English Chess Forum

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?

Probably people following the World Cup who don't realize that Iran's official abbreviation is IRI.

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.

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.

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

Iran is IRN, if you trust wikipedia

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.

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).

Hopefully we can indeed change it soon, then.

BBC report about the most significant part of the match, which occurred before the start

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.