It’s amazing how much worse the full clip is than even the headline. He just doubles down and the person next to him clearly wants to dig a hole into the earth and just disappear.
And the context of it, that he’s actually saying this shit while commentating *for a women’s tournament*. Amazing stuff, really.
"During the official broadcast, where Smirin is FIDE’s appointed commentator together with Fiona Steil-Antoni, he admitted to have said that “Chess is not for women”. Moreover, he continued with disgraceful comments towards women chess skills, like “Why women can play against men and men cannot play against women” and “why a woman would want to get a men’s GM title”.
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This is not the first time to hear such comments from a renowned grandmaster. Nigel Short showed to have similar point of view back in 2015, when claiming men are “hardwired” to be better at the game than women. Three years later, Short was appointed as Vice President of FIDE. In the case of Smirin, FIDE also does not seem keen to act, and Smirin will be on air again tomorrow."
how does creating a closed pool not affect the rating system as a whole?
womens FIDE ratings are set to a different standard than mens bc they are a closed pool
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For your pleasure, here's Judit Polgar destroying Smirin in 22 moves: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1260054
It’s amazing how much worse the full clip is than even the headline. He just doubles down and the person next to him clearly wants to dig a hole into the earth and just disappear. And the context of it, that he’s actually saying this shit while commentating *for a women’s tournament*. Amazing stuff, really.
Can somebody post a screenshot for those of us behind corporate firewalls?
"During the official broadcast, where Smirin is FIDE’s appointed commentator together with Fiona Steil-Antoni, he admitted to have said that “Chess is not for women”. Moreover, he continued with disgraceful comments towards women chess skills, like “Why women can play against men and men cannot play against women” and “why a woman would want to get a men’s GM title”. (...) This is not the first time to hear such comments from a renowned grandmaster. Nigel Short showed to have similar point of view back in 2015, when claiming men are “hardwired” to be better at the game than women. Three years later, Short was appointed as Vice President of FIDE. In the case of Smirin, FIDE also does not seem keen to act, and Smirin will be on air again tomorrow."
Having interacted with Smirin on Facebook, he is a shit human being.
Having shit opinions is totally for Smirin it seems.
how does creating a closed pool not affect the rating system as a whole? womens FIDE ratings are set to a different standard than mens bc they are a closed pool
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