Nakamura

Chess champion refuses to defend titles in Saudi Arabia to protest treatment of women
Washington Post
Hikaru Nakamura, the U.S.'s top-ranked rapid and blitz chess player, is also skipping the event. “To organize a chess tournament in a country where basic human rights aren't valued is horrible,” Nakamura said in a November tweet. “Chess is a game where ...
Israeli chess players barred at Chess tournament in Saudi ArabiaWikinews
THE OPTION | King Salman's CupPopdust

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Viswanathan Anand stuns World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in World Chess Rapid and Blitz Championship
Sportskeeda
Some top players like Hikaru Nakamura and the reigning women's world rapid and blitz champion Anna Muzychuk decided to not take part in the championship due to the venue of the championship. Recently, Nakamura tweeted that it's horrible that the ...

Israeli chess players barred at Chess tournament in Saudi Arabia
Wikinews
In November, chess Grand Master Hikaru Nakamura tweeted, "To organize a chess tournament in a country where basic human rights aren't valued is horrible. Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people ...

THE OPTION | King Salman's Cup
Popdust
American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has elected to boycott the tournament in a political stance against the Saudi regime, stating "to organize a chess tournament in a country where basic human rights aren't valued is horrible." From the ...

Schach-WM in Saudi-Arabien – ohne Spieler aus Israel
B.Z. Berlin
Beim Königsspiel im Königreich Saudi-Arabien geht es nicht nur um Schachmatt. Spieler aus Israel dürfen nicht teilnehmen. Die derzeit in Riad ausgetragenen Schnell- und Blitzschach-Weltmeisterschaften des Weltverbands FIDE sind in vielerlei Hinsicht ...
Schachweltmeisterin boykottiert Turnier in Saudi-Arabien: Will ...FOCUS Online
Top-Spielerin boykottiert Schach-WM in Saudi-Arabien wegen Kleidervorschriften ...Deutschlandfunk
Riad setzt sich mattJüdische Allgemeine
SPIEGEL ONLINE -Süddeutsche.de -Heute.at
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Top chess player boycotts world championship in Saudi Arabia to protest treatment of women
National Post
In early November, Hikaru Nakamura, the third-ranked chess player in the United States, said it was a “horrible” decision to let Saudi Arabia host the event. Saudi Arabia has left Israel out of the championships, which kicked off Tuesday in Riyadh ...
New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in RiyadhMumbai Mirror
Saudi chess tournament starts without Israeli playersBBC News

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World Rapid and Blitz: Viswanathan Anand ends opening day tied ...
Firstpost
The World Rapid and Blitz Championship kicked off at the Apex Convention Centre in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on Tuesday. Although most of the top players are present for the event, some big names like Hikaru Nakamura and reigning women's ...
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Faces Nakamura For ...Chess.com

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„Will keinen Schleier tragen“: Schachweltmeisterin boykottiert WM in Riad
FOCUS Online
Der einzige qualifizierte Spieler aus Iran, Saudi-Arabiens Erzfeind, versuchte erst gar nicht, ein Visum zu bekommen. Topspieler wie Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian oder Sergej Karjakin reisten dennoch nach Riad. Unter den „großen Namen“ sagte neben ...
Israelis müssen draußen bleibenSPIEGEL ONLINE
"Ich will mich nicht wie ein Wesen zweiter Klasse behandeln lassen"Süddeutsche.de
Riad setzt sich mattJüdische Allgemeine

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Juuni Taisen Stage Adaption is Coming! Visual Released of Ryo Kitamura as the Rat
MANGA.TOKYO
It has been announced that Hikaru Nakamura (illustration) and NisiOisiN (author)'s Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War will get a stage play adaption. Juuni Taisen is a great war where 12 warriors carrying the names of the 12 zodiac signs fight in a battle royal ...

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Faces Nakamura For Chess.com Speed Chess Championship
Chess.com
Magnus Carlsen, the reigning world chess champion, will play the four-time American champion Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the $50,000 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, the strongest online chess event ever held. Carlsen, from Norway, will try to ...

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"JUNI TAISEN" Stage Play Rings Up the Curtain on the Zodiac War
Crunchyroll News
The original JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR novel is written by Nisio Isin and features illustrations by Hikaru Nakamura. An English language version of the book is published by Viz Media, who describe the story as follows: Twelve warriors enter a death match ...

Saudi Arabia Blocks Israel's Chess Team From World Championships
New York Times
Israel has been left out of the World Chess Championships, which kicked off Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after its players were unable to obtain the visas they needed to attend. In a statement posted online on Tuesday, Fatimah S. Baeshen, a ...
New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in RiyadhPune Mirror

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Year in Review 2017: Abhijeet Gupta's Commonwealth hat-trick to Harika's podium finish in Iran, a look at key chess ...
Firstpost
In the last two decades, Indian chess has seen a meteoric rise. Gone are the days when Viswanathan Anand was the only chess player India could boast of. The number of Grandmasters (GMs) in the country has more than quadrupled since Anand won the world ...

New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh
Pune Mirror
Top Israeli GM Boris Gelfand has decided not take part and so has Hikaru Nakamura of USA and women world blitz title holder Anna Muzychuk. The Anand camp refused to go into controversy. “Anand is focussing on chess and not on the controversy,” Anand's ...

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New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh
Mumbai Mirror
Top Israeli GM Boris Gelfand has decided not take part and so has Hikaru Nakamura of USA and women world blitz title holder Anna Muzychuk. The Anand camp refused to go into controversy. “Anand is focussing on chess and not on the controversy,” Anand's ...

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3-Year Contract FIDE, Saudi Arabia 'Potentially Illegal'
Chess.com
However, FIDE's Israel Gelfer doubts the legality of the three-year contract when players from Iran, Israel and Qatar will not obtain visas. On November 9, FIDE announced that Saudi Arabia will be hosting the 2017 World Rapid and Blitz Championships ...
Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversyThe Guardian

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Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversy
The Guardian
Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversy. Magnus Carlsen is among those scheduled to appear at the event in Riyadh which has been dogged by issues surrounding visas for Israeli participants and the dress code for ...

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Prodigal Sons
The Ringer (blog)
The record would be broken three times before 1998, when Hikaru Nakamura became a master at the age of 10. Nakamura, unlike the record holders before him other than Fischer, Benjamin and Stuart Rachels, went on to become the U.S. Champion. He won that ...