'I am ready to stand for my principles': Double world chess champion says she won't defend titles in Saudi Arabia because of kingdom's inequality

The Ukrainian, 27, will not travel to Saudi Arabia, where she wouldn’t even be allowed to walk down the street unaccompanied. It takes years of work, days of staring at a board and hours of agonising over individuals moves en route to becoming a world champion in chess.
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