Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
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Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
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Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#2Understandable in light of sanctions against Russia. However, this truly sucks for him as an individual, particularly in light of what he had to say about the invasion. The man is truly pained.
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#3Gotta love how discrimination is so easily spread. Like, this guy has said very many times in public that he doesn’t support the invasion, but he’s Russian, y’know?
It’s sad how humanity just keeps doing the same thing over and over…
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#4Not sure why the title is about Grischuk specifically, Norway Chess banned all Russian players. Which sucks given that many of these players have spoken up against what Russia is doing. Seems like they're being penalized unnecessarily.
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#5Understandable in light of sanctions against Russia. However, this truly sucks for him as an individual, particularly in light of what he had to say about the invasion. The man is truly pained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN0s53RpGY
Yeah that really sucks.
It's understandable when the lines between state and individual are blurred - like with state sponsored doping of Olympic athletes, who are competing as part of a national organisation.
But when it's an individual whose nationality just happens to be Russian?
Seems more unfair, than just.
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#6This sounds like throwing out the baby with the bath water. Zero tolerance is indistinguishable from intolerance.
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#7For those curious, Alexander Grischuk did put out a fairly strong statement of condemnation of the invasion: https://worldchess.com/news/all/alexander-grischuk-on-the-ru...
Pretty brave of him.
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#8Gotta love how discrimination is so easily spread. Like, this guy has said very many times in public that he doesn’t support the invasion, but he’s Russian, y’know? It’s sad how humanity just keeps doing the same thing over and over…
In the domain of Mixed Martial Arts there's a discussion over whether to permit Russian nationals to have fights, even though the majority of Russian nationals in MMA are from colonized ethnic groups who live in the southern Russian republics, e.g. Chechnya, Dagestan, etc. Amateur wrestling would be completely fucked if it were to conceive and follow through on such a ban given the hegemony in amateur wrestling these southern Russian republics hold there, particularly Dagestan.
Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#9Understandable in light of sanctions against Russia. However, this truly sucks for him as an individual, particularly in light of what he had to say about the invasion. The man is truly pained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN0s53RpGY
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Re: Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
#10Understandable in light of sanctions against Russia. However, this truly sucks for him as an individual, particularly in light of what he had to say about the invasion. The man is truly pained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN0s53RpGY
It isn't understandable really. What is happening here is discrimination and can't be justified. Unless they have some proof that they are a spy or as an extension of Russian government for a dangerous intent, then there is no excuse.
This is only going to create more conflict and tension, and generate hatred in people that would otherwise be neutral.