So, we did do the segment the next day as we intended. It is very easy to find exactly what my radio show is all about. But I hadn’t. His guest, Australian Chess Federation committee member Dr Kevin Bonham, took the opportunity to refute suggestions the rule of white pieces moving first was racially motivated. | All content © 1996-2021. On sale now! It is a total apartheid boardgame with overtones of slavery and shoe shine kits. A Sydney radio station has come under fire for organising a segment to discuss whether chess was racist because white always moves first.Source:News Regional Media. That story generated 383 reader comments, almost all of them hostile towards the ABC. Enough! Fair to say Kasparov didn’t. PROFESSIONAL chess players and coaches have taken on the “foolish” ABC for wasting taxpayer dollars organising a radio segment discussing whether the board game is racist. I’m not saying chess people should be talking about this. Peter Saxon. Teaching my child to play chess this week and it was proposed to me that I should change the rule that says “white always gets to go first”. James Valentine, saxophonist and ABC 702 presenter, has copped criticism for planning a segment on whether chess is racist. I only heard about it on Ray Hadley’s 2GB morning show the next day. Further to the anti-ABC rants in News Corp papers, I came across this little teaser for the DVD video "Thanks For Listening", UPC No: 9333767002774 written by former 2UE's "Forum" host Ian Parry-Okeden at https://twitter.com/IanParryO/status/1277462007877255168. Mr Adams said he was no longer very active in chess circles and suggested someone else that we could turn to. When the floods followed only weeks after the smoke had cleared, I broadcast news about the floods. They don’t want their money wasted on bulls***.”. Australian Chess Federation committee member Dr Kevin Bonham has refuted suggestions the rule of white pieces moving first was racially motivated. On a Tuesday evening, Economist and Chess player John Adams put out this tweet. A look back at the year that will have been 2018! I am not looking for someone to say that chess is racist. A former Australian chess representative has blasted the ABC for wasting taxpayer’s money on “bulls**t” as a Sydney radio show prepares to discuss if the game is racist. I’ve often pondered in these pages how it is that the most likely source of complaint about your station is from non-listeners who only heard about what was aired on another station - the one they normally listen to - or in other media be it television or online. The move comes amid a … Before that, the player who moved first had his choice of colours. ABC Radio chastised for what James Valentine didn’t do or say. All those white keys on the piano what message does that send? “They are seeking comment from a chess official as to whether the rules of chess need to be altered! I’m just wondering if they do. Some ridiculed any notion of race, some went to the history books, some considered the question in the light of these times and the cultural and linguistic truth that white is always a positive and black always a negative. “At the casual and club level, it does not matter which colour starts the game. James Valentine, host of the ABC's 3pm Sydney radio show, (pictured with actress Leah McLeod) explained how the saga got so out of control So his producer called Mr … The child asked, “why does white always go first?” The father paused, aware of current cultural context and wondered exactly how to answer. The move comes amid a wider debate about racist attitudes in society sparked by the death of African-American man George Floyd in the US at the hands of a white police officer. In this I’m following exactly the brief, purpose and I would say, the sacred mission of Talk Radio. His producer contacted John Adams, 38, a former Australian Chess Federation representative, who … I think it's time the ABC lost it's Govt. The ABC have taken the view that chess is RACIST given that white always go first! A 'Selenus Pattern' chess set in bone, German c. 1850, with timber chess board, Ex Bonhams, London, 2009, King: 10 cm. Former Australian chess representative John Adams has slammed the ABC for organising a radio segment discussing whether the popular board game is racist. The Daily Telegraph reported James Valentine’s afternoon program on ABC Sydney would run the segment on Wednesday. We are Triple J, Double J, ABC Classic and ABC Country. At the conclusion of the on-air discussion , I made the following quip. “People are struggling with the economy, with their health, with the lockdown. He posted and there followed an interesting and engaging thread of comments. At many points through the day, Talk Radio is about providing direct and accurate information. My producer did exactly what producers should do. It’s called Playschool. I do three hours a day, five days a week. But at many others it is about providing company, solace and the sound of a friendly human voice for those who may be alone and would like to be amused, uplifted, stimulated, amazed and taken out of themselves. Please help me understand whether this is a long-overdue correction of past injustice, or just political correctness gone mad. “Well, I think we can conclude that chess is not racist, it’s tradition and no more than that. John Adams, 38, received a phone call from an ABC radio producer on Tuesday afternoon about a segment for James Valentine's afternoon program on ABC Sydney on Wednesday. Sign up, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. There are many who seek it and if they need it, they really need it. