Russian Chess

The performance of Russians in the Open section of the Rapid and Blitz World Championships has been remarkable.

In Rapid, Russians accounted for:

- 4 of the top 10

- 7 of the top 20

In Blitz, Russians accounted for:

- 3 of the top 5

- 4 of the top 10

- 8 of the top 20

- 11 of the top 25

Astonishing.

@olebon said in #2:
> Especially after they killed their Ukrainian opponents.

If you think that your flag gives you some sort of right to make comments like this, then just look at your own country ́s record in the last few decades.
Just keep this sort of stuff out of the chess discussion please, and go rant in "Off Topic". Thanks.

@olebon said in #2:
> Especially after they killed their Ukrainian opponents.
Even among chess players there are not very smart people

The reply of DmiriF is quite typical. Russians worship their fuehrer Putin. Meanwhile yesterday they attacked maternity hospital in Dnipro. kyivindependent.com/russian-strike-hits-maternity-hospital-in-dnipro/

@olebon said in #6:
> Russians worship their fuehrer Putin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany

@olebon said in #6:
> The reply of DmiriF is quite typical. Russians worship their fuehrer Putin. Meanwhile yesterday they attacked maternity hospital in Dnipro. kyivindependent.com/russian-strike-hits-maternity-hospital-in-dnipro/

Are you a typical boomer ? Did you read all the conflicts USA are responsible in part ? (we can even include second world war).

Look the censor...@Dmitri_Fatkin has been banned despite just giving links to wikipedia articles !!

Sounds like US involvement in conflicts in last century gives Russians right to kill Ukrainians. Russia is a classical fascist state where opposition leaders are either in jail or dead.