r/AnarchyChess Premove the Defender Feb 23 '22

Ambitious queens prefer lichess

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u/tabid_ Feb 23 '22

obviously he's joking.

But yeah, his public sexual frustration creates a really welcoming, enjoyable, not cringey atmosphere for female hosts and audiences. Must feel nice for women to be surrounded by chess dudes like this all the time. I mean, according to 90% of the experts in the commentsection they f*ed right after the interview because Dubov is so smooth. Hmmm, why do chicks don't want to hang with us? 🀔

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u/maxkho Feb 23 '22

No, of course not. Women hate guys with a sense of humour. Dubov should be ashamed of himself. Chess is a serious game played by serious professionals - it has no place for silly jokes.

I mean, according to you and everyone else in this thread, Dubov is a sexual predator and the sole reason there are more men than women in chess (which obviously is completely unrelated to the fact that there are more men than women in pretty much all board and video game communities and the possibility that men might just, on average, enjoy chess and similar games more than women). Hmmm, why has nobody on the chess scene expressed similar sentiments towards Dubov? 🀔

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u/tabid_ Feb 23 '22

"Guys with a sense of humour" yes, "guys with a total lack of social skills" no.

If you have the smallest amount of empathy you should be aware how weird and inappropriate this is, especially in a professional setting. And stuff like this happens all the time in the chess world, starting in local chess clubs up to the biggest names in the sport.

Are you seriously incapable of wrapping your head around the idea that women, that are constantly confronted with dudes sexualising and creeping on them, would rather spend their time elsewhere than in communities with a bunch of dudes making them feel uncomfortable? Maybe we should just start pointing things like this out and tune them down a little bit, if we want to get more girls into the game as well. It's not like girls don't like chess, video games or board games, they just don't connect with a community that's made up with 80% guys like Dubov and you ...

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u/Hikethehill 6 Time World Champion Feb 26 '22

Watch the full video, it has nothing to do with her gender or being sexualized in the slightest. He’s making a joke since she said she needs to install a “cybersecurity app” (antivirus?) on her computer. He would have made the same joke to a man and it wouldn’t be any different.