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Re:Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women... by mikeokner on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:08AM (#16015108)
Women's US 2016 champion Nazí Paikidze also boycotted the 2017 world championships in Iran over similar issues.

FIDE (the international chess governing body) seems to be about on par with FIFA when it comes to planning events (and possible graft).

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Re:Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women... by leroy_masochist on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @11:17AM (#16015602)
> FIDE (the international chess governing body) seems to be about on par with FIFA when it comes to planning events (and possible graft).

Ilyumzhinov is too busy hanging out with extraterrestrials to take bribes

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