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Frankly I'm getting tired of all the psyops flood. This helps nil because they're only inconveniencing Alexander, not the Russian government, their military or
by ASalazarMX 5y ago
Frankly I'm getting tired of all the psyops flood. This helps nil because they're only inconveniencing Alexander, not the Russian government, their military or their oligarchy. Of all the sports, I would have thought chess would be much less prone to politics because chess players are almost free agents.
- TomGullen 5y ago> Of all the sports, I would have thought chess would be much less prone to politics because chess players are almost free agents. Are you at all aware of the history of chess?!?
- mathisonturing 5y agoPlease share for those uninitiated like me
- lupire 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_(musical) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_(musical)
- tpm 5y agoFischer - Spassky 1972
- buzzy_hacker 5y agoWorld Chess Championship 1972 was widely viewed as a proxy for the Cold War
- Someone 5y agoMany people think that, in the time of the USSR, Russian chess players conspired to make sure a Soviet player won tournaments. For example, they would try harder to beat strong non-Soviet players than to beat strong Soviet players, would throw away games to give a Soviet player more points, would offer a draw very soon to give a Soviet player time to rest/prepare for theirnext matig, etc. There’s also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1948#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1948#...
- ak217 5y agoThis is absolutely untrue. Russian chess has always been used by the Russian state as a propaganda vehicle, similarly to Olympic sports. And the chess players are hardly free agents as long as they or their families are based in Russia.