Yemen has a chess team?
Islamic antisemitism update: “Yemeni Chess Team Fired For Playing Israel,” from MEMRI, September 22 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):
Yemeni Sports Minister Hamoud ‘Abad has fired members of Yemen’s Chess Association and chess team.
The players were fied after they played Israel, in the Chess Olympiad currently underway in Russia.
Source: Marebpress.net, September 22, 2010