Dronavalli Harika, an Indian chess champion, was one of the players who received sexually abusive correspondence.

Dronavalli Harika, an Indian chess champion, was one of the players who received sexually abusive correspondence.

Dronavalli Harika, an Indian chess champion; was one of several players accused of receiving sexually harassing correspondence during a tournament in Latvia last November. The Indian Grandmaster, who is rated 11th in the world; stated she was unaware of the incident until the final day, and that the Grand Swiss tournament; organizers in Riga and the FIDE (International Chess Federation) handled the situation professionally.

“…there was a letter written in my name in Riga that I didn’t know about until the day before yesterday. To avoid causing any disruption; FIDE postponed the problem until the final day before handing over the letters to the police. “I was alerted about the situation on the final day,” Harika told PTI. “I handed up the legal case to FIDE.”

She too expressed that she did not open the mail and had no issues. “I didn’t open the letter, and I didn’t have any issues. The Riga organizers and FIDE took care of the circumstances very well,” she remarked. FIDE, for its part, stated that when; the letters were discover during the event; it took action to forward them to the Latvian police, who are currently investigating them. When letters were got amid the fantastic Swiss competition in Riga, FIDE took activity. We promptly detailed it to the police for the sake of the players; in order to spare them from being divert. “Able to affirm that the Latvian Police took it genuinely and are as of now conducting an examination,” FIDE expressed.

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“We would like to specific our appreciation to the Latvian police for their speedy and tactful reaction. “We can’t comment encourage on this point since FIDE; has become an official party within the criminal case that has started in Riga,” it added. According to Russian media sources, almost 15 players have gotten sexually damaging correspondence. Players got mysterious mail – envelopes carrying obscene fabric; – tended to to them in lodging rooms and also at occasions amid the Fantastic Swiss competition in November.

One of the players who got the mail, Russian GM Valentina Gunina; is cite by chess.com as claiming that everybody was astound. Gunina, who was in communication with the other members; said she had no thought other players were accepting comparable letters until she arrived in Riga; which “no one examine it, so I think it was fair me.”

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Susan Polgar, a former world champion, commented on Twitter in response to one of the chats; “This is so terrible to hear.” Regrettably, this has been going on for decades. The only difference is that, because to the internet, the entire world is aware of the incident; and chess officials can no longer brush it under the rug. For nearly 5 decades, I’ve been a victim, and it’s got a lot worse.”

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