Arkady Dvorkovich, a former Russian deputy prime minister, now faces an EU travel ban and asset freeze.

WESTFIELD — For more than five decades, chess players from around the region have met in Westfield to learn, play and hone their skills. Unfortunately, this tradition could soon come to an end.

There’s no hindsight in chess like endgame hindsight. Point out a slick finesse in a rook-and-pawn ending or that clever triangulation idea that gains the opposition over the enemy king to hold a draw ...

Sue Perkins hosts this high-stakes chess contest, following 12 rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community as they battle it out to be crowned champion.