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- From: greg@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Greg Kuperberg)
- Subject: It is legal to play chess in Yugoslavia
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.181439.15595@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, U. of Chicago
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:14:39 GMT
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- I have not yet seen the following comment about the legality of the
- Fischer-Spassky chess match in Yugoslavia:
-
- As far as I know, it is legal for an American citizen to play chess in
- Yugoslavia or with Yugoslavian citizens or both. What is not legal is
- many kinds of business activity with Yugoslavian individuals or
- organizations. Apparently that includes accepting prize money in a
- Yugoslavian chess tournament or royalties from its commericial
- activities.
-
- If you want to play chess with someone in Yugoslavia, you shouldn't
- take my word for it, but I think that legal counsel would tell you
- that it's fine as long as no money is involved.
-
- Obligatory chess question: Does there exist a chess position in
- which Black has enough material to mate White in theory, but Black
- cannot mate White even with White's cooperation, while on the other
- hand White can mate Black without Black's cooperation?
-