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Subject: April Fools

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 15:09:02 03/31/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 18:04:14, Terry Giles wrote:

>
>Political correctness gone mad!
>
>A new EU directive will impact upon FIDE and all chess players worldwide.
>Apparently it is no longer acceptable to call chess pieces chessMEN as this is
>seen as sexist – so says the EU - also the chess pieces and chessboard squares
>should be designated as dark and light and NOT black and white. Existing copies
>of the official rules of chess will be recalled by the publishers for pulping in
>lieu of the new ‘politically correct’ edition. A FIDE spokesperson was
>unavailable for comment.
>
>Terry

lol



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