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by Chris Goodall
Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:28 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow
Replies: 335
Views: 25882

Re: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow

JustinHorton wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:10 pm
Plenty of things that are understandable in wartime are regretted afterwards.
It's amazing how much easier people find it to tone-police the enemies of a nuclear-armed superpower, compared to, say, the enemies of a century-old statue no-one's heard of :)
by Chris Goodall
Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:12 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow
Replies: 335
Views: 25882

Re: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow

there is no possible reaction by the West that would be fair retribution for that crime, so you force them to turn to the list of unfair reactions - or let you get away with it. This is nonsense, and immoral nonsense at that International relations work on the principle of leverage, Justin. A stron...
by Chris Goodall
Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:49 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow
Replies: 335
Views: 25882

Re: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow

"Sure, after we discuss why you've bombed residences in Kharkiv whose inhabitants have also done nothing wrong." But Alexander Grischuk hasn't bombed anything in Kharkiv. He just happened to be born in Moscow. Of course. But that's one of the hazards of deliberately dropping bombs on residential bu...
by Chris Goodall
Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:05 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow
Replies: 335
Views: 25882

Re: 44th Chess Olympiad, Moscow

Leverage, innit.

"Can we discuss why your chess federation has banned Russian competitors who've done nothing wrong?"
"Sure, after we discuss why you've bombed residences in Kharkiv whose inhabitants have also done nothing wrong."
by Chris Goodall
Wed Mar 02, 2022 12:13 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Fide Sanctions
Replies: 33
Views: 4058

Re: Fide Sanctions

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:52 pm
There's the Korchnoi precedent from 1977 of regarding the right to play in the Candidates as personal and not connected to a national Federation.
There are more recent precedents though, for a world champion to say "I care not for your Candidates process; include me out".
by Chris Goodall
Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Fide Sanctions
Replies: 33
Views: 4058

Re: Fide Sanctions

If FIDE bows to the IOC and kicks both Nepo and Karjakin out of the Candidates, the process will be without the loser of the last title match, who has done nothing wrong. And who would replace Karjakin - assuming he can't sneak back in under the Ukrainian flag - when 3rd place in the CWC was Magnus ...
by Chris Goodall
Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:13 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 225
Views: 35722

Re: Ukraine

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Sat Feb 26, 2022 5:17 pm
Some of the deputies who voted for that annexation have apparently gone public in saying they were effectively duped.

(which is quite brave of them, if nothing else)
Did they say what they thought they were voting for?
by Chris Goodall
Thu Feb 24, 2022 1:40 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 225
Views: 35722

Re: Ukraine

Apologies for rejuvenating this topic. But what is happening now in the Donbas region is following on from the invasion of Crimea. Looks like the Russian troops are moving into Ukraine again. What next? There must be some mistake, because Russia had "absolutely no intention of pulling Donbass into ...
by Chris Goodall
Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:49 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Nigel Short in contention this weekend
Replies: 27
Views: 8273

Re: Nigel Short in contention this weekend

Nigel Short wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:29 pm
Indeed, you are the biggest tw*t on this forum. But you are obviously mentally ill - so at least you have an excuse.
I don't think Justin deserves to be hung, drawn and quartered for stating a fact.
by Chris Goodall
Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Nigel Short is on the mend
Replies: 37
Views: 6352

Re: Nigel Short is on the mend

It sounds like Short is mended.
by Chris Goodall
Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:04 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243593

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

In light of the number of posts here claiming "no evidence" for this or that:

The Phrase "No Evidence" Is A Red Flag

(tl;dr: there is no evidence for anything, until there is)
by Chris Goodall
Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:50 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243593

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

Are there any actual cases anywhere (in the UK) where this has come up so far? This is not at all unique to chess tournaments and, if it is going to happen, I imagine someone suing semi-broke chess organisers is not going to be the first example. Nail on head. The idea is of course completely stupi...
by Chris Goodall
Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243593

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

The risk (in both cases) is of being held liable on the basis that you didn't take sensible precautions. If you are found to have been negligent, you can't wriggle out of it by pointing to something in the small print. If no-one knows what precautions are sensible, is it reasonable to think that a ...
by Chris Goodall
Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243593

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

I would read between the lines and cancel the event Of course you would, my point was that the Government would say that was entirely your own decision If you pinned them down long enough to give you an official ruling on the matter. That's been the problem. We have no idea what your odds are of be...
by Chris Goodall
Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:04 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243593

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

"What do you mean, we never said you should cancel your event? We just happened to mention that it would inevitably cause hundreds of unnecessary deaths and they would be your fault". I would read between the lines and cancel the event, because liability. But I think I'm in a small minority among c...