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David R. Sands

David R. Sands

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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping supported Russian President Vladimir Putin in his push to get Western security guarantees precluding NATO's eastward expansion, the Kremlin said Wednesday after the two leaders held a virtual summit. Putin and Xi spoke as Moscow faces heightened tensions with the West over a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine's border. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin RSVPs for Olympics in warm talk with China’s Xi

It doesn't rank as a big surprise, but Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Wednesday he won't be honoring President Biden's call for a "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

December 15, 2021
Blogger Siarhei Tsikhanouski, stands back to camera inside a cage, in a court room in remand prison in Gomel, Belarus, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced the husband of the country's opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 18 years in prison, six months after the trial began behind closed doors. The charges against Siarhei Tsikhanouski included organizing mass unrest and inciting hatred and have been widely seen as politically motivated. (Sergei Kholodilin/BelTA via AP)

Harsh prison terms for top democracy activists spark sharp Western criticism

The Biden administration and leading European allies on Tuesday forcefully condemned an 18-year jail sentence handed down to the husband of 2020 opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, with the U.S. ambassador to Minsk calling it another "unjust" and "vengeful" act by the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

December 14, 2021
Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi, Game 6, after 130. Kh3.

Magnus Carlsen takes control of chess title match after challenger’s blunder

It took 136 moves in one game and one fateful oversight in another, but we finally got a pair of decisive results from the title match between Norwegian champion Magnus Carlsen and Russian challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in their scheduled 14-game match just past the halfway point in Dubai.

December 7, 2021
In this file photo, Norway's World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, takes a moment in game five against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, during the FIDE World Championship at the Dubai Expo, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) **FILE**

Carlsen keeps lead in world chess title fight after tame Game 7 draw

After a titanic 136-move victory Friday that clocked in as the longest game in the 150-year history of world chess championship matches, Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen comfortably held a draw with the Black pieces against Russian challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi, retaining a one-point lead at the halfway point of their scheduled 14-game title fight in Dubai.

December 4, 2021