JL;DR SUMMARY Seven-year-old Israeli chess prodigy, Liel Levitan, is barred from participating in the World Chess Championship in Tunisia due to the host nation's policy against Israelis, sparking an alternative championship initiative led by fellow Israeli Lior Aizenberg. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.