The 26-year-old from Crimea adds a special dimension to Friday's match in New York. Russian chess grandmaster Sergei Karyakin dismisses the geopolitical overtones of his forthcoming East-West showdown against Norwegian reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen — insisting it’s just a matter of sporting pride.But the 26-year-old from Crimea — who has supported Russia’s 2014 annexation of the peninsula — adds a special dimension to Friday’s match in New York, held amid acute US-Russia tensions over Ukraine and Syria.”He has to prove that he’s better than me,” Karyakin told AFP during an interview last month, sitting next to an ornate chess …read more
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