Unlike Sergey Karjakin, the world runner-up who was sanctioned for taking military equipment to the front, the grandmaster has not been punished by the International Chess Federation for his pro-war stance
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Volunteers for the Memorial human rights group are recording hundreds of protests that have taken place across Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, as well as the often life-changing punishments meted out to those caught "discrediting" Russia's military.
At the end of October the FIDE and the Malta Chess Federation organised the World Amateur Chess Championships, in which about 200 male and female players took part. The titles all went to Mongolia or Kazakhstan. | Photo: Andreas Kontokanis