How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sending shock waves through the chess world
Tournaments have been relocated. A top player has been suspended for supporting the war. Others have called for the head of the game’s organizing body to step down.Ottawa’s Svitlana Demchenko plays chess in Mykolayiv, Ukraine in the summer of 2021. The Ukrainian-born Demchenko, one of Canada’s top players, says the Russian invasion will have serious…