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The EU, the Spanish Government and the FIDE are taking supportive action to seek the release of the three chess players detained a week ago with a moderate optimism
Athletes are under house arrest and risk physical punishment, as play is prohibited by the Taliban Government on religious grounds
An unwell-known Danish master signed a work of art at the meeting in front of the United States of the Thessaloniki Chess Olympics in 1988
Four of the Afghans at the international meeting in Samarkand in Uzbekistan left their country despite the Taliban Government's refusal and now fear reprisals upon return
