WATCH: Saudi Chess Competition Canceled for Barring Israelis The World Chess Federation has barred Saudi Arabia from hosting the next world championship because it won’t let Israelis enter the country to participate.
7-year-old Israeli Wins European Chess Championship Liel Levitan, who just turned 7, beat the other 13 competitors in her Girls U7 category at the 2018 championships in Krakow.
Fact: Be’er Sheva Has More Chess Grandmasters Per Capita than any Other City in the World The southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva holds a world record of number of chess grandmasters per capita, with one in 20,000.
Iranian Chess Player Refuses to Compete Against Israeli in International Tournament An Iranian chess grandmaster refused to compete against an Israeli player at a tournament in Switzerland this week.