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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by vkou on Sunday March 26, 2023 @08:28PM (#35321343)
Chess, like any other highly competitive international sport has a lot of drama.

One of the big problems with it is that white is heavily advantaged, there's a large incentive for incumbents to play for a draw, and playing back-to-back matches is incredibly exhausting. Any attempts at correcting for this can result in an unfair set of rules for someone.

Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by ahi on Sunday March 26, 2023 @09:40PM (#35321886)
Not enough money in it either. Highly competitive people arent exactly known for their social maturity, but other sports/comps have entourages and $ to keep them in line. This read like the minutes of an academic department meeting.