Richard Rapport:"I am planning to keep my hair long unless my wife objects then there is no choice"

Chess Grandmaster Richard Rapport is interviewed by WGM Dina Belenkaya after Round 2 of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022 in Berlin.
The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 is a series of three chess tournaments and the final qualifier for the Candidates Tournament. The top two finishers will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2022, which is the final qualification stage for the World Chess Championship 2023. It’s organized by World Chess. The broadcast is commentated by Chess Grandmaster Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Woman International Master Jesse February.
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[@CharlieFleed]

Rapport too knew the female player question trap and played the best answer, but it's still a draw with perfect play.

[@argeon6969]

Pin-worthy

[@sharma4826]

@@argeon6969 Completely agree.

[@LiteralCats]

He answered that question way too quickly

[@shazimyousuf8398]

If chess was more popular he would have been canceled for saying i dont follow women chess lol

[@AayushD]

@@shazimyousuf8398 I doubt he follows even "men's chess" below 2600. They follow the chess that helps them learn/improve, not much to do with gender.

[@bernardoalbano1816]

Raport's wife: "I see this as ab absolute win"

[@timothee3273]

He is the definition of " I literally don't care " when asked about other players' games

[@banek010]

other women players not other players he deffo studying man chess top 20

[@Simon-xi8tb]

I think that she was able to establish a good rapport with him.

[@smashthestateX]

oh man great creative joke

[@yahia1355]

0:02 lmao he was like : hell what

[@hankschrader5507]

In his head he was like “bish my hair are more fabulous than yours, and I aint got time for barber.” But he’s too awkward, maybe his wife should cut them to spare any future bullying.

[@ssxxxd]

​@@hankschrader5507what do you mean by bullying

[@JohnS-il1dr]

One gm got rid of his man bun after game 6 of his wcc against magnus and it got even worse for him.

[@1CProgrammer]

glad he didn't blunder his queen on move 2.

[@curious_banda]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sadchicken5282]

Rapport Sigma Grindset

[@kencur9690]

Who cares about women’s chess? Chess lovers don’t watch “men chess” - they watch good chess, which at the moment happens to be dominated by men. When women become top players, we will follow them, not because they are women, but because they are at the top. Just like we follow engines, despite being neither.

[@jenskruk7985]

100%. Its the job of world class players to check what his peer world class players play. Once Hou or Judith were at their prime, their games were relevant, currently there is no world class woman (by unisex standards), so he rather spends his precious time on the (male) world class players.

[@XerxesGammon200]

Thanks captain obvious. We all like good chess. The question is meant to be humorous

[@kencur9690]

@@XerxesGammon200 It seems that my point wasn't obvious enough and went over your head. It's ok: other people got it - thanks for being the humorous input.

[@rpg_haven]

@@XerxesGammon200 I don't think you understand humor.

[@csakennyitakartam]

last year's US Women's Chess Championship was quite interesting, frankly. While I certainly appreciate top level chess, sometimes games which are a bit lower quality might turn out to be more interesting.

[@nihalr385]

Next tournament: rapport is bald

[@Szabby999]

And divorced... :)

[@Henry-jl1xt]

the dynamic between this interviewer and the players is too funny. her look is always super intense and flirty, and they all get awkward and shy away from eye contact

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

thought am the only one who caught that😂

[@КириллМакеев-я1э]

They all know Dina pretty well because she is a WGM.

[@LeoStaley]

She's banged so many of.thr top players it's hilarious.

[@xiau]

An Interviewer doesn't shy away from camera

[@normiebob9260]

based

[@leftenanalim]

Find a girl that looks at you the way Dina looks at Rapport

[@pianissimo7121]

Find a girl that looks at you the way Dina looks at any chess player

[@DENNIS5831]

She does the best interviews

[@kunalsutar3946]

I know the reason

[@msislam6751]

The interviewer asked very informal question which are close to heart.Love it

[@jamesempty4013]

I like this GUY!!!

[@seife41]

Me too, would be a great knight back in the days :D

[@hankschrader5507]

Nah he’s pretty awkward and acts weird, however, the chick interviewing him asked unusual questions.

