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Checkmate! ‘No cleavage’

10/03/2012 by Nikita

With new dress code for chess players in place, I think I would get disqualified every tournament, as that was my only tactic to win a game! [NOT- hehehe] In general: this is outrageously mad/ridiculous! Do they want to treat adults like school children? Is there some jealousy – from less attractive management? or players? This is so old-fashion. Who thought up this idea? I’ve googled two chess players – Sophie and Tania. If you google them, you will see that they are ‘covered‘ properly 99.99% of the time. So, let’s get rid of these old-fashion-thinkers in the world of chess!

Checkmate! ‘No cleavage’ dress code makes chess tournaments less sexy than ever.

Wearing a tight-fitting dress with a plunging neckline is certainly one way to distract your opponent in the ultimate battle of wits.

But it is not a tactic which has found favour with European chess officials.

They have introduced a dress code to make sure the game maintains its modesty.

Female players must wear skirts that are no shorter than 4in above the knee.

And only the first and second buttons on a blouse may be opened, to hide cleavage.

The rules, which also include stipulations for men and spectators, came into effect in time for the European Women’s Championships taking place in Gaziantep, Turkey.

The European Chess Union acted after some women turned up dressed ‘like someone going to the beach’, provoking comments among the men.

England’s Javonka Houska, 31, is one player who has helped make the game’s image sexier.

Make your move: A new dress code for chess tournaments means revealing clothes are banned

Make your move: A new dress code for chess tournaments means revealing clothes are banned

The International Master – who is ranked 58th in the world – has been happily pictured showing off her enviable figure.

And Russian Grandmaster Maria Manakova, 38, has posed naked for glossy magazines to try to boost the popularity of chess.

The union’s general secretary, Woman Grandmaster Sava Stoisavljevic, brushed off suggestions that the new dress code might stop women distracting male opponents.

Rules: A women’s chess tournament currently being held in Turkey is the first since the European code came in

Instead, she said, the wide-ranging rules were brought in to restore a sense of decorum to the game after tournament bosses noticed many of the players were not wearing ‘proper clothes’.

‘I was here during three rounds and I’ve got an impression that we have to work much more on those regulations,’ Mrs Stoisavljevic told German website ChessBase.

She added: ‘Once, when I was working as an arbiter, I warned one player, even though there were no any rules at that time, because she kept coming to the playing hall dressed like someone who was going to the beach.’

And on players who like to show a little leg, she said: ‘It’s nice to see chess players with short skirts – they are very pretty girls. But I believe there should still be some limit.’

The European code makes no such demands, but others dictate that skirts should be no shorter than 5-10cm above the knee.

FASHION TIPS FROM CHESS’S NEW DRESS CODE

  • ‘In respect to shirts, the second from the top button may also be opened in addition to the very top button’
  • Clothes ‘should be crisp and show no excessive wear, no holes and shall be free of body odor’
  • High heels are in, flip-flops are out
  • The rules demand ‘a pulled-together, harmonious, complete look with colors, fabrics, shoes and accessories, for both men and women’
  • After two warnings, verbal and then written, ‘If a player is then still in breach of the Dress Code he/she can be send back to dress appropriately’
  • ‘Spectators not properly attired will have to leave the playing area

Source: Click HERE to read the original article.

Tania Sachdev – Indian Woman Grandmaster

Sophie Milliet – a French chess player

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Posted in Chess, Chess dress code, chess players | Tagged chess dress, chess dress code, Jovanka Houska, sexy chess players, Sophie Milliet, Tania Sachdev | 9 Comments

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  1. on 11/03/2012 at 06:49 boerinballingskap

    Is maar goed ek speel teen jou op die Net en nie in lewende lywe nie, anders sou ek seker elke wedstryd teen jou verloor! 😉


  2. on 11/03/2012 at 09:02 Nikita

    😆 Boer, ja! Gelukkig is dit die Internet, ek het al in my nighties hier gesit en ‘n skuif gemaak – of selfs slegs ‘n kamerjapon. haha…hierdie mense is belaglik om nou vir volwassenes voor te skryf wat gedra mag word en wat nie. Klere het dalk nou iets daarmee te doen om mans se aandag af te trek, maar hey, ek self sal net distract raak as ek vir ‘n aantreklike man moet kyk teen wie ek speel, dus! Mans moet hoede dra wat daardie aantreklike gesigte BAIE goed wegsteek, of handskoene dra as hul hande sulke MOOI vierkantige sterk boerehande is! hehehe…sien, dit raak nou ingewikkeld as hulle met reels soos daardie wil kom! Wat van die VROUENS! [soos ek!] 😆


    • on 12/03/2012 at 08:19 boerinballingskap

      Ek sal maar liewer NIE hierdie gesprek verder voer nie… 😆


    • on 12/03/2012 at 18:58 Nikita

      😆 Liewer nie, dit sal net meer ingewikkeld raak! haha


  3. on 11/03/2012 at 09:55 Nikita

    Ek het selfs nou skaakspelers gegoogle and kry nie wat aangetrek is soos wat hulle se – asof hulle BEACH toe gaan! Twee ‘glamarous’ spelers se foto’s hier opgelaai, selfs hulle is behoorlik geklee 99.99% van die tyd!


  4. on 11/03/2012 at 17:40 rondomtaliedraai

    Ai ek het darem nou te lekker hier rond gekuier… Jou blog is ‘n heerlike kuierplek – baie te sien en te lees. Ek moet weer kom.

    Lekker week!


  5. on 11/03/2012 at 18:37 Nikita

    Hallo! Welkom hier op my blog en ek’s bly jy het ‘lekker rond gekuier’ 🙂 Voel welkom om terug te kom. Dankie, lekker week vir jou ook!


  6. on 13/03/2012 at 17:04 james higham

    Do you think the red hair assists with the necessary braincells and mindset for this game?


  7. on 13/03/2012 at 18:25 Nikita

    hi James, unfortunately – not! 🙂 I don’t think a research has been done on hair colour/braincells+chess. haha…if so, I’m clearly not aware of it. 🙂



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