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Ricardoruben
It is the second time I write on this topic (first time it was about Nakamura and the lack of objectivity in the news about him).

You have one, if not the biggest chess site in the world, your reporting should have the according level.

Do you consider your articles are objective?, if so please do a poll among all chess.com users.

For example, when not even an ant was giving Karjakin a chance, the title of the article should have been something like "Amazing turn of events!, Karjakin leads the WCC". Instead, the article makes really clear how many chances Karjakin lost of taking the advantage. This is shameful.
It is not good journalism!

You can do better!!

I believe the love for the game should come before anything else when writing a chess article.
The love for the game above countries, religion and colors.

I can understand you grew up in an America flooded with anti-Russian propaganda, but now you are writing news for the entire planet. When you write news you are not American, you are a chess lover and should write as such.
Russia is super strong in chess, and that is a fact, not an opinion.
Kasparov is a living legend either you like it or not. If you love chess above country divisions, how can you not enjoy his mastery? Or anybody else disregarding where he grew or for which country he plays?
I love your site and I am constantly bringing people to it, but every time I read the news I get pissed by this lack of objectivity.
Please improve it, if you can not write objectively, then hire somebody that can do it.
Give us great journalism, rise above yourself.
👍👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

notmtwain

As far as chess goes, I don't think anybody writing here is prejudiced against Russians. The focus of the article on Karjakin missing chances was natural given the way the game went.

I think a lot of people are happy that he won, not because they like or dislike Russians but because the match suddenly got a lot more interesting.