Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The Ice Witch

A letter of complaint has been addressed to the Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Dmitry Andreevich Artyukhov, on behalf of Yury Alekseevich Goryachkin, father and coach of three-time Russian Women’s Chess Champion and world’s woman No. 2 Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina. In particular, the author of the letter laments that Goryachkin is suffering from being “mobbed” and threatened with dismissal by the managing director of the Polar Chess School named after Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov in Salekhard. An excerpt was quoted by Yamal 1 news agency as saying, “Even balanced people may find it difficult to work with a tyrant boss and endure his unprofessional antics. [The school director] apparently thinks that his position and social status authorises him to humiliate the dignity of those who depend on him. If one disagrees with his policy, then one has to resign, whilst he is always ready to welcome ‘recommended’ people. Now, under the threat of dismissal, Yuri Alekseevich Goryachkin, labour veteran, Honoured Coach of Russia, 35 years of coaching experience — Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina’s coach”.

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