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Last updated 05 novembro 2024

1.093 fotos de stock e banco de imagens de Chess Club - Getty Images

Russian Model Natalia Vodianova plays a game of chess as she visits The World Chess Club Berlin, a café and bar geared towards chess enthusiasts, on June 17, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The club is part of the new Berlin home of World Chess, a company seeking to raise chess to a mass market sport by hosting international tournaments of top players broadcast live from its Berlin studio through partnerships to 30 countries. World Chess was previously based primarily in Moscow, though Russia's military invasion of Ukraine forced the company and a staff of 40 to move abroad, mostly to Germany and Georgia. "We didn't want to validate the war with our presence," said World Chess CEO Ilya Merenzon, who also described how the company's logo became popularly adapted in Russia as a peace symbol, leading to the scrutiny of authorities. Today World Chess boasts over 600,000 members and is currently hosting the Armageddon Championship Series. Obtenha fotos jornalísticas preminum de alta resolução em getty