Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:55:04 05/19/04
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On May 19, 2004 at 14:31:41, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 19, 2004 at 13:29:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 19, 2004 at 06:14:12, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>On May 19, 2004 at 06:07:45, Bryan Hofmann 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. >>>> >>>>Someone please tell me that this is a rumor or missunderstanding. They banned a >>>>chess engine from participation due to the country of its creator? >>> >>>Exactly the opposite. We (organizers) told the Hydra team that they are welcomed >>>to play in Israel under the UAE flag. But apparently their sponsors decided that >>>they don't want to play in Israel. >>> >>>Last time an engine was banned from participation due to the country of its >>>creator was in Jakarta WMCCC 1996. The Junior team was not allowed to play there >>>because Junior is an Israeli program. >> >>I was under the impression that was not exactly the truth, the whold truth and >>nothing but the truth. In fact, Junior was expected there. I received a phone >>call in the wee hours of the morning from Bruce Moreland, asking me to help him >>contact Amir since they had not shown up. >> >>I believe this was a case of "they didn't feel welcome and chose not to attend >>for that reason." IE I can't really fault someone for not wanting to fly a UAE >>flag in the middle of Israel either. >> >>So, IMHO it was more a matter of they didn't participate for many good reasons, >>but I don't think they were _prevented_ from participating... > >Based on what I have read and heard, it was made clear to them that they cannot >play under the Israeli flag in Jakarta. In other words, they were prevented from >participation. Of course Amir or Shay can correct me if I'm wrong. Probably was (a) a sane decision to not fly an Israeli flag there and (b) a reasonable decision for them not to attend if they could not. As I said, a bit of both... > > > >> >> >>> >>> >>>>I don't want >>>>to lead the discussion into a political debate here but if the above statement >>>>is true, this bigotry should not be condoned and further posting of this event >>>>should not be allowed here.
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