Sexism in chess

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LawrenceCooper
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Re: Sexism in chess

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:04 pm

Mick Norris wrote:
Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:24 pm
Keith Arkell wrote:
Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:39 pm
Chris Goodall wrote:
Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:41 pm
His female co-commentator was feeding him those controversial lines and laughing about it.

FIDE canned him for pointing out that the WGM title literally rewards "playing well for a girl", and is designed to.
My good friend Fiona did an excellent job of combining keeping the show ticking over with quizically dealing with the sexist's offensive remarks.
Smirin is back according to this tweet :roll:
It's not a FIDE organised event according to Emil: https://twitter.com/EmilSutovsky/status ... 4096600065


"Satty Zhuldyz Chess Festival 2023 is a round robin tournament with Levon Aronian, Yifan Hou, Arjun Erigaisi, Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Vincent Keymer, Haik Martirosyan, Boris Gelfand, Javokhir Sindarov, Jakhongir Vakhidov, Kateryna Lagno, and Bibisara Assaubayeva.
The strong rapid and blitz Satty Zhuldyz Chess Festival 2023 which will take place in Astana, April 24-25."
https://www.chessdom.com/satty-zhuldyz- ... 2023-live/