Spain comes in third over India; Israel and US knocked out before quarter-finals; US chess star Hans Niemann participates amid cheating row

As under-fire grandmaster keeps mum at tournament, team captain John Donaldson, who says he's known the player since he was 10, praises his 'great talent' and maturity

At the World Teams Chess Championship, Ilana David describes her childhood alongside world champion Garry Kasparov, while lamenting the barriers facing women in the sport

Many of Ukraine's players in the weeklong World Team Chess Championship come from the front lines or areas hit hard by Putin's war gambit, and play with their countrymen in mind

US competitor Hans Niemann appears for first time since suing world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen for $100 million for defamation over allegations of trickery

International officials see contest as drawing board for chess development in Jerusalem, hailed in opening ceremony as 'capital of the world'; but plan needs government funding

Part of World Championship cycle to begin Wednesday with 16 of world's best players; ministry refuses funding to make event in Israel a long-term project, citing political impasse