After three consecutive victories in the Women’s Grand Prix series, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), freshly recrowned with the sceptre she had renounced last year, decided to abandon the series circuit, without obviously precluding the possibility of her participation in the unisex chess tournaments. Apparently, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) was quickly getting more and more frustrated by the fact that International Chess Federation (FIDE) didn’t even consider her three written proposals aimed for changing the Women’s World Chess Championship alternating formats, which make her feel pushed beyond her tolerance limit. “I suffered for six years, and now I’m fed up!”, she said.
Of course, the proposal of equating men’s and women’s World Chess Championship systems is more than justified from a social and sporting point of view, if it is carried out in the best interests of all other female players too. As one doesn’t know the details, one can only wonder if the aim of collective women rights hopefully embedded in her “law reform” was clear to the recipient too, not necessarily his fault.
Of course, the proposal of equating men’s and women’s World Chess Championship systems is more than justified from a social and sporting point of view, if it is carried out in the best interests of all other female players too. As one doesn’t know the details, one can only wonder if the aim of collective women rights hopefully embedded in her “law reform” was clear to the recipient too, not necessarily his fault.
Chinese Chess Association (中国国际象棋协会) parade (from left):
余少腾 (Yú Shǎoténg), 田红卫 (Tián Hóngwèi), 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), and 叶江川 (Yè Jiāngchuān).
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