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I had the privilege of growing up in rural Virginia during the 1950s, far away from the hustle and bustle of towns and neighbors. Unlike most families at the time, we didn’t have a television, so my brothers and I found entertainment in different ways. We would engage in pretend Civil War battles in the …

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Iranian Chess Referee Shohreh Bayat Fears Ostracism Due to Activism, as She Confronts Russian Head of FIDE’s Governing Board.

Chess referee Shohreh Bayat, who fled Iran three years ago, has faced further ostracism after challenging the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and its president, Arkady Dvorkovich, for questioning her choice of clothing at a tournament in Iceland in support of Iranian protests and the people of Ukraine. Bayat left Iran in 2017 after being criticised …

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