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Israeli chess team penalized after Yom Kippur scheduling agreement falls apart

According to the Israel Chess Federation, the International Chess Federation agreed in writing that matches scheduled for Yom Kippur would be moved to accommodate the Israeli team.

The Dutch chess team is seen on Monday, September 21, 2026, at the Chess Olympiad  in Samarkand Uzbekistan sat across from empty seats and the Isreali team refused to play on Yom Kippur.
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Pakistani chess team forfeits opening match against Israel at chess Olympiad in Samarkand

ISRAELI GRANDMASTER Yahli Sokolovsky celebrates after being crowned the 2026 European Under-20 chess champion in Montenegro.

Israeli grandmaster Yahli Sokolovsky wins European Under-20 Chess Championship

Judit Polgár attends the "Queen Of Chess" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on January 27, 2026 in Park City, Utah.

Jewish Hungarian chess legend Judit Polgar declines nomination for president


Three chess players removed from int'l competition for boycotting Israelis

The Tunisian chess players who boycotted the Israeli players were booted from the competition.

 Israeli chess prodigy Noam Sasson in Greece

Young Israeli chess champions crowned amid rocket fire

The champions will get the chance to represent Israel at the World Championship and European Championship.

 Six of the champions from the chess championship for young Israelis.

Iranian chess player was warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijab

The Iranian chess player had received multiple phone calls in which individuals warned her against returning home after the tournament.

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What is the connection between chess and Judaism? - opinion

Some people believe that Jewish chess players use the same way of thinking while playing chess as if they were studying Talmud.

 PLAYERS COMPETE at the Israeli Chess Championship in Safed, last year.

World Team Chess Championship goes ahead in Jerusalem despite BDS appeal

The World Chess Federation reportedly did not respond to a letter sent by the organization demanding that it move the championship from Jerusalem.

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Chess-playing robot breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent

The parents of the child, who is said to be one of the best 30 chess players under the age of nine in the Russian capital, are in contact with the public prosecutor's office over the incident.

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Israeli chess initiative unites players worldwide for Ukraine

Israeli Chess4Solidarity initiative brings together chess players from around the world, breaking otherwise rigid borders.

 Chess4Solidarity event to show support for Ukraine.

Israeli chess prodigy wins international under-9s championship

The victory in Greece is the latest in a number of impressive achievements in Noam Sasson's young chess career.

 Israeli chess prodigy Noam Sasson in Greece

Putin's strategy: How the Russian president's mind works

The last 10 years have flown by like the blink of an eye, and it’s a pity – and a tragedy – that Putin seems to have forgotten his own advice.

 Vladimir Putin and Shimon Peres at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem in June 2012.

Here's how to checkmate Putin - chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov

1. Support Ukraine militarily; 2. Bankrupt Putin's war machine; 3. Freeze & seize Russia's finances; 4. Kick Russia out of every financial institution.

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, February 22, 2022.