Its sad to see the number of people defending him. There are multiple eyewitnesses and clear evidence he assaulted someone. By all means investigate the issue. But if the allegations are true I sincerely hope he is banned for 5-10 years. This is criminal behavior and he needs to be held accountable.
In the meantime, a suspension is entirely appropriate while we wait, because FIDE should not just take the chance that someone will keep abusing others. Health and safety of other players is paramount even if someone's career is harmed. Lets get real he is something of a B-tier chess player, the damage to his career is not that significant
@Murphy_the_Irish_red said in #40:
> Like the kids in my class, they are immature. But alas, they know how to show propper behaviour. And really never fail doing this.
> Beeing immature is simply no reason for this.
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> There is no excusion for this. He was told to change his behaviour, he did not comply. Now he faces the consequences. No reason to feel sorry him. Any reason to feel sorry with his victims. Oh, i forgot, victims are not important in those discussions.... my fault.
I agree, regardless of his mental issues, the fact of the matter is that in this case, multiple people had clearly told him this wasn't acceptable. "My friends repeatedly asked him to leave us alone, but he didn’t stop".
He deserves his consequences. I am glad FIDE chose to have this temporary suspension to protect others while they get this investigation going.
what
banned oh no
I used to be in the same chess camp as Christopher Yoo. He was pretty quiet at first glance, but anyone who interacted with him could tell you about how arrogant he was. Unfortunate to see him in the news again doing something out of line. He always saw winning as the most important thing, and it looks like now as an adult he has issues with proper ettiquette and self control. As chess coaches, it is very important that our students not only improve, but also learn the importance of respectful and ethical behavior. That being said, Christopher Yoo might be on the spectrum at least from what I observed. I hope his doctors help him regulate himself better in the future.
I like the mugshot sketch that you made of him. Is he still at large not been found yet?
> My issue is that the system appears to be clearly broken, that someone who did something significantly wrong in terms of a safe play issue gets a sanction but that sanction doesn't apply to everywhere.
(Chris Bird)
> Clearly this is something that it would be good to address, and soon.
(QueenRosieMary)
It is indeed shameful that it took USCF that long to contact FIDE about this, what the heck were they even thinking?
However, the author seems to suggest that national sanctions should automatically extend internationally, and that would be a pretty dangerous system to have. Imagine: someone powerful enough in your local federation dislikes you for some reason, issues a sanction; boom, you're now banned from all play. Stuff like that is exactly the reason why there are tiered organization (and sanction) levels. Having said that, there should definitely be some steps in the procedure that urge the national organizations to report to FIDE in such blatant cases as Yoo's.
@PanRedd said in #66:
> (Chris Bird)
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> (QueenRosieMary)
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> It is indeed shameful that it took USCF that long to contact FIDE about this, what the heck were they even thinking?
> However, the author seems to suggest that national sanctions should automatically extend internationally, and that would be a pretty dangerous system to have. Imagine: someone powerful enough in your local federation dislikes you for some reason, issues a sanction; boom, you're now banned from all play. Stuff like that is exactly the reason why there are tiered organization (and sanction) levels. Having said that, there should definitely be some steps in the procedure that urge the national organizations to report to FIDE in such blatant cases as Yoo's.
I agree, that it should not be automatic for the reasons you state, but anything serious should perhaps be immediately reported to and reviewed by FIDE who could have the option of an emergency temporary suspension while they investigate.
There seems to be a disconnect here in the process, everyone knew what had happened at STLCC but yet tournaments continued as normal.
@KatyPervy said in #65:
> I like the mugshot sketch that you made of him. Is he still at large not been found yet?
Yes, looks like a true bad guy :P
Wait, why was he so mad after losing to Caruana? Was he winning but then blundered badly? Just to make sure, he was mad in St. Louis because he lost to Fabi?