MOSCOW — The longtime head of the World Chess Federation said Sunday that the federation’s presidential council agreed to his request to transfer his financial authority in the U.S. to his deputy. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, an eccentric, wealthy Russian businessman, was put on a U.S. sanctions list on Nov. 25 for providing support to the Syrian […] The post Greek to Check on his Chess Mates? appeared first on The National Herald.