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| Sep-09-17 | | dehanne: Next round Aronian will be forfeited for looking like a clown. |
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Sep-09-17
 | | MissScarlett: <I don't want the money.> If Kovalyov does refuse his prize money ($16,000 - FIDE's 20% cut - air fares - hotel bill), he'll rise in my estimation. Let's see. < I'm coming back home.> Where's that? I was initially sceptical of Kovalyov's allegation that Azmai immediately began berating him with <gypsy>, but if there's some truth to it, perhaps Azmai is ill-disposed to East Europeans who desert their homelands for greener pastures. |
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| Sep-09-17 | | starry2013: It didn't sound like he said he'd refuse what he's actually earned (he must have expenses like plane fares), it sounded more like he doesn't care about today and tomorrow or if he got further. |
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| Sep-09-17 | | Caissanist: <He should stay away from any FIDE-connected tournaments and events and just get on with his life.> He's on a chess scholarship, so that's not really an option at the moment. He has already said (tongue slightly in cheek) that he decided to major in computer science because it is a popular major for <[m]ost chess players I know that are not much into chess anymore>. |
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| Sep-09-17 | | Amulet: Next time around, avoid giving the organizers reasons to put you in bad light. Dress like the other players do and continue playing competitive chess. More power Anton Kovalyov! |
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Sep-09-17
 | | offramp: Kovalyov put his head above the parapet, demanding the right for all chess players to wear vlastimils at all times. In fact, the right to wear the same unwashed vlastimils throughout a whole tournament. Azmai, who is a flake that once sold Eddy Gufeld a Volkswagen Golf that was really two Volkswagen Golfs sellotaped together, saw that head appear above the parapet and he shot it down. What a git! |
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Sep-10-17
| | MissScarlett: I like this picture of Kovalyov exiting stage right. Azmai's posture is amusing: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJS_nrG... |
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Sep-10-17
| | offramp: User: MissScarlett LOL the taxi driver is saying: you can't come in dressed like that. |
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Sep-10-17
| | MissScarlett: <the taxi driver is saying: you can't come in dressed like that.> Actually, he just said, <No gypsies!> and drove off. |
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| Sep-10-17 | | PhilFeeley: Zurab was a complete idiot on this. Or perhaps just "power corrupts." "In my opinion, you look like a gypsy!"
So what? If a gypsy came to a tournament dressed like a gypsy (whatever that is) would you throw him out? And the idea that Kovalyov was just looking for a way out so he could go back to his studies - ridiculous. He came to play and obviously did. No question. The whole thing was insane. Clothes do not make the person. A player can play no matter what he/she wears. Comparisons with the "well-dressed" are meaningless. Zurab should be kicked out of FIDE for bringing chess into disrepute. |
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| Sep-10-17 | | ChessHigherCat: <PhilFeeley> I agree with you 100% I wasn't going to say anymore about but I'm disgusted by the the way this page is winding down with a lot of boot-licking conformity: Carefully avoid the wrath of Big Brother, whether it's fair or not, kowtow and suck his d. Take joy in his insults and mistreatment, for that is way of the blessed... Excuse me while I puke! That moron arbiter should be fired and Kovalyov should sue for damages. |
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| Sep-10-17 | | ChessHigherCat: Check out Azmai's elegant attire: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJS_nrG... He looks like an apprentice garbage man!
Seriously, Kovalyov, you should sue, you'll make a fortune! You have a good shot at the top prize, you didn't break any rule and in the unlikely event that the court finds that you did, they can't suddenly complain after allowing it before.
Direct damages: top prize
Consequential damages: potential winnings in subsequent related tournaments
Pain and suffering: racial and moral abuse.
