Sergey Karjakin banned from Chess for supporting Russia Ukraine invasion

Sergey Karjakin was born in Crimea and played for Ukraine until 2009 when he switched to Russia.

The Chess grand master has 21 days to appeal the ruling or miss the chess World Cup competition

The Russian Chess Champion claims that FIDE have embarrased themselves by banning him to compete for six months

Another Russian Chess star made pro-Russia remarks, but he was not banned because his were “less offensive".