'Seductive' dress gets girl barred from chess tournament

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017...eductive-dress/

PETALING JAYA: A 12-year-old girl was forced to withdraw from a chess championship for wearing a dress that was allegedly deemed "seductive" by the organisers of the National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017 in Putrajaya.

Malaysian chess player and coach Kaushal Shandhar said that the girl, who is his student - a chess champion of her district in MSS Kuala Lumpur - felt "harassed and humiliated" by the actions of the tournament director and chief arbiter.

"In the middle of Round 2 without stopping the clocks, the chief arbiter informed my student that the dress she wore was improper," said Kaushal in a Facebook post on Thursday night.

He said that the chief arbiter told the girl and her mother that the tournament director deemed that his student's dress was "seductive" and a "temptation from a certain angle far, far away."

Kaushal said the statement by the tournament director was "completely out of line" and "ridiculous".
He added that the chief arbiter conceded and apologised to the girl after a discussion and assured her there was nothing wrong with her attire but said that she was not allowed to wear the dress due to the direction from the tournament's director.

Kaushal said that the girl and her mother were given the option to go to a nearby mall to buy long slacks for the next round of the tournament which began at 9am on the following day.

He however added that the shops in the area were closed and would not be open in time for the next round of the tournament, and said that the girl's mother called the tournament director regarding the matter before the next round.

Kaushal said that the tournament director promised to call her back after a discussion with the chief arbiter, but added that this did not happen.

"He would not answer or return any calls of my student’s mother. This situation led to the inevitable decision to withdraw from the tournament altogether," said Kaushal.

"This incident has resulted in loss of time and money which was invested before, during and after the tournament on coaching, registration fees, travelling, accommodation and other incurred costs," he added.

Kaushal said his student "is a bright young girl" who has shown "tremendous potential in chess."

But the incident has left her "extremely disturbed, and embarrassed," he added.

"I have been playing chess in Malaysia for almost two decades and I have never heard this type of issue ever in any tournaments in Malaysia," he said.

Kaushal is asking for a public apology from the tournament director of the National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017.

A photo of the girl's outfit that was shared by Kaushal showed the girl wearing a short sleeved black and orange striped dress that stops just above her knees.

Calls to Malaysia Chess Federation for comments have been unanswered.

This post has been edited by DarkAeon: Apr 28 2017, 05:21 PM

her lutut caused a lot of unwanted errections

Taliban everywhere.

inb4 hadi puji amno serious protek agama

wtf. sexually frustrated director.

unker dun know about you guys, but that doesnt even seems seductive at all. That is the most casual kind of clothing honestly

>12 years old
>seductive

hmm..

wow knee length skirt also too revealing?

must wear burqa ka?

later organizers say burqa cannot coz person behind viel cannot determine.

then muslims rage. then no more chess tournaments in malaysia

Confused as Harimau Malaya

literally play chest

9 year old already can marry yo

nak pakai macam mana pon pakai la

tapi tudung jangan lupa

Maybe she thought it was chest tournament

seductive laa

negara ini banyak pedo

Otak kat lutut

her lutut showing. rapeable kot

that's okie, rules not effect non muslim..

Pedo director wanted to play chest with the girl.

sini cakap ban but at behind the phone screen....you know what happens

bodo also can be director..