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Russian chess player Amina Abakarova has been disqualified for attempting to poison her opponent during the Dagestan championship, according to Sazhid Sazhidov, the Minister of Sports of the Republic.

A Russian chess champion faces three years in prison for attempting to poison her opponent during the Dagestan Chess Championship, held in Makhachkala in early August.

In her debut at the Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Nurgyul Salimova commenced her campaign with a draw against Ukrainian opponent Anna Muzychuk. Facing off with the black pieces in the opening round, the promising Bulgarian chess talent engaged in a closely contested battle with Muzychuk.

An 18-year-old Indian chess player has sparked a conversation on attitudes towards women in the sport with an Instagram post about her experiences

According to him, his favorite subjects at school were physical education, geography and history.
At the university, his favorite subjects were constitutional law, introduction to law and commercial law, reveals Vui.
He points out that the Queen's Gambit is his favorite opening in chess, but now he plays the King's Gambit more often.

The battle for the Women's Chess World Cup continues. Today it will become clear whether the Bulgarian Nurgyul Salimova will triumph. Yesterday, Salimova reached a second draw against Russia's Aleksandra Goryachkina.

The two failed to defeat each other in the game in which Salimova had the advantage of the white pieces.

The meeting lasted 5 and a half hours.

Hundreds of children in Istanbul have participated and competed against each other in a chess tournament held with the motive to develop kids' interest in chess and enhance their skills.

The annual chess tournament organized for the fourth time this year by KidZania Istanbul took place with the support of the Turkish Chess Federation.

A Turkish micro-sculptor created a ceramic chess set on a board measuring 9 by 9 millimeters, asserting it to be two times smaller than the set of current Guinness World Record's holder.

Necati Korkmaz told Anadolu Agency that he worked around six hours every day in the last six months to finish his tiny chess set.

Three Turkish volunteer organizers decided to organize an online chess tournament amid coronavirus lockdown.

Seçkin Serpil, a member of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), international chess player Handenur Sahin and FIDE trainer Ali Polatel organized an online chess tournament in Turkey, and they already plan another one at an international level.

Another cup completes the collection of the talented chess player from Cherven Bryag, Patricie Nymanova, Darik Radio reported.

At the tournament held in Montenegro from October 11 to 19, the European Chess Cup for boys and girls under the age of 15, the athlete of SC "Mikhail Tal" became an unprecedented champion.