Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 03:10:58 05/19/04
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On May 19, 2004 at 06:03:02, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 19, 2004 at 05:36:40, José Carlos wrote: > >>On May 19, 2004 at 05:33:50, Richard Pijl wrote: >> >>>On May 19, 2004 at 05:05:54, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>Number 1 favourite is missing, why? >>>> >>>>Jouni >>> >>>Hydra is officially from the UAE. As I understood the sponsors do not allow >>>Hydra to participate in an event in Israel. >>>Richard. >> >> Maybe if Hydra could connect remotely, the sponsors wouldn't disallow it...(?) >> > >As you know Hydra is now owned by a company in United Arab Emirates. Combine >that with the fact that the tournament is held in Israel, and you get political >problems. > >We clearly told the Hydra team that they are most welcomed to play here under >the flag of United Arab Emirates, but apparently their sponsors do not want to >play here. > >Personally I find it very unfortunate that political considerations of UAE stop >Hydra from participating in the WCCC. And unfortunately this is not the first time politics get involved in computer-chess world championships. In 1996 Jakarta WMCCC Junior team were told by the organizers that they are not welcomed to play there under the Israeli flag. Exactly the opposite of what's happening here... > > >> José C.
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