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Subject: Re: Junior in Jakarta WMCCC 1996

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 19:43:24 05/19/04

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On May 19, 2004 at 06:10:58, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>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...

Why not just proactively de-politicize the entire thing by not trying to pretend
that chess programmers actually represent their country in some official fashion
(unless they actually do, which I don't think is the case for anyone).

Of all possible competitions, I would think that computer chess would be one of
the *least* political.  Instead, I find the opposite.  And I see it causing a
lot of problems all the time.



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