David R. Sands
Articles by David R. Sands
Germans fear more terror attacks over Angela Merkel’s immigration open-door policy: poll
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump calls it an unmitigated disaster for Germany, but Germans themselves are more evenly divided over Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door policy for migrants seeking to enter the country from Syria, Afghanistan and other world crisis spots. Published August 22, 2016
China, Russia to hold South China Sea ‘drills’ next month
Amid rising tensions with the Obama administration and its neighbors across East Asia, China will hold a week of naval drills with Russia in the South China Sea next month, the two countries said Monday. Published August 22, 2016
Evan Mawarire, #ThisFlag movement leader, challenges Robert Mugabe’s reign in Zimbabwe
The national flag draped around his shoulders, Zimbabwe's most unlikely dissident said Wednesday that his popular protest movement has already triumphed over the government of authoritarian President Robert Mugabe and outlined plans to turn up the heat against the government in the run-up to elections in 2018. Published August 17, 2016
Rising U.S. chess star captures high-powered Sinquefield Cup
It wasn't the biggest payday of his career, but it was easily his biggest win. U.S. GM Wesley So scored his first clear win in a superelite event, taking home the top prize and $75,000 at the 4th Sinquefield Cup tournament at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Published August 16, 2016
Woodrow Wilson Center, D.C. think tank, rejects charges of helping spur Turkish coup
The Woodrow Wilson Center, one of Washington's best-known think tanks, is defending itself against charges that it played a role in the failed military coup against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month. Published August 9, 2016
Alex Shabalov, Gil Popilski top the chess field at 117th U.S. Open
It was a popular -- and familiar -- figure atop the final wall chart at the 117th annual U.S. Open, which wrapped up Sunday in Indianapolis. Published August 9, 2016
GOP foreign policy experts call Trump unfit to lead
More than four dozen members of the Republican foreign policy establishment, including the former heads of the CIA, World Bank and Department of Homeland Security, have put their names to an open letter saying GOP nominee Donald Trump is unfit and unqualified to serve as president and commander in chief. Published August 8, 2016
Xiong leads summer youth movement with U.S. junior win
School's out and the kids are playing -- at the board. Published August 1, 2016
Donald Trump winning Ohio depends on wooing blue-collar voters
The Republicans "definitely made a smart decision" to come to his home state to hold their convention, Nick Mitulinski figures, taking a break from fixing a balky hotel air conditioning compressor in this Cleveland suburb. Published July 24, 2016
As the GOP parties, the markets set new records
While the political world here obsesses over Melania-gate and Wednesday night's Cruz-ifixion, the money world is having a much better week. Published July 21, 2016
Matt Schlapp, ACU president: Trump won’t be easy target for Hillary Clinton, DNC
Donald Trump's unconventional convention here will present a difficult target for rival Hillary Clinton and the Democrats when they meet next week in Philadelphia, American Conservative Union President Matt Schlapp said in an interview Wednesday. Published July 21, 2016
With breakthrough chess win, Hikaru Nakamura ends the Magnus Carlsen jinx
It may not be 100 percent politically correct these days, but one of my old chess books talked about certain players having "hung an Indian sign on" -- established an overwhelming dominance over -- a rival. Published July 20, 2016
Donald Trump pick of Mike Pence eases GOP attorneys general worries
The Republican state attorneys general who have scored some of the biggest legal victories rolling back President Obama's regulatory policies and executive orders said Tuesday they think they will have an ally in the White House if Donald Trump is elected in November. Published July 19, 2016
Casino next door to GOP convention struggles to attract bettors
Another casino linked to Donald Trump is struggling for business. Published July 19, 2016
Donald Trump financial agenda: Would reinstate Glass-Steagall Act, repeal Dodd-Frank
Smoot and Hawley are back in and Glass and Steagall may be next in line for rehabilitation, if Donald Trump carries out the financial agenda in the platform approved by the Republican delegates here Monday. Published July 18, 2016
Democrats dump on Sheriff David Clarke, one of their own at Donald Trump’s convention
The Cleveland lineup does feature at least one registered Democrat: David Clarke, the Milwaukee County sheriff who has emerged as a critic of the Black Lives Matter movement. Published July 18, 2016
Donald Trump the Obscure — advisers see a Cleveland coming-out party
The problem, as Republican strategists see it here, is that too few people know who Donald Trump is. Published July 18, 2016
A wide world of chess winners dominates World Open
At the 44th World Open, the world came to play. The seven players who topped the massive traditional July Fourth open tournament in Philadelphia represented a veritable United Nations of grandmasters, hailing from Hungary, Moldova, Georgia (the country), Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, all finishing at 7-2. Published July 12, 2016
Russia, China react angrily as U.S. to put anti-missile THAAD system in South Korea
China and Russia both issued angry responses to the news Friday that the Obama administration has reached an agreement with South Korea to install a highly advanced missile defense system based in its East Asian ally. Published July 8, 2016
A lively U.S. chess scene in the PM (Pre-Morphy) Era
Like Greek poetry, American chess started at the top and has worked to recover its original brilliance ever since. Published July 5, 2016
