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ENG vs IRA

Post by John Upham » Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:13 pm

Flitting around social media I've noticed a number of references to

ENG vs IRA

Has there been "trouble at mill" that I have missed?
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:20 pm

Probably people following the World Cup who don't realize that Iran's official abbreviation is IRI.
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by David Sedgwick » Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:33 pm

IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:20 pm
 Probably people following the World Cup who don't realize that Iran's official abbreviation is IRI.
In the chess world yes, but the BBC gave it as IRN.
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:44 pm

David Sedgwick wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:33 pm
 In the chess world yes, but the BBC gave it as IRN.
Someone once, ChessBase perhaps, did an article about the top 10 headcount of FIDE rated players and assumed IRI was the Republic of Ireland.
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Nov 21, 2022 7:09 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F ... ntry_codes

Iran is IRN, if you trust wikipedia
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by Joey Stewart » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:48 pm

Sounds like they should change it to IRN officially - IRI doesn't really make sense when there is no second 'I' in the name and county abbreviations are always made up of existing letters.
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by David Sedgwick » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:55 pm

Joey Stewart wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:48 pm
 Sounds like they should change it to IRN officially - IRI doesn't really make sense when there is no second 'I' in the name and county abbreviations are always made up of existing letters.
IRI stands for "Islamic Republic of Iran" (for better or worse).
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:02 pm

Hopefully we can indeed change it soon, then.
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:02 pm

BBC report about the most significant part of the match, which occurred before the start
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Re: ENG vs IRA

Post by David Sedgwick » Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:38 pm

Mick Norris wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:02 pm
 BBC report about the most significant part of the match, which occurred before the start
May I take the liberty of mentioning the following thread on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/alexisconran/status ... 2552296448

It contains another excellent interview with Shohreh Bayat (the latest of many) and my own comments on today's events.
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