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David R. Sands

dsands@washingtontimes.com

David R. Sands covered numerous beats, including international trade, banking, politics and Capitol Hill, and spent eight years on the foreign desk as senior diplomatic correspondent. He has authored The Times' weekly chess column since 1993.

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Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, addresses the media during a press conference at the embassy of the Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, early Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Foreign policy advisers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine, who met in Paris on Jan. 26 without scoring any visible progress, met for another round of talks in Berlin on Thursday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) **FiLE**

Top Zelenskyy aide expresses frustration with NATO summit

A top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday expressed frustration with the outcome of a series of meetings held by President Biden and other NATO leaders this week, saying many of the military requests Kyiv has been pleading for were not met.

March 25, 2022
Anand-Lautier after 19...Rd8.

India to host chess Olympiad after Russia’s bid is nixed

Russia's loss is India's gain. FIDE officials announced last week that the 44th Chess Olympiad, originally set for Moscow this summer, will now be held in the Indian city of Chennai. Russia lost the right to host the event as part of the backlash over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine last month. It will be the first Olympiad ever held in India.

March 22, 2022
Ivkov-Portisch after 27...Nxf5.

Sevian, Nyzhnyk share top honors at revived St. Louis chess tournament series

In a welcome return after two years of shutdowns and two weeks of depressing headlines, the St. Louis Chess Club revived its much-missed invitational Classic Chess series this month, with American GM Sam Sevian and Ukrainian GM Illya Nyzhnyk sharing top honors in the 10-player St. Louis Spring Classic A Tournament.

March 15, 2022
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Borrell said Friday, March 11, 2022, that “a pause” was needed in ongoing talks over Iran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers, blaming “external factors” for the delay. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Iran nuclear deal on hold over last-minute snags

The European Union's foreign policy chief Friday requested a "pause" in multilateral talks on reviving the nuclear deal with Iran, apparently after a last-minute Russian gambit threatened to torpedo the nearly completed pact.

March 11, 2022
In this file photo, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Florida chapter of the Federalist Society's annual meeting at Disney's Yacht Club resort in Walt Disney World on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Mr. Pence used a private address to a group of Republican Party donors on March 4, 2022, to challenge those in the GOP who have dissented from the sharp global criticism of Mr. Putin for provoking the war. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP) ** FILE **

Pence escalates break with Trump with attack on Putin praise

Former Vice President Mike Pence is broadening the breach with his former boss, taking a barely veiled shot at former President Donald Trump for offering mixed praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin even as the Kremlin's 10-day invasion of Ukraine grinds on.

March 5, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of an airplane simulator as he visits to Aeroflot Aviation School outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin warns on NATO no-fly zone as Zelenskyy addresses U.S. senators

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a stark warning against a NATO "no-fly zone" over the skies of Ukraine as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a virtual meeting of U.S. lawmakers Saturday to plead for a more aggressive Western response to Russia's 10-day-old invasion.

March 5, 2022