Author: Axel Schumacher
Date: 15:21:29 06/19/04
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Well, what a surpise (* attention sarcasm*), but let's see what the FIDE has to say on their webpages: >>The world chess championships got underway with a very well-organized opening ceremony ( no problems at all !) which saw H.E. Eng. Mohammed Al Gadhafi, the President of the Libyan Olympic Committee and also President of the Mediterranean Chess Association together with the President of FIDE (the world chess federation) , H.E Kirsan Ilymuzhimnov declaring the start to the tournament. .... The opening ceremony was attended by all the players (!! Aha ! All...) as well as a number of FIDE executive board members (well, the money has to go somewhere..). The ceremony started with the presenters welcoming the world’s best players to Libya (which wouls be Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Ponomariov..he..wait a second..). This was then followed by the playing of the Libyan national anthem and the Libyan flag was raised (Damn, I missed that...). This was shortly followed by a welcome speech by FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhimnov. He thanked the Libyan leader, Moammar Al Gadhafi for his backing of the event as well as Eng Mohammed Al Gadhafi for his support (which went straight into Ilyumzhimnov's pockets) and activity within the Mediterranean Chess Association (yes, they are good people..). Following this, Libyan Women cadets brought in the 56 flags of the nations competing for the World Championship finals and they gave a very nice display at the Mahary theatre (I hope they were all virgins...or the muslim players might consider to quit the tournament). ... Chief Arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos proceeded to thank Eng.Mohammed Al Gadhafi and the Libyan people for their support of this prestigious event. Eng. Mohammed Al Gadhafi then explained the rationale behind the support for the tournament (Insult the Jews) and the role that all of us must play in ensuring responsibility for the way we act (that is very good one :-). By being more responsible, we would all appreciate that God has created everything for a purpose (bomb other people etc..) and we should look after everything (yeah..don't let anybody escape..). ... Then it was cocktail time Copyright 2004 FIDE.com | Hosting by Libya Telecom And Technology >> You see, everything is just fine. A.
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