Israeli Boycott – spraggettonchess

May 27, 2019

When Chess & Politics mix: The Israeli Boycott

Part III: ECU plays the ‘hate’ card

On the 23rd of March of this year the ECU (European Chess Union) held an extraordinary meeting in … Read the rest

April 26, 2019

Part II: FIDE hypocrisy?

When the young Iranian star grandmaster, Alireza Firouzja, refused to play against an Israeli player at the Grenke Open in … Read the rest

April 22, 2019

When will it end?

News stories such as the above are nothing new. They have been going on since the founding of the Jewish … Read the rest