The Chess Olympiad\u2019s historic US-Russia rivalry takes a striking turn in Samarkand. The United States arrives with a star-studded team, with Levon Aronian seeking a record fourth gold medal. Russia, meanwhile, remains barred from competing following its federation\u2019s suspension amid the Ukraine dispute. Ian Nepomniachtchi reflects on Russia\u2019s absence, highlighting how politics has reshaped one of chess\u2019s biggest rivalries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Chess Olympiad\u2019s historic US-Russia rivalry takes a striking turn in Samarkand. The United States arrives with a star-studded team, with Levon Aronian seeking a record fourth gold medal. Russia, meanwhile, remains barred from competing following its federation\u2019s suspension amid the Ukraine dispute. Ian Nepomniachtchi reflects on Russia\u2019s absence, highlighting how politics has reshaped one… Read More »US-Russia paradox: One eyes historic Olympiad gold, the other banned from playing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":132851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}