Alua Nurman says her unbeaten team was told there’s no state award for the medal, because the Chess Olympiad isn’t on Kazakhstan’s list of qualifying competitions.
Read the storyUS and Lithuanian security services warned the former world champion after prosecutors charged five people allegedly working for Russian intelligence. The indictment doesn’t name him.
FIDE has opened a new route to the Candidates, in the faster formats Carlsen says he prefers. Nakamura reportedly doesn’t think it will bring him back.
WFM Adriana Palao of ChessFam had the US top board talking after round 7 in Samarkand, until fans and cameras chasing Uzbekistan’s hero swept through.
No Ju Wenjun. No Lei Tingjie. No Tan Zhongyi. No Hou Yifan. A young Chinese team went unbeaten in Samarkand and took the Women’s Olympiad anyway.
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