FIDE has a long history of corruption and shady practices. Clean the bastards out, they deserve it! |
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Sep-10-17
 | | tamar: <CHC> I see Zurab in his elegant Walmart attire-at least could tuck in his shirt. BTW, repeatedly calling Kovalyov a "gypsy" does confirm that Azmaiparashvili thinks that is a negative term. "Gypsy" to me denotes unfettered travel, independence of thought, and self-reliance. Kovalyov's decision to leave the tournament was flawed however. I would rather he played the second game in a "Gypsies Unite" tee shirt, and let the organizer decide whether to throw him out. |
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| Sep-10-17 | | ChessHigherCat: <tamar>
<BTW, repeatedly calling Kovalyov a "gypsy" does confirm that Azmaiparashvili thinks that is a negative term.> You mean "does not confirm", right? Otherwise I don't see how mere repetition would confirm negative connotations. <"Gypsy" to me denotes unfettered travel, independence of thought, and self-reliance.> Your image of a gypsy is that of the enlightened westerner,which I generally share, but in the context: "Go change your clothes, you look like an X!",
X is necessarily a pejorative term. He said afterwards that he "merely meant that he looked like a homeless person (bum)", which would probably have been enough for to me give him a knee in the groin to remember me by. <Kovalyov's decision to leave the tournament was flawed however. I would rather he played the second game in a "Gypsies Unite" tee shirt, and let the organizer decide whether to throw him out.> He was probably very upset with that big goon bullying him and couldn't concentrate anyway. And who knows what the organizer's real agenda was? Did you read the article cited by Fusilli? He's a real gangster. |
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Sep-10-17
| | tamar: <CHC> I think repetition is associated with bullying, as the bully fixes on verbal terms that he thinks are weapons. Most pro chess players are gypsies, in the sense that they live on the road, and Nakamura for example, says that travel was a positive for him. BTW, we have a <User: Gypsy> on this site, whose posts are consistently among the most intelligent and interesting, so I don't think my view is purely a Westerner's bias. |
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| Sep-10-17 | | ChessHigherCat: <CHC> When I was studying at Freie Universität on a scholarship program some German guys in my dorm always tried to pick fights with a gypsy settlement across street. They never could explain why, so they probably did it out of pure brutish stupidity. Later, when I was living in Paris I noticed there was a lot of resentment against the gypsy beggars in the metro, who seemed to have an organized mafia, but that's just a few people out of a huge ethnic group so I don't see any reason to generalize. It would be like being prejudiced against all Italians because of the real mafia, which is a million times worse. I've always enjoyed "Gypsy's" contributions, too. It's too bad he doesn't contribute more often. |
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| Sep-10-17 | | tuttifrutty: I'd rather look at Kovalyov in his shorts...thr hem is below his knees for crying out loud...and that is the current fashion style all over the world...than Zurab whose head needed a wig...his stomach sticking out from a tight fake collared shirt like a full blown birthday balloon that would pop at any given moment. His pants are too tight that he look like a fat ham ready to be diced and sliced for human consumption. Ban the punk lifetime...he has no place in the world of chess. Amen... End of rant... |
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Sep-11-17
| | offramp: <tamar: ..."Gypsy" to me denotes unfettered travel, independence of thought, and self-reliance.> That sounds about right to me.
To me "gypsy" denotes the following:
Freedom of travel, caravans like Stromboli's in <Pinocchio>, men wearing red hankies on their heads and single earrings, Mercedes Benzes parked in cornfields, horses riding through projects, women in babushkas reading crystal balls, badly-tarmacked driveways, multi-coloured homemade waistcoats, pointy moustaches (especially on the men), huge weddings ending in massive fights, independence of thought, self-reliance and chequered one-week old Bermuda shorts. |
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| Sep-11-17 | | cro777: From the Summer Spartakiad in Sochi, Russia chess players from Siberia are supporting Anton Kovalyov: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJcqvOC... |
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| Sep-12-17 | | tuttifrutty: <In fact, the right to wear the same unwashed vlastimils throughout a whole tournament.> Wearing the same shorts everyday for a year or decades doesn't mean it wasn't washed since day one.... |
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| Sep-12-17 | | Arconax: Kovalyov has returned home. |
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| Sep-13-17 | | Arconax: He should learn some manners before venturing abroad again. |
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| Sep-13-17 | | SugarDom: He can't afford 10$ trousers? |
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Sep-13-17
 | | OhioChessFan: FWIW, both Kovalyov and Zurab look pretty trashy for a high end tournament. Zurab's untucked shirt is especially galling for a tournament administrator. Regardless, it comes down to the rules in force per the dress code. |
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Sep-13-17
| | OhioChessFan: Zurab is saying "You can't play Ke4! That is an illegal move!" |
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