Posts Tagged: Israel Chess
Iran’s Supreme Leader Honors Chess Player Who Was Forced to Refuse Match With Israeli
This is from the website of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei: The Leader of the Islamic Revolution -- Ayatollah Khamenei -- met with teenaged international chess...
Israeli Chess Players Denied Visas for Saudi-Hosted Championship, Federation Says
Israeli players have been denied visas to participate in a speed chess championship hosted by Saudi Arabia this week, a vice president of the World...
Why Chess Is Like the Talmud, and Why Jews Love Both
There is probably no game as difficult and captivating as chess. Thousands of books and tens of thousands of essays have been published on how...
Israel, Next Chess “Superpower”?
Boris Gelfand, the Israeli chess Grandmaster who recently placed 2nd at the World Chess Championships, may have inspired a new chess "superpower". "The State of Israel...
Israeli Could Become World Chess Champion
Boris Gelfand, originally from Belarus, could become the first Israeli to win the World Chess Federation championship. He will attempt to defeat the...