[@muslim2k]

@@hankschrader5507 so you don't like him?

[@WhiteUnicorn72]

@@hankschrader5507 lets see you being interviewed buddy

[@hankschrader5507]

@@WhiteUnicorn72 Jokes on you, I’m not good enough to play at any level that would cause an interview.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Fun fact: his wife is Jovana Rapport, and a version of the London System is the Jobava-Rapport system

[@axellorenzojohansson4925]

Jobaba!?

[@isehaji3792]

Jobava and Jovana are two different people

[@sevenstarofheaven]

Jobana!? (brilliant mark)

[@iwanttobeabillionaire1703]

Jomama PS: I have a duck video, a chicken video, a video where i am begging for money on Twitter, a walking video... Also a patreon

[@bhavikahuja4803]

baadur jobava is a strong ex-super gm... stop trying to make random references

[@Philiopantheon82]

Dina never disturbed or change attitude when someone doesn't really feel like answering her questions

[@royprovins7037]

Fischer followed all the Russian women's games back in the day

[@ММмм-н2н]

This is something I never understood . All he did was humiliate women chess players, but at the same time he followed women's chess, lol.

[@curious_banda]

Probably a pastime lmao

[@bevs9995]

@@ММмм-н2н correction: he made comments when he was 16

[@sbirkkk]

he looks like shaggy

[@mortytvvv]

She's beautiful not gonna lie

[@Crazeyfor67]

Quit asking stupid questions about someone's personal appearance. Who comes up with these questions? Totally asinine.

[@jokimda]

Just a joke !!

[@carryon2197]

Dies anyone else feel Richard Rapport is trying hard not to get hit upon?

[@TheNewTravel]

I have no idea who these people are but this video title was so funny I had to click 😂

[@81freewilly]

GM's worst Nightmare's : King on the Board and Mouse in the House.

[@blender_wiki]

the Richard expressions to the dumb questions are priceless

[@stylersimon1]

yeah you surely would bring up some very good questions to that guy

[@ifrimvictor]

@@stylersimon1 really? questions about cutting his hair? hard to believe anyone would be able to top such "good" questions, right?

[@stylersimon1]

@@ifrimvictor and that is exactly fhe reason why all of your friends think you are boring bro

[@ifrimvictor]

@@stylersimon1 yep, spot on!

[@Poslouchajici]

@@stylersimon1 why dont you say why you like the questions instead of just going ad hominem at people you disagree with?

[@crazydavec3861]

When's she gonna cut her hair... or is that not a question somehow? - Keepin' it long here since 1994!

[@nikolastankovic3414]

Our Serbian womens love long hair so relax and focus on chess mate 😘

[@lokeshlokiee3108]

She looks very creepy🫣

[@gargipandey1388]

i just know dina wasn't happy to hear that he does not follow women's chess. let's be honest, nobody would like if a male grandmaster openly acknowledged that he did not follow women's chess and vice verse

[@oliver-04]

wish she asked me questions

[@retrogamer3907]

Plot twist She is his wife

[@michacmaz3351]

250 iq answer

[@e.d.1642]

Since no one can follow answers about chess anyway, interviewers have to ask stupid personal questions that no one cares about

[@georgeray649]

Smart answer by Rapport👍🏻

[@yam_k_lau]

atta boy

[@rainerwahnsinn9585]

She asks always about the hair...if a man would ask a womanj about the hair, they would shitszorm as a sexist

[@h4rder10]

old school guy ... subtle n a gentleman ... better than todays overly enthusiastic gobshites ...

[@mightybmx2900]

what a stupid question

[@Juanjo-Quetzal]

Seeee

[@thegorn]

OMG Dina is gorgeous! My dream woman.

[@mdmarave6518]

I would never cut my hair just cause my wife tells me to, come onn Richard i had much respect for you 👍😂🥺

[@320speed]

Very good Man !

