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Mike Truran
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Post by Mike Truran » Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:59 pm

http://en.chessbase.com/post/basel-naiditsch-wins-again.

Should have kicked him out of the tournament.

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Post by Roger de Coverly » Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:08 pm

Mike Truran wrote: Should have kicked him out of the tournament.
It's an unnecessary conflict as Swiss Pairing software has a feature that can forbid certain pairings. It seems not all arbiters are aware of this or are prepared to use it.

It's happened before with the same player involved.
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Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:40 pm

Anyone from Iran who played an Israeli would face serious grief on their return home. Not his fault, arguably.
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Post by Mike Truran » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:01 pm

Maybe a little foresight on his, his national federation's and the organisers' behalf would not have gone amiss. :roll:

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Post by NickFaulks » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:10 am

Mike Truran wrote:Maybe a little foresight on his, his national federation's and the organisers' behalf would not have gone amiss. :roll:
If you mean that the organisers should have had the foresight to require all players to sign a declaration that they were willing to play against any opponent irrespective of race, creed, nationality etc, then I agree with you, But when FIDE themselves, like the governing bodies of other sports, aren't willing to do it, what do you expect?

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