@brrr saidyou know you aksed before, don't you?
anyone know why?
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Searching is not awfully compliacted.
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@suzianne saidAnd yet, some time after 1951 and before now, the flag of Tibet was available. I know this for certain, because at one time, I made a print-out of all the flags on this site, because I wanted to collect a game against them all.
Tibet was annexed by the PRC in 1951.
RHP doesn't have flags of individual US states, either.
And also, Russ makes the flag of the USA subject colony of Puerto Rico available on this site. Remember that famous slogan: "no taxation without representation"? Yeah, forget about it.
It's not a good look. Not a good look at all. What next, erasing the Ukrainian flag?
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@shallow-blue saidI think one problem with Russ choosing which flags are or are not available is that it risks moving into political territory. There are a number of places around the world that have a claim to be an independent country, but, for whatever reason, are not recognised by the international community.
And yet, some time after 1951 and before now, the flag of Tibet was available. I know this for certain, because at one time, I made a print-out of all the flags on this site, because I wanted to collect a game against them all.
And also, Russ makes the flag of the USA subject colony of Puerto Rico available on this site. Remember that famous slogan: "no taxatio ...[text shortened]... et about it.
It's not a good look. Not a good look at all. What next, erasing the Ukrainian flag?
To name just one - Somaliland claimed independence from Somalia in 1991 and by all accounts has been functioning pretty well since then. It has its own police force, its own currency, its own government and a working political system. It seems to be in much better shape than Somalia itself.
But it is not recognised by the international community, presumably for geopolitical reasons, whatever they are. Somaliland’s flag is not available on this site. Should it be? If it were, it could be interpreted that this site recognises Somaliland’s independence, which could be seen as making a political statement.
The same applies with Tibet. Rightly or wrongly, Tibet is no longer recognised by the international community as an independent country, and China take great exception to anyone doing so.
My suggestion would be for this site to just have the flags of FIDE’s list of recognised countries (maybe it already does?) This is after all a chess site.
Rightly or wrongly, FIDE do recognise Puerto Rico. And, rightly or wrongly, FIDE do not recognise Tibet.
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@tommovich saidIt does seem somewhat arbitrary, which 'countries' are listed and which aren't:
Taiwan (as Chinese Taipei) and Palestine are both members of FIDE, so maybe RHP does use the list of FIDE members to decide which flags to show?
https://www.fide.com/directory/member-federations
For example, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, England, Scotland, Wales, and North Macedonia are listed separately, but not Northern Ireland. And divided Cyprus is listed only once. Moreover, technically, Bavaria never signed the German Federal Constitution and considers itself a free state, but it is also not listed.
Go figure.
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@moonbus saidIndeed, yes, it makes no sense to me.
It does seem somewhat arbitrary, which 'countries' are listed and which aren't:
https://www.fide.com/directory/member-federations
For example, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, England, Scotland, Wales, and North Macedonia are listed separately, but not Northern Ireland. And divided Cyprus is listed only once. Moreover, technically, Bavaria never signed the German Federal Constitution and considers itself a free state, but it is also not listed.
Go figure.
Someone somewhere makes these decisions as to who does and who doesn’t get accepted as a member of FIDE, but based on what, who knows?