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David R. Sands

David R. Sands

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.

Articles by David R. Sands

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's military launches Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS, during a military exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea test-fired possibly its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, according to its neighbors, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

U.S. joins condemnation of major new North Korean missile test

The Biden administration joined Asian allies Thursday in swiftly condemning North Korea's latest missile test, an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say may be the largest Pyongyang has tested this year. Published March 24, 2022

Soldiers walk on a path as smoke billows from the town of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Biden, allies pressure Russia with new sanctions, deployment of NATO troops

President Biden arrived in Europe Wednesday for a series of high-level meetings on the war in Ukraine, with allies preparing to green-light a new round of sanctions on Russia and new deployments of NATO troops to Eastern European countries with a front-row seat to the fighting. Published March 23, 2022

A woman carried by Ukrainian soldiers crosses an improvised path while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. In Irpin, near Kyiv, a sea of people on foot and even in wheelbarrows trudged over the remains of a destroyed bridge to cross a river and leave the city. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak) **FILE**

U.S. officially declares Russian forces guilty of war crimes in Ukraine

The Biden administration Wednesday officially declared that Russia's invading forces in Ukraine are guilty of war crimes, escalating the standoff with the Kremlin and potentially making a diplomatic deal to end the monthlong war even harder to strike. Published March 23, 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published March 11, 2022

A tunnel inside the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility is seen in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Jan. 26, 2018. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Pentagon to shutter fuel facility that leaked into Pearl Harbor tap water

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the permanent closure of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii, the final chapter in an embarrassing saga for the Pentagon after leaks from the massive facility contaminated Pearl Harbor's tap water. Published March 7, 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. Published 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. Published March 5, 2022