The Russian chess player is ashamed of his country across the Crimea

The World Champion in Rapid Chess, Russian Danylo Dubov commented on the situation regarding the failure of the tournament of some Ukrainians

"J & Have discussed this subject a lot. " For me, there is no contradiction. Of course, as far as the Crimean question is concerned, I am entirely on the side of Ukraine, but there is no contradiction, because for me failures are more important than politics.

You can talk about military aggression, etc., but no matter, which is disturbing, Russia is a country with huge problems. the chess traditions, and they were and always will be. The tournament in Russia is its It is possible to treat Russia differently …

Yes, that is to say that I love my country, but of course, lately, the reasons for our pride However , nevertheless, I subjectively think that the image of chess does not hurt the tournament in Russia. Most of the world champions of chess were Russian. A lot of tournaments in Russia, a lot of powerful Russian chess players …

That is to say that in Russia, chess, in principle, on the to a place And history – it changes. We live in such a time, but for history, it's nonsense. Well, it will take about 200 years, well, there will be an episode with Crimea, well, it's a pity – yes. But it will pass and the traditions will remain. And there are no problems in this regard.

And Saudi Arabia – you know, it's a country where sports competitions were pretty much nil before. It is a country in which … For reasons of justice, positive changes began to occur, but in reality, there were almost no hands clipped on the spot. It is a country where women, at least, can not wear as they want, can not go safely. It's a little different.

To me, it was like chess selling a little bit. We were given a huge prize pool. It is clear that if he had had the choice between Saudi Arabia and Peter with the same price, Saudi Arabia would have chosen a zero man. And we sell in a certain way. And here about Peter, I can not say that, "said Dubov, chess-news.ru

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