The Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee was briefly delayed after climate activists from Extinction Rebellion dumped 2,025 kg of coal at the venue, accusing sponsor Tata Steel of pollution and \u201csportswashing.\u201d Protesters highlighted alleged carbon and lead emissions, while organisers defended the event\u2019s sporting and cultural value, urging respect and safety as the tournament resumed under heightened coordination with authorities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee was briefly delayed after climate activists from Extinction Rebellion dumped 2,025 kg of coal at the venue, accusing sponsor Tata Steel of pollution and \u201csportswashing.\u201d Protesters highlighted alleged carbon and lead emissions, while organisers defended the event\u2019s sporting and cultural value, urging respect and safety as… Read More »\u2018No chess on a dead planet\u2019: Protest disrupts Wijk aan Zee tourney – watch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":86387,"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\/86386"}],"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=86386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}