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"In a few days, I'll lose two world titles, one after another. Because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia. I refuse to play by special rules, wear abaya, be accompanied by a man so I can get out of the hotel, so I don't feel like a second-class person. "I will follow my principlles and not compete in the fast chess and blitz world championship where in just 5 days I could have made more money than with dozens of other combinded tournaments. This is all very unpleasant but the sad part is that no one seems to care. Bitter feelings, but I can't go back." Anna Muzychuck (background photo of Anna Muzychuck at a chess board, with attribution to tTGA @thethinkingreatape)

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"In a few days, I'll lose two world titles, one after another. Because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia. I refuse to play by special rules, wear abaya, be accompanied by a man so I can get out of the hotel, so I don't feel like a second-class person. "I will follow my principlles and not compete in the fast chess and blitz world championship where in just 5 days I could have made more money than with dozens of other combinded tournaments. This is all very unpleasant but the sad part is that no one seems to care. Bitter feelings, but I can't go back." Anna Muzychuck (background photo of Anna Muzychuck at a chess board, with attribution to tTGA @thethinkingreatape)
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Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 19:00:51 JST Bob Jonkman
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With #AltText, quoting Anna Muzychuk:
"In a few days, I'll lose two world titles, one after another. Because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia. I refuse to play by special rules, wear abaya, be accompanied by a man so I can get out of the hotel, so I don't feel like a second-class person.
"I will follow my principles and not compete in the fast chess and blitz world championship where in just 5 days I could have made more money than with dozens of other[...]tournaments...
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