Defiant and victorious
Marcel Efroimski, a 13-year-old Israeli chess prodigy, yesterday became the Girls' Under-14 World Chess Champion when she won the Gold Medal for her age group at the World Youth Chess Championships held in Turkey. This in itself is not of any interest to Jihad Watch -- except that during the awards ceremony, the malignant (if not turban'd) and increasingly Islamic supremacist Turkish authorities refused to play the Israeli National Anthem, as is required at such ceremonies. However, young Marcel would not play the dhimmi. She stood on the podium and raised her trophy with an expression of defiance -- as you can see from the photo, in which she stands in front of an image of the malignant and unturban'd Ataturk.
Kudos, Marcel. With that, you became more than just a winner. You became a hero.
The following letter was sent to FIDE, President Kirsan Ilumzhinov and Vice President Israel Gelfer.Dear Mr. President,
I write to you with great concern following what seems as a serious incident that occurred .Today during the closing ceremony of the world junior championships held in Turkey. Happily our girl junior player, Marcel Efroymsky, has won the world title and the gold medal. As customed in such events, the delegations prepared to stand and salute the national anthem of the winner's country. Astonishingly and without any warning, the organizers decided to cancel the playing of the winners anthem. The Turkish organization has offered a ridiculous explanation that they do not have the time to spend on such event.
This excuse is absurd in light of the same venue hosting this event two years ago where all winner anthems were played! In there actions, the organizers demonstrated disrespect to the junior winners, their federation and their countries. As chairman of the Israeli Chess Federation, I herby urge you to investigate this incident. I must say that this kind of boycott (if such occurred) strikes as a another example of how politics interferes with chess. I call you as president of the FIDE, for which the tournament carried your flag, to investigate this issue and if the information appeared to be accurate, then to denounce this disrespectful conduct if the information.
My feeling is, that such events hurt chess in general and send the wrong message the children who dream to become chess champions taking pride in representing their countries.
Yours truly,
Aviv Bushinsky
Chairman of the Israeli Chess Federation
In response the president of the Turkish Chess Federation merely repeats the time excuse.
Oh this is just too rich. The poor Moslem kids failed to understand chess well enough to beat the young Jewess. Typical to 5,000 yrs of gene building. Way to go, kid.
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Say, maybe young Marcel read the Koran.
Normally I agree with you Robert, but considering they didn't play ANY national anthems except for the overall winner, it may just be a coincidence that Hatikvah was one of those not played.
Awesome pic - definitely a keeper.
By not playing Israeli national anthem, Turkey set themselves up for years of humiliation with this picture and the story behind it.
muslims are afraid not only of the intellectual strength of Israelis, but also the physical prowess - there have been several recent incidents where muslims refuse to compete.
Jew Lover
Didn't the muslims invent chess? Must really gnaw at them that an Israeli GIRL beat them.
Oh, right...they invented zero.
muhammad must be rolling over in hell. What are the Turks doing host a chess championship? Don't they know muhammad forbids playing chess?
This is not the first time, such a thing has happened. Recently it happened in Austria at a fencing competition, where the Austrians claimed they only had the "old" Israeli national anthem, sounds like a rational excuse, until you consider Israel has only ever had one nationl anthem - the same today as it was in 1948. And before then there had been a similar incident in Sweden.
A pattern is clearly emerging.
Tziona
I think they more INSPIRED the concept of a zero. I thought the Hindis invented it.
As for Marcel's win, why was that Allah's will?? Inquiring minds want to know....
An equine sport that I follow recently had an international competition in Kentucky. It was sponsored by some sheiks from the UAE. When I looked at the countries competing I noticed two riders from Israel. Several hours later I looked at the list again and the riders along with the Israeli flag were gone off the list. So I emailed the organization and wondered what happened to these riders. Bingo. They were back on the starters list. On the day of the event these riders along with their mounts were no where to be seen. I still have not been able to find out what happened. Usually when riders don't start it's because the horse is dq'ed by the veterenarians and the reason is posted. Nothing. Then it occured to me: For anyone that follows the Gulf News there is a column listing events in every mideast country BUT Israel. They simply do not recognize the very existance of Israel. I suspect that the sponsors of this ride did not even want the starters list to be posted in the Gulf News (which they own) so something was done behind the scenes to keep these riders off the course. The other thing I've noticed is when these riders compete in other European countries they have to ride under a different country. Good for that young lady to be defiant. She represents defainace to the anti-semitic crap that all Israelis have to put up with!
“You have to have the fighting spirit. You have
to force moves and take chances.”
