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World Chess Championship

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
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
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
Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar, center, with Mikhail Gorbachev, left, and translator Pavel Palazhchenko. (Courtesy)
May 10, 2017, 8:31 am
Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege
Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles
By Rich Tenorio
In this Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006 file photo, chess grandmaster Victor Korchnoi, center, plays against Gilberto Hernandez of Mexico during the Mexico City Chess Festival. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, file)
June 7, 2016, 2:41 am
Victor Korchnoi, Soviet-born chess grandmaster, dead at 85
Considered among the best players never to win a world championship, Korchnoi learned the game from his Jewish father
By Jamey Keaten and Naomi Koppel
This June 14, 2011 file photo shows World Chess Federation president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as he speaks during a press conference in Moscow. (AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA)
November 26, 2015, 7:59 am
Russia chess champ, Syria oil man targets of new US sanctions
George Haswani serves as middleman for Assad’s oil purchases from IS; Kirsan Ilyumzhinov aided Syrian central bank
By Veronica Smith
Former US president George W. Bush stands next to Russian dissident Garry Kasparov (photo credit: AP)
From the WebMay 17, 2014, 6:53 am
Garry Kasparov tries to unseat Russian who has ruled world chess for 18 years
The Guardian: Former world champion to duke it out with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a friend of Assad, for head of World Chess Federation
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
Boris Gelfand, left, speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu. (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
June 3, 2012, 9:55 pm
Netanyahu praises chess almost-champ Gelfand upon return
PM tells grandmaster he put Israeli chess on the map
By Ilan Ben Zion
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