Recently, a private for profit company earning money from organizing chess tournaments, Continental Chess Association (CCA), quietly inserted covid vaccination requirements into upcoming in-person tournaments beginning March 2022.

This differed from current mask rules which have been in place since CCA brought back in-person chess tournaments on 5/30/2021. These tournaments have been widely welcomed by enthusiastic chess players from all over the country. 

Although my child and I have received the covid vaccine, I share and understand many peoples' hesitation for covid vaccines, especially for their young children, which are a huge part of any given chess tournament. 

When I brought out my kid to chess tournaments, we never worried whether the people next to us received covid vaccines or not. We just tried to enjoy chess. I believe being vaccinated or not is their business and their personal choice, and not our concern at any moment. People can always choose to Vax themselves if they are convinced that covid Vax is beneficial to them.

However, the bigotry of CCA president Bill Goichberg claimed the reason to enforce covid Vax verification is  “But if they foolishly don't worry about the consequences, this should not give them the right to infect others” Quote from Bill Goichberg.

Since the comeback of in-person CCA tournaments in May 2021 with proving working mask protocol, CCA organized at least 23 tournaments, and drew at least 7805 chess players all over the country, we received ZERO communication from CCA about any possible covid spread in these tournaments. What is better than ZERO???

And yet the tyrant is worrying about the "foolish unvaccinated players" baselessly.

By enforcing covid Vax, CCA is hijacking and taking advantage of the enthusiasm of many kids/adults in chess, which is a betrayal of their enthusiasm. It would be a disgrace for the game of chess.

We may fear losing our jobs, we may fear our kids cannot go to schools, but at least we can say “NO” to CCA covid Vax requirement, and not attend any CCA tournaments, online or in-person, unless CCA drops their radical and woke covid Vax requirement for in-person tournaments.

Long Live Liberty!