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. So my program and my producers are pilloried around the world based on a statement made by someone else about a segment that hadn’t been broadcast. A Sydney radio station has come under fire from a former player for organising a segment to discuss whether chess was racist. That’s six different radio and digital broadcasts right there. The ABC have taken the view that chess is RACIST given that white always go first! Provenance: The collection of the late Dr Thomas James Valentine … All those white keys on the piano what message does that send? All the other humpbacks are black but we single out that white one, don’t we? The Daily Telegraph reported James Valentine’s afternoon program on ABC Sydney would run the segment on Wednesday. “I just received a phone call from an ABC Sydney based producer seeking a comment about the game of chess. It’s a News/Talk station and I decided long ago that there were plenty of people doing the News and maybe I should do the Talk. Undeterred by the backlash from famous chess players and the common sense public about discussing such nonsense, ABC radio host James Valentine doubled down and went on to target the popular confectionary Minties. Broadcasting to a Sydney audience, in the afternoon. It’s not. It’s dozens of things. I received a brand new sealed copy "Thanks For Listening", UPC No: 9333767002774 two days ago. And finally I think Minties should come in black and white.”. I’m on the Sydney one. With all the drama resulting from COVID-19, I am amazed that the ABC is broadcasting on irrelevant topics.”. They are seeking comment from a chess official as to whether — John Adams (@adamseconomics) June 23, 2020 But it is in a context of constant attack on public broadcasting around the world. “The response to the tweet showed that common sense is prevailing,” he said. But otherwise we talk, fifty minutes in the hour. This was delivered I like to think in a fairly heavy handed sarcastic tone and for those familiar with my program, I think they would have got the joke. “Trust the taxpayer-funded national broadcaster to apply ideological Marxist frameworks to anything and everything in Australia! I have a music degree. I made a very similar comment on the 22nd June at 1809 at this site, https://radioinfo.com.au/news/trusted-news-brands-revealed-reuters-institute-study. “I just received a phone call from an ABC Sydney based producer seeking a comment about the game of chess,” Adams posted to Twitter. If this is what happens to my tiny tale, I despair of what might be done to something that actually matters. Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2021. For over twenty years I’ve been broadcasting between the hours of 12.30 and 3.30 on ABC Radio Sydney. The rule first dates back to the late 1800s and the emergence of the modern game, according to the website Chess.com. All times AEDT (GMT +11). “Not really,” he said, “but the topic does come up and is discussed.”. When the nation was on fire, I broadcast news about the fire. Australian Chess Federation committee member Dr Kevin Bonham has refuted suggestions the rule of white pieces moving first was racially motivated. There’s nothing on this earth we are not going to have a crack at. Tomorrow I want to consider if the Key of C Major is racist. Indeed, if Chess were a movie, it would be Gone with the Wind. Presented by. Dr Bonham spoke to ABC radio’s James Valentine on Wednesday afternoon after a man posted to social media his child’s query about why white always moves first in chess. The government could make the subscriptions tax deductible if it thinks it should support a national broadcaster. From ambers post, quoting James Valentine: At the conclusion of the on-air discussion , I made the following quip. And as for the constant notion that we are still in thrall to Marx and work tirelessly to overthrow our capitalist oppressors? The ensuing protests have led many to question their own behaviour and seen statues toppled, episodes removed from streaming services and brand names such as ”Redskins” changed. In 1859, he joined the City of London Chess Club. “The ABC have taken the view that chess is RACIST given that white always go first! And it illustrates how a story like this can be concocted and become a truth for many. Why does white go first in chess, what is the history of that and ( here’s the important bit really ) given current cultural trends is there any discussion in chess circles about this? Dr Bonham spoke to ABC radio’s James Valentine on Wednesday afternoon after a man posted to social media his child’s query about why white always moves first in chess. James