Media caught in blatant lie about BLACK FEMALE chess "champion"

[ShootSpeeders]

Black and female so she gets double affirmative action.

The Media’s Female African Chess ‘Prodigy’ Is Actually Nothing Of The Sort

sep 22 2016 The wider media has been quick to herald Phiona Mutesi a chess “prodigy.” She certainly faced odds, too: Born into poverty in Uganda, a young girl, learning and then competing in the world’s most competitive and ubiquitous board game. What are the odds? It’s a heart warming, underdog story. It even inspired a movie.

The only problem is it’s not really true.

The Disney movie “Queen of Katwe,” set for U.S. release Sept. 30, describes Mutesi’s meteoric rise from despair in the slums just outside Uganda’s capital to an international figure of prominence, indeed even a “Woman Candidate Master,” (WCM) on the chess scene. But the mythology surrounding her actual performance has reached such heights that chess grandmasters are coming out to weigh in.

They tell The Daily Caller News Foundation her chess performance is no better than an average club player, and that the award is essentially little more than symbolism.

As one grandmaster noted bluntly, “Let me not mince words: by a purely objective standard, Phiona is not a strong chess player; she is equivalent to a weak-to-average club player (class C or B in the U.S.).”

Mutesi’s current ranking out of all world registered players is 176,281. Out of all active registered players in the world, her ranking is 91,051. Even among all female active players, her ranking is similarly unremarkable: 5,422.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Fact is nearly all geniuses are white and male. No women has won a nobel in physics in 50 years and no black has ever won one.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There are times when it is necessary to have something uplifting even if it is a lie.

As long as the poor girl involved doesn't believe it.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

There are times when it is necessary to have something uplifting even if it is a lie.

As long as the poor girl involved doesn't believe it.

BS. Blacks and women need to accomplish things on merit not lies. THINK

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There are times when it is necessary to have something uplifting even if it is a lie.

As long as the poor girl involved doesn't believe it.

BS. Blacks and women need to accomplish things on merit not lies. THINK

True. This has been fudged quite a bit. But there is a hopeless people with nothing to be proud of.

 

[Brynmr]

There are times when it is necessary to have something uplifting even if it is a lie.

Oh that's a fine example for young and upcoming chess players. "You can succeed Suzie. We'll just have to LIE about it. Your success will be a LIE. But hey, sometimes it's just necessary. K?"

 

[Brynmr]

True. This has been fudged quite a bit. But there is a hopeless people with nothing to be proud of.

Wow, proud of LYING. You must be a Liberal.