tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post979884681171692895..comments2023-03-22T07:01:56.428+01:00Comments on Lost On Time: Short memoriesejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-10515011105567964452016-10-12T04:21:35.225+02:002016-10-12T04:21:35.225+02:00Nigel himself had an almost decently-phrased tweet...Nigel himself had an almost decently-phrased tweet (for once):<br /><br /><i>Nigel Short @nigelshortchess<br /><br />#AskYifan @ChessBase Does persisting with a [Women's] World Ch. system that has been tried, tested and rejected in the men's game constitute sexism?</i><br /><br />Unfortunately, there is no "men's game" in FIDE, by which I guess he means the open division. Which might be his point in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-76914746944813892862016-10-06T20:14:30.187+02:002016-10-06T20:14:30.187+02:00The prickly language about the subject seems unbou...The prickly language about the subject seems unbounded: the Washington Post's article on Paikidze just referred to Iran's "hijab fetish" (usually a phrase one only finds in the porn industry) in its headline.A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-28872479495159115092016-10-05T02:08:53.030+02:002016-10-05T02:08:53.030+02:00Smerdon: At two world junior championships in Indi...Smerdon: <i>At two world junior championships in India in which I competed, both foreign boys and girls felt some cultural pressure to dress to cover our legs; in fact, refusal to do so actually led to the male and female events being segregated into different rooms!</i><br /><br />A nice point. In fact, looking at the Chengdu Women's GP closing ceremony, you can see that Harika and Humpy have their legs covered (Harika with a floor-length skirt).<br /><br />Theoretically (and perhaps only very much so), Iran could have a separate room for women who don't want to wear the hijab <b>during play</b>, with only female arbiters. This wouldn't be more ridiculous than the Lviv 30-minute delay in a private room in the match this last March for instance. I doubt that would solve Ms. Paikidze-Barnes's difficulties, which are more philosophical, and conflict with Iranian tourism in the first place.Ponoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-27732752020093388872016-10-04T23:57:56.139+02:002016-10-04T23:57:56.139+02:00Not sure why Sutovsky hasn't cut off the loose...Not sure why Sutovsky hasn't cut off the loose-hinged Colm Chess by now (his profile says CIA propaganda analyst BTW). Certainly if it were a different religion, Emil's patience would be significantly less.<br /><br />Danailov has joined Short in championing women's rights as a side effect of anti-FIDE protest.Laarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-25255341751527982562016-10-04T21:14:49.940+02:002016-10-04T21:14:49.940+02:00Actually, "Islamic headgear" is a lot mo...Actually, "Islamic headgear" is a lot more polite than some of what is on Sutovsky's FB page (why does everyone call it "Sutovsky blog", is it something historical?).<br /><br />David Smerdon has (perhaps unwisely) entered the fray: http://www.davidsmerdon.com/?p=1878<br /><br />Heathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-91133320913221531532016-10-04T04:53:19.395+02:002016-10-04T04:53:19.395+02:00By Short's logic, should FIDE even allow Irani...By Short's logic, should FIDE even allow Iranian Chess Federation as a member, because they force women to wear hijab?sooroonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-80859403676652968972016-10-03T14:34:57.390+02:002016-10-03T14:34:57.390+02:00Is this the same Nigel Short who was paid good mon...Is this the same Nigel Short who was paid good money to be the coach to the Iranian chess team in 2007?<br /><br />https://en.chessbase.com/post/che-in-iran-nigel-short-s-illuminating-report<br /><br />Ilkley Chesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197935234388405402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-56394393944737373852016-10-03T11:05:50.166+02:002016-10-03T11:05:50.166+02:00Thanks to both for corrections.Thanks to both for corrections.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-84292111150266020862016-10-03T10:29:10.416+02:002016-10-03T10:29:10.416+02:001. The link gives the Barnes quotation as being fr...1. The link gives the Barnes quotation as being from 1994, not 1984 (three occurrences).<br />2. "led calls for a change of venue" <br /><br />Actually it says "led calls for a change of venue change", which shows approximately how much the Times cared to proofread it. (Moreover, if he would offer an alternative WWC venue (Minsk and Astana have been mentioned previously), FIDE might actually consider it! Other than his stories about Kirsan's Iranian oil deals, I can't imagine FIDE would be disinclined to holding the WWC in a different locale.)<br /><br />+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<br /><br />Is the term "headgear" in this context commonplace in UK? Personally, I find it on the derogatory side in word choice.<br /><br />Or to pick his argument apart a bit more: if there were comparable "Islamic headgear" which men were required to wear in Iran, would it then be OK for FIDE to make the award?<br /><br />Anyway, he's more interested in complaining about FIDE than about the Iranian government, though the latter is the ultimate source of the compulsion to wear this "symbol of Islamic repression" [of women].Proofreadernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-53190671503593651642016-10-03T09:37:32.750+02:002016-10-03T09:37:32.750+02:00Link error on "fibber", needs html, not ...Link error on "fibber", needs html, not htm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com