Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players Withdraw

Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by lbwtaylor on Sunday March 26, 2023 @09:17PM (#35321739)

I don't understand - what do you find confusing about Ukrainian players not wanting to play with those playing under their invader's flag?

What hypocrisy have those Ukrainian players shown? If the US invaded Ukraine they may we'll have decided not to play American chess players.

As for your note that there are multiple "actors" in the Ukrainian conflict, many people don't buy that. They don't think Russia has any legitimate right to "buffer" states.

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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by EGreg on Sunday March 26, 2023 @09:27PM (#35321815)

I do not mean the Ukrainian players are showing hypocrisy.

I mean the organizations and events that ban Russian players, Russian vodkas, Russian mustard, Tchaikovsky's music, and so on.

It's a relatively minor things, all things considered ... like a larger version of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/szfl96/when_the_so...

But it's part of the larger hypocrisy that prevents us as a species from holding our politicians to account.

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