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Israeli Grandmaster takes gold at World Deaf Chess Championship, secures spot at Deaflympics

During the tournament, Greenfeld competed alongside hundreds of chess players from 43 countries, though several countries withdrew from the event due to Israel’s participation.

Yehuda Greenfeld.
Yedael Stepak is pictured above with his son Eran beside a chessboard.

Miracle in Sinaia: Israeli underdogs break Soviet chess dominance in 1965

Israeli chess player expected a forfeit. Her Iranian opponent showed up.

Israeli chess player expected a forfeit, her Iranian opponent showed up

CHESS CHAMPION Tícia Gara.

She moved to Israel during war and this chess champion says she would do it again


Israelis, New Yorkers participate in solidarity chess tournament

The two-hour event was aired live on various Facebook pages, with the $2,000 prize divided among outstanding participants.

Israeli and New Yorker chess players are seen competing over Zoom in a solidarity chess tournament.

Bulgarian game show host quotes Bobby Fischer in antisemitic rant

Goranov apologized on air Wednesday.

MEMBERS OF a Bulgarian nationalist organization dressed in military uniforms take part in a march in central Sofia.

Iranian, Israeli chess players compete in international event

The total amount of prizes awarded in the tournament was 1,000 euros.

Chess4Solidarity tournament featuring 438 chess players from over 40 countries

“It is essential to leverage other people’s resources”, believes Tech Enthusiast - Jacob Judah


The Chess Master portraits that escaped the Holocaust

David Friedmann's daughter traveled the globe searching for his famous drawings, lost for decades

Miriam Friedman Morris with her father, the chess enthusiast and portraitist, David Friedmann. St. Louis, 1957

Israel's ‘Queen’s Gambit’: Young female chess players of the Jewish State

The newly trendy game of chess has had a home in the Jewish state for years.

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Israel and Bhutan to go head-to-head in post-normalization chess match

However in this recent tournaments players from Lebanon, Syria and other countries that do not have diplomatic ties with Israel have logged in to play.

Chess4Solidarity prepares for a competition between Israel and Bhutan

Azeri-Jewish Chess Grandmaster Radjabov in tears after winning tournament

Rajabov is ranked number 10 in the world, and earned the title of Grandmaster at the age of 14, making him the second-youngest grandmaster in history at the time.

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Israeli, Moroccan players compete in New Year's Eve chess tournament

Youness Ben Jelloun, from Morocco, who participated in the event, said that "the game of chess which is a combination of sports art and science was used for peace between the peoples."

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Midwest Queen's Gambit: 200 chess players compete in solidarity with Israel

Inspired by the Netflix adaptation to the 1983 novel The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis, the Saturday evening match is supported by chess expert Bruce Pandolfini, who consults the show.

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