Valentine, host of the ABC’s 3pm Sydney radio show, (pictured with actress Leah McLeod) explained how the saga got so out of control So his producer called Mr Adams as an Australian chess expert, but was told he was no longer very active in chess circles and suggested someone else. the rules of chess need to be altered!Trust the taxpayer funded national broadcaster to apply ideological Marxist frameworks to anything & everything in Australia!With all the drama resulting from COVID-19, I am amazed that the ABC is broadcasting on irrelevant topics! Here you will find me looking for Sydney Traffic Light Number One; determining why those who pronounce the eighth letter of the alphabet as ‘Aitch’ are so disturbed when someone pronounces it ‘Haitch’ - just two highlights from a long catalogue of quirky and hopefully amusing conversations with experts and callers. It came after ABC host James Valentine saw a post on Twitter noting white moved first in the popular board game and thought it was worthy of further discussion. We are RN and Local Radio. The Daily Telegraph later confirmed with the ABC that presenter James Valentine would be hosting the segment during his afternoon show on Wednesday. I think it's high time the ABC was de-funded and became a subscription service only. Again, the problem is Minties are white. They are seeking comment from a chess official as to whether the rules of chess need to be altered.”, He continued, “Trust the taxpayer funded national broadcaster to apply ideological Marxist frameworks to anything and everything in Australia! And I think you’d have to say F Major with that one black key is somewhat tokenistic. Valentine John Cecil De Vere Mathews, later known as Cecil de Vere, was born February 14 (Valentine’s Day), 1846. “There are complex patterns that require white to move first,” Bonham said. In 1857, at the age of 11, he was taught how to play chess by a strong London player, Francis Burden (1830-1882). I spoke to Kevin Bonham, Vice President of Australian Chess Federation who outlined the history - white moving first was standardised in the 1880s , the reason - lots of things were standardised to make it easier to communicate about the game; and the suggestion that it had anything to do with race? Former Australian chess representative John Adams has lashed out at the ABC as the public broadcaster’s radio show prepares a segment to discuss whether the popular board game is racist. So it’s true, there are more far more important things to consider than the pre-lash I dealt with this week. ABC Radio Sydney host James Valentine later said the idea was to have a discussion, not brand chess as racist, according to Yahoo. It’s a relationship. (At this stage they did not mention it was the above tweet stream that had sparked it, but it turned out that it was.) (Photo by Yuri Smityuk\TASS via Getty Images) I only heard about it on Ray Hadley’s 2GB morning show the next day. “This rule was never about race or politics, but we can break it to send a message to everyone who believes that colour should grant advantage in chess or in life.”, Giri elaborated: “It is difficult to change your mindset in a chess game with a different start. Apparently, Kasparov did not agree as to the worthiness of the conversation. James Valentine, host of the public broadcaster’s 3pm Sydney radio show, planned to discuss why the white side has the first move in every game. John Adams said the same thing in one of his interviews while blasting us for broaching the topic. Tomorrow I want to consider if the Key of C Major is racist. When the sickness came and all was closed down, I didn’t talk about anything else. By the next morning Mr Adams is in the Daily Telegraph, and then on all the commercial talk shows airing his views. It was genuinely fake news. Join Josh Szeps as James Valentine takes a Spring break. Provenance: The collection of the late Dr Thomas James Valentine Show 6 more like this A finely inlaid marquetry & mother of pearl combination chess/backgammon board, folded: 9 x 50 x 25 cm. There is always a tendency to talk of ‘the ABC.’ As though it is one thing. He's a satirist with a dry sense of humour who often takes a ridiculous premise or idea and seeks to "confirm" it with a faux sense of sincerity and/or outrage. Chess expert Kevin Bonham — who is part of the Australian Chess Federation — explained the implications if white does not move first in chess. And Local Radio is sixty different radio stations across Australia, from Hobart to Darwin, from Broome to Cairns. “The response to the tweet showed that common sense is prevailing. Controversy arose when the ABC proposed a radio discussion on the … I am looking to create some conversation that will be fresh, that will keep someone interested and that will tell us something more about our world and why it is the way it is. She sought out an expert and asked them for information. There were also calls for the ABC to not be so frivolous when there were more important topics to talk about such as COVID-19 and our deteriorating trade relationship with China. There is a five minute news bulletin at the top of the hour, some thirty second promos, perhaps a music track. When the segment finally went to air on Wednesday, host James Valentine quickly made clear approaching Adams was to have a discussion, not brand chess as “racist.”