@lizani said in #19:
> Carlsen is on record that he treats everyone as idiots at chess
Except maybe Hikaru...
@IamNOTamod said in #20:
> > No issue , why are you trying to cause trouble when there are no problems. xxx
>
> Racism is no issue?
That wasn't the thread or question. Racism worldwide is a whole different issue and not somewhere I want to go , right now . Thanks . xxx
#20
"Racism is no issue?"
* Gens una summus.
I feel like racism is still racism, no matter the sport. Chess is no exception, and hatred is to be expected. When you win and they don't like it, they use your race against you. It's racism, yes, but it comes derived from pure hating.
@king_killer333 said in #5:
> > I have seen or heard nothing defamatory towards Gukesh xxx
>
> okay, so you are blind .
you are talking like an absolute shameless to people on lichess.
@SimonBirch said in #22:
> > > No issue , why are you trying to cause trouble when there are no problems. xxx
> >
> > Racism is no issue?
>
> That wasn't the thread or question. Racism worldwide is a whole different issue and not somewhere I want to go , right now . Thanks . xxx
No, you said racism is no issue.
I'm unfamiliar with any racism in chess. I will say however that chess is unique in the sense that it's all about who is better as opposed to many sports in which it's all about "who's better" + "politically correct." Bobby Fischer comes to mind as making some more than "interesting" statements, and I know that Judit Polgar used to hang out with Fischer towards late 90's or early 2000's, which is potentially 'interesting.'
In our current, 'chess culture' I don't see any racism being a determining factor on anything.
@IamNOTamod said in #26:
> > > > No issue , why are you trying to cause trouble when there are no problems. xxx
> > >
> > > Racism is no issue?
> >
> > That wasn't the thread or question. Racism worldwide is a whole different issue and not somewhere I want to go , right now . Thanks . xxx
>
> No, you said racism is no issue.
No, the most people want to explain that there is no racism except naughty words by Carlson and the often told opinion that Gukesh maybe no real champion because Ding made the mistake.
Nobody said here that racism isn't a serious thing!
@CountDorio said in #27:
I'm unfamiliar with any racism in chess. I will say however that chess is unique in the sense that it's all about who is better as opposed to many sports in which it's all about "who's better" + "politically correct." Bobby Fischer comes to mind as making some more than "interesting" statements, and I know that Judit Polgar used to hang out with Fischer towards late 90's or early 2000's, which is potentially 'interesting.'
In our current, 'chess culture' I don't see any racism being a determining factor on anything.
Judit Polgar and Bobby Fischer were never friends - he went to visit the Polgar family in the early 90s in Hungary (when Judit was still a teenager) and played some chess with her and her sisters (Susan and Sofia).
@CountDorio said in #27:
> I'm unfamiliar with any racism in chess. I will say however that chess is unique in the sense that it's all about who is better as opposed to many sports in which it's all about "who's better" + "politically correct." Bobby Fischer comes to mind as making some more than "interesting" statements, and I know that Judit Polgar used to hang out with Fischer towards late 90's or early 2000's, which is potentially 'interesting.'
>
> In our current, 'chess culture' I don't see any racism being a determining factor on anything.
Judit Polgar and Bobby Fischer were never friends - he went to visit the Polgar family in the early 90s in Hungary (when Judit was still a teenager) and played some chess with her and her sisters (Susan and Sofia).
@IamNOTamod said in #26:
> No, you said racism is no issue.
.........
In chess ,amongst chess players, we are all equals at the board.