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Illustrative: Competitors sit at their tables during the first round of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025 at the Sports and Events Complex at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar, on December 27, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS/AFP)
October 17, 2026, 1:30 pm
Israeli chess players say they’ve been barred from world championship in Malaysia
Players call for Malaysia to be stripped of Nov. tournament, noting exclusion violates guidelines of chess governing body, FIDE; one player says he was omitted despite registering with foreign passport
By ToI Staff
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem competes without a headscarf at a chess tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 26, 2022. (Lennart Ootes/FIDE)
December 28, 2022, 12:17 pm
Iranian woman competes in international chess tournament without hijab
Sara Khadem photographed at Kazakhstan championship without compulsory head covering, joining other female Iranian athletes who have competed bareheaded in defiance of regime
By Ash Obel
Players during the first day of the Jerusalem Grand Prix in chess, December 11, 2019. (World Chess)
December 12, 2019, 12:43 am
Elite world chess event begins in Israel, as organizers seek opening for more
International officials see contest as drawing board for chess development in Jerusalem, hailed in opening ceremony as ‘capital of the world’; but plan needs government funding
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative. A chess set. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 10, 2019, 6:05 pm
Elite chess event set to kick off in Israel, with organizers angry at government
Part of World Championship cycle to begin Wednesday with 16 of world’s best players; ministry refuses funding to make event in Israel a long-term project, citing political impasse
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative. A chess set. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 14, 2019, 8:32 am
Chess grandmaster caught cheating with phone on toilet
Igor Rausis, 58, had raised suspicions by making an unlikely rise in rankings at an advanced age
By AP and ToI Staff
Participants attend the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships, the first international chess competition held in Saudi Arabia, in the capital Riyadh on December 26, 2017. (AFP/STRINGER)
December 3, 2018, 12:54 pm
World chess contest moved from Saudi Arabia after two Israelis complain of ban
Rapid and Blitz tournament relocated to Russia; governing federation says it will no longer hold events in countries that ‘deny entry to eligible players’
By Stuart Winer
Participants attend the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships, the first international chess competition held in Saudi Arabia, in the capital Riyadh on December 26, 2017. (AFP/STRINGER)
December 26, 2017, 11:12 pm
ADL tells chess tourney organizers not to let Riyadh host anymore
Group says it is an ‘outrage’ that tournament allowed to continue despite Saudi Arabia breaking contract and barring Israelis
By Eric Cortellessa
While Israel does not appear on the official website of the 2013 World Youth Chess Championships in Dubai, the young Israeli competitors are listed as representing the World Chess Federation, FIDE. (screen capture, http://worldyouth2013.com/playerlist/country)
December 26, 2013, 3:25 pm
Israelis play chess in Dubai on the sly
Youths attending world championship in Gulf state described as representing World Chess Federation, not Israel
By Yifa Yaakov
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