Discussioni utente:Jan van der Loos

Mondiale 1990

Ho annullato il tuo edit in quanto la Russia ha iniziato ad esistere come entità statale solo nel 1991, prima era ancora Unione Sovietica--Dr ζimbu (msg) 18:10, 27 mag 2013 (CEST)

I am actually not originally from the Italian WP, but I hope that a respond in English will be good enough for you.

Yes, it is true that the Soviet Union collapsed only in the end of 1991. However in the third volume of the Kasparov's book on his games with Karpov he describes that after the pogrom of Armenians in Baku in January 1990 he refused to be associated with the Soviet Union and selected to play under the old flag of the Russian Empire.

It may sound paradoxical, and yet it's true, that although both Kasparov and Karpov had Soviet passports, Kasparov played this match under the flag, that was still yet to be proclaimed official Russian flag and thus expressly not as a representative of the Soviet Union. In his book Kasparov writes that a small Russian flag was specially weaved by his mother for this match. After the protest of the head of Karpov's team delegation and a FIDE vice president Nikolai Krogius it was decided to replace both flags with a plate with flags, the one you can see on this picture. You can clearly see that Karpov is playing under the Soviet flag and Kasparov under the Russian flag.

I hope that this picture and Kasparov's own book will be proof enough for you and you will save me the trouble to correct your mistake in the article. Ciao! — Jan van der Loos 23:25, 27 mag 2013 (CEST)

Thank you for the explanation, I didn't know. I've added a footnote explaining the situation, taking the reference from English Wikipedia--Dr ζimbu (msg) 19:54, 28 mag 2013 (CEST)