Female chess players rage against “breast sponsor”

Flera kvinnliga schackspelare rasar mot beslutet att sponsras av bröstförstoringsföretag. Arkivbild från schackolympiaden 2008, Alaa Garmal från Egypten.
Several female chess players are furious at the decision to be sponsored by breast augmentation companies. Stock Photography from the 2008 Chess Olympics, Alaa Garmal from Egypt. Photo: Matthias Rietschel / AP / TT

Next year has been proclaimed as “the year of female chess players” by the International Chess Federation. Then they took the opportunity to sign a giant sponsorship agreement – with a breast augmentation company.

The huge sponsorship agreement between the international chess federation Fide and the breast augmentation company has aroused strong feelings among female players, writes The Guardian.

The agreement is the largest to date for the union, but in a sport that has previously had difficulty attracting women, it arouses criticism. On the chess site Lichess, it is frequently discussed and called both “sexist” and “disgusting.”

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