasts around the world. Now, with only a week to find new housing, their future is far from certain
By Inna Lazareva
Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich seen after coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 30, 2022. (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 1, 2022, 1:08 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 1: Netanyahu tries to rein in Smotrich; chess games reflect life
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn looks at coalition negotiations; investigative and features reporter Inna Lazareva discusses chess as metaphor for global issues
By ToI Staff
China's national chess team hold their trophy after winning the World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem, November 25, 2022. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 26, 2022, 7:47 pm
China wins world chess championship in Jerusalem, defeating Uzbekistan
Spain comes in third over India; Israel and US were knocked out before quarter-finals; US chess star Hans Niemann participates amid cheating row
By ToI Staff
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann plays at the World Team Championship in Jerusalem, November 24, 2022. (Courtesy of FIDE/Mark Livshitz)
November 25, 2022, 9:00 am
‘Show me the evidence’: US captain defends alleged chess cheat Niemann at J’lem meet
As under-fire grandmaster keeps mum at tournament, team captain John Donaldson, who says he’s known the player since he was 10, praises his ‘great talent’ and maturity
By Inna Lazareva
Ilana David, captain of Israel's team at the World Teams Chess Championship, on November 20, 2022, in Jerusalem. (Inna Lazareva/Times of Israel)
November 24, 2022, 3:23 pm
‘Are you here by mistake?’ Meet the 1st Israeli woman to captain a men’s chess team
At the World Team Chess Championship, Ilana David describes her childhood alongside world champion Garry Kasparov, while lamenting the barriers facing women in the sport
By Inna Lazareva
The Ukrainian chess team display some national pride at the World Teams Chess Championship 2022 in Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Oleksandr Sulypa)
November 23, 2022, 6:49 am
Holding Russia in check, Ukrainians look to capture chess glory at Jerusalem tourney
Many of Ukraine’s players in the weeklong World Team Chess Championship come from the front lines or areas hit hard by Putin’s war gambit, and compete with their countrymen in mind
By Inna Lazareva
Players compete at the World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem, November 20, 2022 (FIDE - International Chess Federation via Facebook)
November 20, 2022, 7:18 pm
World chess tourney kicks off in Jerusalem, featuring star accused of cheating
US competitor Hans Niemann appears for first time since suing world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen for $100 million for defamation over allegations of trickery
By ToI Staff
Ilya Smirin (top right) with co-commentator Fiona Steil-Antoni in a live stream of the Women's Grand Prix chess tournament, September 27, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 28, 2022, 8:45 pm
Israeli chess grandmaster sacked for sexist comments
In debut as commentator, Ilya Smirin says female player wants to ‘be like men’; International Chess Federation condemns ‘very embarrassing’ remarks
By ToI Staff
Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes during the FIDE World Championship at Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
September 27, 2022, 2:35 pm
World chess champ Carlsen accuses US teen rival Niemann of cheating
While Carlsen avoided specifying Niemann’s exact form of alleged cheating, speculation has grown that the rising star used vibrating anal beads to communicate with his coach
By AFP
Robot traps a boy's finger during chess game, fracturing it, July 2022 (Screen grab)
July 25, 2022, 9:18 am
Chess-playing robot turns violent mid-match, breaks kid’s finger
Robotic arm turns on its young opponent, pinning down and fracturing the digit of one of Russia’s best young players
By ToI Staff
Israel's Noam Sason from Ganei Tikva, after winning the European school chess championship for children under 9 years of age, in Rhodes, Greece, April 29, 2022 (Ynet screenshot)
May 1, 2022, 10:01 am
8-year-old Israeli wins European chess championship
Boy from Ganei Tikva beats out under-9 rivals from Turkey, Ukraine, adding to his growing list of international championship titles
By ToI Staff
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