. It came after ABC host James Valentine saw a post on Twitter noting white moved first in the popular board game and thought it was worthy of further discussion. James Valentine, the host of the afternoon show on Sydney radio, said the idea of the show had arisen out of a tweet by a father who said he had wondered whether chess rules had racist origins after he was asked by his daughter why white always moved first. funding. The listeners normally get the joke and dial up to join in. That story generated 383 reader comments, almost all of them hostile towards the ABC. It’s this kind of audience reaction that has made ABC bashing a go-to topic on a slow or less than brisk news day among some sections of commercial media. This is not a trivial purpose. I read a tweet from a father teaching his child chess. Maybe if the media didn't give these crazies a platform we wouldn't have so much division in society? Talk radio at this point is not a distraction or background noise. Debate has broken out as to whether it's ethical for the white pieces to move first in chess, before the black pieces. In fact, I must confess, that I hadn’t actually heard the offending segment myself about racism in chess, on James Valentine’s ABC Sydney afternoon show. Tennis 2021: Australian Open, Spain backflip, UK strain, qua... NBA 2021: Ben Simmons fourth quarter explosion, Joel Embiid ... UFC 257 weigh-ins: Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier, body tr... Big Bash 2021: Scorchers beat Stars, Glenn Maxwell horror ru... Cricket news Australia vs India Test series: Border-Gavaskar... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Please. Join the conversation, you are commenting as, news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site, Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >. Provenance: The collection of the late Dr Thomas James Valentine When the segment finally went to air on Wednesday, host James Valentine quickly made clear approaching Adams was to have a discussion, not brand chess as “racist.”. He wondered if there was any racial background to the rule. Now this does all get a bit he said/I said and there’s no reason to particularly believe my chronology but I will put at least two things up in my defence. A leather combination backgammon/chess set, 5 x 32 x 26 cm. “With all the drama resulting from COVID-19, I am amazed that the ABC is broadcasting on irrelevant topics!”. In fact, I must confess, that I hadn’t actually heard the offending segment myself about racism in chess, on James Valentine’s ABC Sydney afternoon show. It came after ABC host James Valentine saw a post on Twitter noting white moved first in the popular board game and thought it was worthy of further discussion. Except it wasn’t. Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >. Someone else said I was going to. If the topic comes up and is discussed, then I conclude it’s ok for us to discuss the topic. Still, there is always a White Supremacist who wants to spoil things, and in this case, it was a former member of the Australian Chess Federation. But of late, I have returned to my usual mix; quirky, whimsical, funny, observational ideas drawn from my life, my listener’s life, my producer’s life, anywhere we can find something which might allow us to illuminate a little more of the human condition and amuse someone in a delivery van, or working in a back warehouse, or at home caring for elderly or young charges. I haven’t decided that chess is racist. But Adams condemned the ABC for not focusing on “bigger issues” amid a global health pandemic, accusing the radio broadcaster of reporting “bulls***”. “I’ve agreed to comment on this tomorrow around lunchtime.”, White moving first has been a law in chess for more than 120 years.Source:News Regional Media, Article 1.2 of the official Laws of Chess states: “The player with the light-coloured pieces makes the first move, then the players move alternately, with the player with the dark-coloured pieces making the next move.”. New to Kayo? His guest, Australian Chess Federation committee member Dr Kevin Bonham, took the opportunity to refute suggestions the rule of white pieces moving first was racially motivated. “They said with everything going on, they wanted to have a conversation about white going first — and the racial context of whether white should go first,” Adams told The Daily Telegraph. But don’t worry we won’t rest there. That’s how I spent Black Summer. The ABC is set to host a radio debate about the racial undertones of chess on James Valentine's afternoon program on Wednesday While Mr Adams has refused to … The Daily Telegraph the next day - we got two days coverage - wrote a summary of what we’d done on air, concluding with “Valentine also thinks that Minties are wrong because they are white.”, At the end of it all, it was Breitbart news wrote a perfectly fair summary of what had occurred, saying “When Valentine went to air, he quickly made clear that they had approached Mr Adams to have a discussion not to brand chess as racist.”