[@abraham7140]

Chess players are so shy. 💀

[@ssxxxd]

This is a good point of view

[@yassineking3915]

Brilliant move rapport

[@v4vun]

They look related

[@JohnSmith-pn1vv]

Based Rapport

[@jimhalpert3269]

My man ain't no simp. I think for Chess players it simply boils down to, "Respect has to be earned.." & "You don't have my attention unless you're a threat to me.." These people live in their own world, the woke endemic outside doesn't allure them. Could he have been polite and perhaps have said something else? Yes but why would he? 🤣

[@mouseman1234555]

he ‘s married.

[@kencur9690]

I think it’s more because he doesn’t have the “social skills” to pander to the current ideology. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as we have seen. Truth prevails.

[@zah936]

He said it because it's true not because any greater chess players paying attention to lesser players in order to find something to advice them on would be a bad idea

[@zah936]

Also don't forget Grischuk had an answer. But that doesn't mean he is not great.

[@pietro3157]

Common W Rapport

[@nikhilchess]

Sigma male

[@colinchesbrough5772]

Reporter: "what women chess players do you like and follow?" Rapport: "Women suck at chess.... so none"

[@zah936]

That's not what he said. But what is your elo btw?

[@Hy-jg8ow]

Judit Polgar his fellow compatriot was a very good player, and the best female player, he knows all her games btw.

[@curious_banda]

​@@Hy-jg8ow literally one though.

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

Based Rapport.

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

A true hungarian. (The only rightful rulers of the world. For some reason it just isn't happening.)

[@mmmmmm2619]

Huh? Are you talking about Atilla the scourge of God? He was a turkic warlord originating from Kazakh steppe tho, he was not a Hungarian.

[@ivaerz4977]

Hungry lol my house is bigger than your country

[@johart309]

does the life under the Hungarian rule come with a free goulash and spicy klobasz?

[@abcmagnusopum1291]

The interviewer I saw her somewhere 😲🤭

[@JohnS-il1dr]

She's a twitch streamer which explains why we were getting sht questions

[@yourfriend_]

.....in another interview? 😳

[@jro3213]

pornhub?

[@nikipediaaspirant2231]

All useless questions by dina...hope she ask professional questions

[@HerrProfM]

Seriously, this was so cringe-worthy.... Not only questions are poor but delivery is terrible. At least Fiona would make it into a joke. And it is OK to have one or two joke questions, but then you need to have proper questions, too.

[@justjeremy2]

Now for a moment imagine if they had been interviewing the wife and she said she would keep her hair short unless her husband wanted it long. Or once she got married she would keep her hair hidden. Be careful what one way gender inequalities you consider cutesy and those that offend.

[@zah936]

Because there is an imbalance?

[@QwertyCanada]

Was that really her first question after his match, come on, lol.

[@redbat7216]

He gets "permission" from his wife, like a little kid. He might be great at chess but definitely not with women lol

[@zah936]

Or may be he found the trick which you did not.

[@dudeabides23]

Stupid questions. It's embarrassing. Like asking Hikaru about the bong cloud. Maybe ask one silly question at the end but nothing but being ridiculous? Who likes this stuff? Also you have women asking these questions like they don't know about chess. Come on man. This is garbage. Funny is great but this is straight up cringe.

[@czechironworkers]

Hikaru is like the meme chess guy, I don't see why its so weird to ask him questions like that. its his thing.

[@nonebelievingbeliever3753]

Women's chess??... I get shit testing vibes from belankaya

[@jackgulit943]

She wants his Pawn

[@ParleLeVu]

I think Rapport should get introduced to a prison shower, and before he is pushed in, the guards give him the same chance: "You want to cut your long hair?".

[@michaelangelo2192]

WHAT

[@ParleLeVu]

@@michaelangelo2192 A... joke... ...? ...? Get it now?

[@michaelangelo2192]

@@ParleLeVu Obviously lol. It's just why tf is that where your mind went 🤣

[@ParleLeVu]

@@michaelangelo2192 I don't know man. I say and do weird shit.

[@michaelangelo2192]

@@ParleLeVu 🤣

[@fiddydollas]

Who is the interviewer?

[@loopchaser5274]

Dina Belenkaya - check out her youtube channel the belenkaya