The Stateless Kings: How Chess preserves an ideal in a fractured world

Aarav Dengla traces the journeys of chess players caught between their game and the politics of their countries. From Viktor Korchnoi’s defection from the Soviet Union to Alireza Firouzja’s break with Iran and Ian Nepomniachtchi playing under the...

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