. The problem with chess, apparently, is that white goes first. I also read about it on News.com.au that afternoon. This is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and people have clearly never actually listened to the Afternoon Show with James Valentine. To accuse the ABC of ignoring major and important events because of one segment that I’m doing makes as much sense as ripping into us because the ABC has a program that thinks it’s vital to tell Australians what day it is. In a facebook post, reprinted below, James Valentine explains what actually did happen as well as provide us with an eloquent reminder of what radio is all about and why amusing your audience is a serious pursuit. Advertisement - story continues below. Dr Bonham spoke to ABC radio's James Valentine on Wednesday afternoon after a man posted to social media his child's query about why white always moves first in chess. In 1860, at the age of 14, he was a regular at Simpson’s Divan. By the end of the day no less a chess grandee than Garry Kasparov has joined in, thundering about how nonsensical it was that at tax payer funded broadcaster would do such a thing, and by the end of the week it’s a story on Breitbart News. People want the national broadcaster to focus on bigger issues. But if we can change our minds in the game, we can surely help people change their minds in real life.”, To join the conversation, please Log in. Professional economist Adams received a call from a Sydney-based ABC producer on Tuesday asking whether the game was racist because white always moves first. If they can't, or wont produce unbiased reporting, then why should we, the people of Australia, fund the organisation and support extremists? Adams was heavily critical of the ABC for doing the segment, suggesting their time, and that of their listeners, was better spent elsewhere. Kevin Bonham, a member of the Australian Chess Federation committee who appeared in Adams’ place, explained that the concept of having white move first was developed in the mid-19th century as a way of standardizing … It does show that if anyone put an ideological framework over a simple inquiry from a radio producer it wasn’t us. All Rights Reserved. My second item of evidence is the original tweet which sparked my interest. And as bash-worthy topics go, this was a beaut! We do have a program that does that. We will also consider if liking Migaloo the White Whale is racist. But don’t worry we won’t rest there. The players said the game was played as a “symbolic gesture” to mark the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racism on March 21st. That’s not actually what happened and it’s not actually what we ever intended to do... No, no, we weren’t going to do that. I also read about it on News.com.au that afternoon. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. It was a producer for James Valentine's ABC Sydney program wanting to talk to a chess authority about this very issue. I think: there’s a fifteen minute radio discussion. Australia's leading site for radio and audio industry news and jobs. While I’m doing that ABC News is still doing the news, Four Corners is four cornering, Bluey is being Bluey and Costa is doing whatever he does with compost. These inner city wokes working in the ABC with their Marxist leaning arts degrees are making a mockery of the service at every bodies (sic) expense and probably rolling on their studio floors in fits of laughter that they are getting away with it. Everything I've seen so far from the ABC is divisive at best, only showing either one side to a story, or worse, not the entire story which gives it context. Adams said he received a phone call from a Sydney-based ABC radio producer seeking his comment for James Valentine’s Wednesday afternoon program. Before we put anything to air, before we’d decided whether we’d put anything to air, Mr Adams declared that the ABC thought chess was racist and this was again our Marxist ideology at play. “Well, I think we can conclude that chess is not racist, it’s tradition and no more than that. These conversations have a serious purpose. Sydney probably never saw a collection like it – the massive array of chess sets accumulated by the renowned economist the late Thomas James Valentine which went … In March 2019, world champion Magnus Carlsen and Dutch rival Anish Giri played a chess game in which the black pieces made the first move, contrary to the longstanding rules. Controversy arose when the ABC proposed a radio discussion on the matter and on Tuesday sought an interview with John Adams, an economist who represented the Australian Chess Federation in 2015. JAMES VALENTINE: … there’s been a lot of talk about the fact that the ABC, and specifically this program, Afternoons with me, James Valentine, were going to do a program where we declared that chess is racist. pic.twitter.com/AOtJrqp9x1, Get your sport fix on Kayo ahead of live games returning soon – classic match replays, documentaries and the latest news & announcements. 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