As the world prepares for the coming showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in New York City, a Moscow court dealt a serious blow to Agon/FIDE’s attempts to limit the broadcast of moves from the event. The court ruled that Agon’s claim to the moves as *trade secrets* was not accurate and even ruled that its claims against [Chess24](http://www.chess24.com) were invalid because Chess24 is outside of Agon’s legal jurisdiction.
The ruling is re-printed in English above from Chess24’s [article](https://chess24.com/en/read/news/chess24-win-moscow-case-announce-new-york-line-up) with a full explanation of the ruling and its implications for Agon’s ongoing war against chess freedom located on the same page.