| General Chess Discussion - Is there a way to petition for a ban of GM Sergey Karjakin & GM Shipov aka GM Crest64?#66 @Zubbubu So indeed those lives of 3393 civilians that died in Donbass don't matter to you at all. How can you in the same sentence quote Putin's speech that he doesn't think Ukraine has a right to exi… | TjoffenPD |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a way to petition for a ban of GM Sergey Karjakin & GM Shipov aka GM Crest64?#49 @Zubbubu We circle back to the same problem. The world is not black and white. Culturally Russia has had strong ties with Ukraine. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian. I left Russia after Cri… | TjoffenPD |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a way to petition for a ban of GM Sergey Karjakin & GM Shipov aka GM Crest64?#33 Right, the shortest way to resolve a problem is escalation, not de-escalation. | TjoffenPD |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a way to petition for a ban of GM Sergey Karjakin & GM Shipov aka GM Crest64?#30 The point is completely different. Knee-jerk reactions are not good. Even to what happening in Ukraine right now there are two sides. I urge everyone who wants to speak on this topic to actually do th… | TjoffenPD |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a way to petition for a ban of GM Sergey Karjakin & GM Shipov aka GM Crest64?#25 This "cancel culture" will devolve into something absurd like having to state all your political allegiances before joining any platform. Do we have to ask all Chinese players to denounce what China d… | TjoffenPD |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a way to petition for a ban of GM Sergey Karjakin & GM Shipov aka GM Crest64?#7 Can we also ban all US, GB, French and other GMs who supported their countries during other wars then? Let's dig up all possible information about all chess people who supported the war in Iraq, the w… | TjoffenPD |