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US Chess Champ Won't Compete for World Title if it Means Wearing a Hijab
New York Post ^
| 10/6
| Joshua Rhett Miller
Posted on 10/06/2016 11:13:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
After years of playing with pawns and bishops, the reigning queen of US chess finds herself in the biggest stalemate of her career.
Nazi Paikidze, 22, shook up the chess world over the weekend when the US womens champion announced shes boycotting the Womens World Chess Championship in Iran in February instead of complying with the countrys law that women cover up with a hijab. The Russian-born star, who now lives in Las Vegas, told The Post she wont budge unless FIDE the world chess federation moves the competition to a no-conflict zone or makes wearing the hijab optional.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chess; hajib; hijab; muslimwomen; muslimworld; women
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To: nickcarraway
Nazi PaikidzeLooks like a Georgian name.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:18:38 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Sof davar hakol nishma`; 'et-ha'Eloqim yera' ve'et-mitzvotayv shemor, ki-zeh kol-ha'adam.)
To: Mount Athos
Nazi means gentle in Georgian.They irony is that Stalin was a Georgian.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:21:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Puppage
Re: your post 12.
Yep. Them Georgians is hot.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:22:57 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Sof davar hakol nishma`; 'et-ha'Eloqim yera' ve'et-mitzvotayv shemor, ki-zeh kol-ha'adam.)
To: BenLurkin
Who names their kid..... You need to get out more...
Intellectually, if not physically.
Her first name, Nazí, is a Georgian name and is not uncommon there. It is pronounced, she explains, nah-ZEE. It means delicate or tender. She was named after her grandmother.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:27:46 PM PDT
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: publius911
She moved to America. Time for her to get an American name.
Susan or even Taquisha.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:39:49 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
She moved to America. Time for her to get an American name.
Susan or even Taquisha.That's funny.
If it weren't as bad as requiring her to wear a Hijab; or even a Lojab.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:51:32 PM PDT
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: publius911
In fact, while she’s at it she should change her last name to. Peters would do nicely.
Susan Peters.
Once she’s done that, then she can represent America.
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posted on
10/06/2016 1:56:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SaxxonWoods
To: nickcarraway; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; Arthur Wildfire! March; ...
Why the hell would they hold a woman’s event in GD IRAN?
Nazí btw (nah-ZEE) is a Georgian name that means “tender” or “delicate”.
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posted on
10/07/2016 9:36:32 PM PDT
by
Impy
(Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
To: Impy
“Why the hell would they hold a womans event in GD IRAN?”
Hoping to score some falafel?
“Nazí btw (nah-ZEE) is a Georgian name that means tender or delicate.”
Uhhhh. Yeah...
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posted on
10/07/2016 9:39:54 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
“Uhhhh. Yeah...”
Ironic to say the least.
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posted on
10/07/2016 9:45:53 PM PDT
by
Impy
(Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
To: Impy
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posted on
10/07/2016 9:50:31 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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