FIDE has banned Andrey Strebkov from participating in tournaments: for more than 10 years he has been sending anonymous letters to chess players with porn and used condoms. Medusa managed to find him

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The Ethics Commission of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) banned Latvian chess player Andrey Strebkov from participating in his tournaments and attending competitions as a spectator, considering that he was stalking women by mail. The ban, issued on August 8, 2024, will be in effect for the next five years, according to the FIDE decision (available to Meduza). A representative of the sports organization also confirmed the information to…