Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:35:19 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 12:51:25, Ziad Haddad wrote: >It's a hard answer Robbi. >I think personally that the situation in Israel is very instable indeed. But the >Israeli and the palestinian governments are making efforts to make it better. > >Nowadays it's hard to find sponsors for Chess in general. Computer Chess and Man >- Machine matches are the last "hope" for chess to survive. So if the games must >be played in Israel where we could find interesting sponsors let them do. All >those who fear the situation have simply to not to go there. I suppose that all >the computer chess programmers aren't chickens like Garry who has rejected his >match in Jerusalem against DJ8. There are just some places I would not go. I was sitting in Heathrow in 1984 when a IRA bomb went off. That was as close as I want to get to that kind of nonsense. I would not want to play in Israel unless something major happens in that region between now and next year. Way too many busses and cars exploding for my tastes right now. Ditto for a tournament most anywhere in the middle east. A few Americans or Brits would make a nice target of opportunity. In this case I am like a submariner. There are two kinds of ships, submarines and targets. I don't want to be a target. :)
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