Chess grandmaster sacked as commentator over ‘offensive’ sexist remarks: ‘Completely unacceptable’

[ASFN Admin]

A chess grandmaster was fired from his job as a commentator for the International Chess Federation, or FIDE, for making sexist comments during the Women’s Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. Ilya Smirin, a Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, was making his debut as an English-language commentator alongside Luxemburg’s Fiona Steil-Antoni, who was awarded the title of Woman ...

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