i dont even know what to say anymore

and the guy got muted gj!

Hmm... A war between Chess.coma and Russia.

Erased? That would be equally terrible. 

Although Karjakin is just being a tool in every sense of the word , his ban is pure propaganda. Take a look at what Mamedyarov said two years ago about the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan (taken from here):

Dear friends, 

Although, I know it’s inappropriate to transfer the war happening between Azerbaijan and Armenia to the world chess community and use it as a campaign channel, but I can’t keep myself from sharing my feelings and using the chance to enlighten my friends around the globe. 

My family and I was born in Zangilan, the region occupied by Armenian military forces more than 30 years ago. I used to live there until the age of 7 and started my chess classes in the lands, which are under occupation. My uncles used to teach chess in Zangilan and my grandad built mosques in our villages. I was a kid of 7 years and very well remember the times when we were driven out of our homes by Armenian military forces. Since then I never saw my village, only on the photos. I miss my village, I miss my childhood memories and live with the dream to come and smell the air of my homeland. And there’re almost 1 mio refugees who lost their homeland and live with the same feelings as my family does. We lost our homes, mosques, the graves of our ancestors, historical monuments, museums, culture and the childhood memories. 

Azerbaijanis are not aggressors and as a proof we were patient during 30 years, waiting for peaceful liberation of our internationally recognised territories (reff. UN SC Resolutions dd. 1992: 822, 853, 874, 885). Unfortunately Armenian government consciously preferred war to piece and tries to progress in the conflict using propaganda and provocations.

For those, who’d like to have detailed and unbiased official information on the conflict, please read below: 

Thank you for your care and support

God Bless all of us

1. Nagorno-Karabakh is not a disputed territory.  This is the territory of Azerbaijan.  Both historically and officially recognized by the whole world, including Armenia.

 2. Armenia has occupied not only Nagorno-Karabakh, to which the claimant is Yerevan, but also 7 Azerbaijan regions around it, which Armenia was not going to give up all these years peacefully.

3. The war is not on the territory of Armenia.  The Azerbaijani army is not trying to seize the territory of Armenia or any part of it.  The war that began with the occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan more than 30 years ago and as a result of which up to 20% of the territory of Azerbaijan was occupied, is the liberating one to get the lands back to Azerbaijan.

4. Azerbaijan could liberate its territories 30 years ago.  Could also do that during 30 recent years.  Our country has a numerical superiority of the army, a numerical and qualitative superiority of equipment and military weapons.  And if you ask why this has not been done before the answer is that as a result of the ceasefire in May 1994, the parties pledged to resolve the conflict peacefully and to do it with the help of mediators - the OSCE Minsk Group.  Unfortunately, over all these years, official Yerevan has not shown the political will for the peaceful liberation of at least 1 cm2 of the occupied land.

5. Azerbaijan has repeatedly said that we are adherents of a peaceful solution to the conflict.  However, with Nikol Pashinyan, the negotiation process has frozen completely, his statements contradicted the peaceful settlement of the conflict, and the increasing shelling of civilians living on the front line only transferred the conflict from partially frozen to unfrozen.  The last straw in the cup of patience of official Baku was the shelling of civilians in Azerbaijan in the front-line zone on 27.09.2020

Did they ban Mamedyarov then?

things in life and the world can be so sad sometimes, find the silver linings and bright things   PS  when you can (believe me i need to follow my own advice LOL)

rootin' tootin' pootin'...

can a/o guess whos dancing (remember its 1979) at 4:08 ?...hes doing a russian jig & hes a ghost participant - no name or country...lol !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1LP81eSKY

life is never fair and equal but the killing of Ukranians is flat out wrong, & doesnt really count as political opinion to me, but more natural fact.  Also, thank you for the post about mameyrov and the other info, I was totally unaware of this, & hence my comment about so much in life sad news, political or otherwise (covid e.g.)   anyway, i am not bothered about information presented in a calm manner, without much bias or opinion blasting behind it, in fact that seems more genuine to me when people merely present it ,  i would expect arguing about politics or sides of issues could be more of a problem on a chess site, but with all that said, i think it's important , even as chess players using a common dedicated online site for chess purposes, that we still remember we are people on a large planet too, & then those players who share common interests could easily use the friend function and review topics among themselves in chats where it won't tend to include or bother other players, this is all just my opinion, but im sure Obese Octopuse ask the question or state his thought on permissions for good reason, & may have heard or seen something in the past, anyway we are all so different, so imagine the challenge chess.com has in pleasing all of us

That's stupid.

Hikaru is either an idiot or he's putting on an act because he thinks this is the reaction his fans want to hear.

Fischer was so extreme that he couldn't even set foot in the US because he'd be arrested.

The US government sent him a letter telling him he couldn't play, and Fischer held a press conference just so he could spit on the letter on live TV.

Fischer called for the death of Jews and the literal destruction of America. He praised 9/11 as a good start.

Hikaru is counting on his audience being young and stupid.

The worst thing I could find about Karjakin is he tweeted that he supports the invasion of Ukraine, he supports Putin, and he feels lucky to live in Russia.

That's tame as hell.

If he were tweeting "death to all Ukrainians," then we could start doing some small comparisons to Fischer.

In the end Fischer was abandoned by his family, friends, country, and profession. No one wanted him. He was a crazy old man. With a minimal amount of PR one year from now no one will remember or care about what Karjakin said. The two are not comparable.

     You mean to say that there are very many people all around the world that love their  native land and will stand up and support it in times of war? That could never happen in places like the USA or Germany or Ukraine.

#herebeforethelock

     No, no. When Khruschev said they had moved Stalin's body from the mausoleum to a grave by the Kremlin wall it was just a cover-up for the fact that he had escaped from the glass box they were keeping him in. He has been running things from behind the curtain ever since.

when i was just a little kid we used to sing "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"

as children, we didn't ban other children we didn't like we just chose our friends, so it is a bummer that adults words are taken so far into account , it is actions that matter more

as to the complexities of Ukraine, Russia, Europe or the world i dont really have a clue

but , well, what can we do ?