Chess

The primary governing body of chess has declined a proposal for the reinstatement of Russia and Belarus, while still contemplating the participation of players under 12 or those with disabilities in upcoming events.

In the same way as scenes of Beth Harmon discovering chess in the basement and rising through the world with her championship in chess in the Queen's Gambit, young children in the Majidun district of Nigeria's Lagos crowd around plastic tables and boards and learn about the centuries-old games in hope it gives a better life. Shantytown on the waterfront is across the lagoon from the mansions and high office blocks of Nigeria's commercial capital. They hope that the cunning and strategy they learn on…