7-yr-old chess champ barred from world c'ship as she's Israeli
Israel's seven-year-old chess champion Liel Levitan will be unable to participate in the World Chess Championship because host nation Tunisia will not allow Israelis to compete in the championship. Liel has been invited to the World Alternative Championship, which was formed after Israeli chess player Lior Aizenberg was denied participation in the World Chess Championship in Saudi Arabia.