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Iran fined €25,000 for Israel boycott at Chess Olympiad

The global chess body fined Iran €25,000 after its women’s team skipped a match vs Israel in Budapest, and warned of a possible one-year ban.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Flags of Iran and Israel behind pawns on the chessboard. Chess game.
Sofia Polgar and the participants in "Chess for Solidarity" competition hold up the faces of abducted children.

Chess4Solidarity holds event with Gaza hostages' families

The competition was largely centered around "the missing player."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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The Game of Queens: Why do women have a lower ceiling in chess?

In checking gender bias in chess playing, New York researchers find parents and coaches shortchange girls’ potential. 

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Israeli chess players take part in a special chess tournament marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2018.

Israel marks International Human Solidarity Day through chess

Through these sorts of events, Israeli chess players have been able to compete against opponents from Bhutan, Morocco and Libya.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘Policing children’s Web surfing may backfire’

The snooping can have an opposite effect.

JANUARY 25, 2015ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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For artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky, computers have soul

Things are going to change, MIT professor and Dan David award-winner says of societal repercussions to AI.

MAY 13, 2014ByNIV ELIS
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Internet anti-Semitism a ‘mortal danger,’ say MKs

Stakeholders from government and non-governmental organizations testify in Knesset hearing on matter.

FEBRUARY 10, 2014BySAM SOKOL
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Could Intel pave Israel’s way on cybersecurity?

Intel is already one of the most important players in Israel's economy, touting a cumulative investment of $10.8 billion in the state.

JANUARY 26, 2014ByNIV ELIS
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