Global chess body cancels big events in Russia over invasion

In Russia, where chess is a very big deal, this one might hurt a little more.

Chess became the latest sporting arena to see fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with officials from the Paris-based International Chess Federation, known as FIDE, announcing the biennial Chess Olympiad will not be held ...

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