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[Vlad Drkulec]

In Quebec, unlike the rest of Canada (due to the different justice system) you can lose a defamation case and be forced to pay significant damages even...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Sid, I agree with you 100% that anti-semitism has no place in FIDE and that FIDE should not have events in places which ban Israeli players or seek to...

[Vlad Drkulec]

ZA is not on any ticket.

Sid continues to make threats of contacting various authorities and making complaints about the CFC on ridiculous...

[Vlad Drkulec]

I have reread what you posted and you are right that it does not reflect well on ZA. I have no doubt that there are anti-semitic elements among the voters...

[Vlad Drkulec]

That is a big announcement which is an embarrassing setback for the Short campaign.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Hal Bond has been in contact with Israel Gelfer who is part of the Makropoulos team. He was the one who brought Putin's input to the attention of FIDE....

[Vlad Drkulec]

I am not going to defend ZA for many obvious reasons though he seems to be imputing anti-semitic sentiment to this Emile individual. I don't know that...

[Vlad Drkulec]

That is what I wrote and it is still there. Nigel Short still would have to win the election. I doubt he has the numbers. The only candidate that would...

[Vlad Drkulec]

That was pretty old news. Its a leap from that to banning Israel. They have no control over what Putin does....

[Vlad Drkulec]

We are looking into it. So far all I see is Short's claim. There is something going on with Serbia.

If someone were attempting to ban Israel...

[Vlad Drkulec]

I am willing to bet that your headline is misleading with respect to the truth of the situation.

[Vlad Drkulec]

I'm not sure it has happened this close to the tournament. Anyway Alexandre's reasons are valid and not something that is under anyone's control. It...

[Vlad Drkulec]

We do have a business account with Cogeco. They tend to take those outages more seriously than residential customers, in my experience.

[Vlad Drkulec]

There is a rule in normal circumstances. We did try to go down the list of eligible players but Raja Panjwani the next player on the list was unable...

[Vlad Drkulec]

There is an underlying theme in the writing of the Malthusians who would like everyone else to voluntarily or involuntarily remove themselves from this...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Certainly the rating section is still our policy. We will be making an effort to update the handbook....

[Vlad Drkulec]

Definition of malapropism
1 : the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase; especially : the use of a word sounding...

[Vlad Drkulec]

I'm sure some people think he is a rocket scientist too....

[Vlad Drkulec]

I am quite familiar with the meaning of malapropism. Perhaps before you accuse someone of not knowing the meaning of "malapropism" you should...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Perhaps, but the opponent would be less likely to do this next time if he consistently lost rating points every time he did it....