Ukraine’s double women’s reigning world chess champion says she will not attend the $2 million world speed-chess championship after the game’s governing body awarded the tournament next month to Saudi Arabia.
RFE/RL: Ukrainian master boycotts Saudi women’s world speed-chess championships
(Archive photo) Ukraine's grandmaster Anna Muzychuk celebrates after winning a two gold medals in the FIDE World Chess Rapid & Blitz Championships 2016, in the Qatari capital Doha on Dec. 30, 2016.
