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An excellent initiative by Lance Grigg! This article was featured in the Globe and Mail on Saturday, October 24th.
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Q. What is the difference between Ebonized and Ebony chess pieces?
A. Ebonized chess pieces are made from Boxwood that has been dyed to resemble Ebony. The more expensive Ebony pieces are carved from genuine naturally dark hardwood.
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Ukrainian children learn chess in bomb shelters. They train without electricity while missiles target their cities. 21 Ukrainian chess players have been killed defending their country.
Russia's reward for this? FIDE just voted to welcome Russian teams back.
The vote was held in secret—"so federations who voted for it would not be called out," says Ukrainian player Angelika Valkova.
FIDE's motto is "Gens una sumus"—"We are one family." Valkova's response: "If we have in the family a member who is killing another—how can we be one family? He should be isolated. He should be punished."
Five federations have filed an appeal. The fight continues.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/…
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The math behind the moves: Why a #UofT prof was asked to investigate a headline-making chess scandal ♚ uoft.me/bKg
ALT There was no reason to assume five-time U.S. chess champion and grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, pictured, was cheating when he racked up long winning streaks on the online chess site Chess.com, according to an analysis by U of T statistician Jeffrey Rosenthal
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Dear @FIDE_chess,
Gunina has appeared with Russian🇷🇺 military in uniform at a chess event in Moscow.
Why do FIDE allow that?
Just a few days ago, a 9-year old Ukrainian🇺🇦 Chess playing girl died, hit by a Russian missile.
Fired by exactly Russian 🇷🇺 soldiers in uniform.
Yes we carry the genuine replicas from National Museums Scotland!
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Lewis chessmen redisplayed in a case which allows visitors to see their backs for the first time bbc.in/4fdOMTa
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2 Ukrainian🇺🇦 Chess players died yesterday.
Yuriy Rastropin at the front.
Iliya Oskina in a Russian 🇷🇺 missile strike targeting civilians in Mykolaiv.
From the world of chess, there is just silence.
#RussiaisATerroistState
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If you program AI to play chess in the morning, by lunch it can beat most players, and by the evening, it's stronger than world champions, said Demis Hassabis, CEO at DeepMind Technologies.
What!? I thought 2+2=4. #ChessChamps
Today's competition:
Caption this image of Pragg and tweet us using #ChessChamps to win 1 year of Chess24 Premium membership 🤘🏻
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We donated to the Red Cross to support Ukrainians shortly after the invasion. We would be very happy to donate chess products - we just need to know the best way to do so. Twitter community, let us know.
I hope every online chess platform and chess shop and software company is providing materials free to Ukraine & its refugees. It can provide some small comfort. Please give him my best wishes, and thank you for helping.
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How Russia's invasion of Ukraine is sending shock waves through the chess world ift.tt/wa247BX #ottnews #ottawa
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“This is not chess. But sometimes things are black and white.” — @Kasparov63
Watch chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov's powerful #TED2022 talk on Russia and the war in Ukraine here: t.ted.com/4aOtwkf
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"Stop the war."
Forty-four top Russian chess players published an open letter to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
Read the full article below: chess.com/news/view/stop-the…
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The Ukranian Chess Federation has announced the sad news that childrens coach and arbiter Alexey Valentinovich Druzhinets has fallen on March 2. after sustaining serious injuries from the Russian occupiers. RIP
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The Chess Federation of Canada issued its own statement today, published on chess forums:
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Toronto resident Varvara Shmygalova fears for her family’s safety at home in Ukraine. Most of her family lives in Kyiv, including her parents, step-siblings and grandparents — who, she says, are using an underground garage as a bomb shelter.
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Scottish musician Dougie MacLean's song "Marching Mystery" was inspired by ancient chess pieces found on the Isle of Lewis 190 years ago. The inspirational power of chess is amazing! ☺️♕🎼
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#ChessConnectsUs
Yes, and it seems like everyone who watched it is now buying a #chess set!! #QueensGambit #SuperBusy
A record-setting 62 million households chose to watch The Queen’s Gambit in its first 28 days, making it Netflix's biggest scripted limited series to date.
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