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To remind everyone: the thread is called "Nigel Short - Reverse Delegate" . It concerns my appointment as the FIDE Representative for Burkina Faso. It began, although Gerard Killoran would now like us to forget, with gratuitous sarcastic and offensive remarks like "Bless" and "There will be dancing ...

Gerard's point is likely that those throwing brickbats at each other here are adults, not children. He has a point about the language Nigel Short used above "m______ w____". That should have been clamped down on by anyone moderating this thread. Utter rubbish. Don't be so wet. Gerard Killoran began...

"The study suggests that men have strengths in spatial reasoning and motor coordination, women in emotional regulation, decision-making, and memory. It does not conclude that this gives either sex an advantage in a specific field such as chess." Indeed, it does not. But now we have established that ...

Nigel, I have little doubt that even many of those critical of you in some respects appreciate your work to promote chess. Thank you, Matt. Unfortunately, that just isn't true. The miserable worm that is Gerard Killoran, for example, clearly doesn't appreciate my work to promote chess in the least....

It may come as a surprise to at least one deeply rude, ignorant individual with a misplaced sense of moral superiority, that my forthcoming visit to Ouagadougou will, most likely, be met with great joy by the chess community there. After all, they don't receive many visits from former World Champion...

Nick Burrows wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:44 pm

It's just a joke Nigel

Or not, in the case of some miserable twats on this forum.

Yes - and please ban me. That will do me a big favour.

Thomas Rendle wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:21 pm

Maybe he's not 'hard-wired' to face them.

A cheap laugh.

We are very used to anonymous pieces in LiChess, by now, "for fear of retribution." Perhaps it is so. Or perhaps they are just made up...

1) The sponsorship, by Establishment Labs, for women's chess, is substantial. 2) A lot of women get breast cancer during the course of their lives. 3) Women have the right to choose what they do with their bodies. Incidentally, from the women I have spoken to on this matter (an admittedly unscientif...

Now for my next question on this subject to those more in the know than I am. Does a score of 5/9 against a tournament average of 2513.3, with the tournament compromised of 6 GMs, 2 IMs and two untitled players, with a sole unrated player (being the player scoring the 5/9), with eight nationalities...

Having spoken to Johan Sigeman at some length yesterday, I suspect the tournament will be delayed by several months.

The ECF's own Shohreh Bayat is a thoroughly deserving recipient of the "2021 International Women of Courage" award (https://www.state.gov/2021-international-women-of-courage-award-recipients-announced/). The ceremony will be hosted on Monday 8th March by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, with a...

Can we not apply for an IM title for him, Nick? He is certainly worth it in today's money.

I'm pleased to see that there are a few guys on this thread talking sense. What do we do to fix the attitude of the others? I have no idea. In terms of fixing FIDE's attitude, though, I have a suggestion. Listen to GM Judit Polgar. She makes astute comments. [/quote] With all due respect to Dr Helen...

Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:36 pm

Geoff, I don't think we can describe Nigel's article as harmless and also say we are listening to women players, or at least not the woman player who wrote the blog on lichess in the first post. She seems to be very clear it is harmful.

She. Or he...