~Bobby Fischer
Nice move, Marcel!
gasp a jew from Israel beat a Muslim Hades must have frozen over and Muhammad must be spinning so fast that you could power a 100 kw genset but every time the muslims go up against Israel they have lost and this time its a child that beat them at a game the Muslim have been playing since 633 and the Muslim conquest of Persia this must really be eatting the turks
I figure the mo character is in karaoke hell, learning and relearning The Bee Gees, "I Started a Joke" - a good song, but, after a long repetitive while,...hellish. Until mo gets it right, he has to try again, "one mo time". In hell, no one ever gets it right.
Karaoke hell is the 3rd door on the left from the main Gehenna gala room.
How do I know that?
That's a nice pic of the prez behind her,he looks reeeeeal friendly.I guess Chess means peace too.
JLP
That isn't the current President of Turkey. That's Ataturk. A different story.
About time that country were renamed as what it has become in reality: Erdoganistan. I'm sure the barking pig which (not who) occupies the office of Turkish prime-minister wouldn't object to that...
And, we're not gonna send a delegation to stand and SING the Israeli Anthem next time? Why not? It's a thought....
Wonderin1
We need to raise our kids like that:
proud, confident winners who stand tall for their nation and beliefs.
I spit on the Turks who never even acknowledge their murderous history!
One of the measures of a great people, is their capacity to acknowledge wrongdoing, make proper amends (which would not include ad nauseam numbers of apologies for transgressions-----N.B. Western nations) and then try and become an even greater people. The Turks aren't there yet. Doesn't look like they will be there anytime soon. In fact, they're regressing.
Anthems aside, this is another example of Jewish brainpower. Like my fellow Dane Niels Bohr. And many other.
After the Dubai debacle, and now Ankara, it is high the time to avoid any and all Islamic venues for international events of any kind. Since they are outlaws when Western principles are involved, they should be isolated until further notice - around year 3000 or so.
Turkey tried to behave like a civilized country that it is not, in spite of Ataturk, hoping to fool EU and thus gain entrance into the organization. Now that such hopes have been dashed, the Turks are showing their "facia" for all to see.
Good bye, Turkey.
After the Dubai debacle, and now Ankara, it is high the time to avoid any and all Islamic venues for international events of any kind. Since they are outlaws when Western principles are involved, they should be isolated until further notice - around year 3000 or so.
Turkey tried to behave like a civilized country that it is not, in spite of Ataturk, hoping to fool EU and thus gain entrance into the organization. Now that such hopes have been dashed, the Turks are showing their "facia" for all to see.
Good bye, Turkey.
Why is Ataturk described as malignant? Isn't he one of the few examples of someone trying to separate mosque and state?
This young girl is a real winner. Love this pic.
Related:
A selfless human being: this is what Zionism is all about:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010341000_nicole24m.html
Old, destitute, homeless, and a wholeheartedly idealistic Zionist: unaffilitated with any Zionists organization, unknown to any, a lone Zionist giving all her scarce life savings to Israel, seeking nothing in return. A Zionist. The purest kind.
Human goodness is what Zionism is all about. And on the opposite side are the wicked, such as this country's Turkish "allies" who make war on a 13-year-old girl just for being Israeli. Malignant indeed.
Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.
A defiant and victorious 13 year old Jewish girl who bested Mahoundians...I feel their pain...Gosh that hurts...
The Turks don't see the need for restraint anymore. I think they'll be in on the next war with Israel.
Dont think Ataturk was malignant. Had it not been Ataturk, Turkey today would have been like another Saudi Arabia.
Ataturk was malignant and was a conspirator in the Armenian genocide. He may have been responsible for the drastic reform of turkey after he became president. But islam being a hydra headed monster is making a comeback to take turkey into the hellhole that only islam can provide.
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/kemal.html
As of this date muslim countries are taking huge steps backwards and turkey has joined in this trend.
I have to agree with Seth Levy here. And the protest only opened up for attacks against the Israeli delegation.
I have to agree with Seth Levy here. And the protest obviously only has opened up for attacks against the Israeli delegation.
The Turks have just created another Israeli hero.
Congratulations Marcel Efroymsky.
We are very proud of you.
In response the president of the Turkish Chess Federation merely repeats the time excuse.
Robert is essentially lying by omission here. The "time excuse" given by the president of the Turkish Chess Federation was that they had decided in advance not to play any national anthems, as 12 anthems would have added 50 minutes to the length of the ceremony. Israel was not singled out.
Why is this information not part of the main post?
I think the *real* reason is what Hatikvah's words say:
Hatikvah (The Hope)
As long as deep in the heart
The soul of a Jew yearns,
And towards the East
An eye looks to Zion
Our hope is not yet lost
The hope of two thousand years.
To be a free people in our land
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
(written by the Galician Jewish poet Naphtali Herz Imber in Zolochiv in 1878; English translation of according to Encyclopedia Judaica).
Arabs cannot stand seeing us proud Jews proudly sticking to our long lost and finally reconquered Yerushalain ("Yerushaelanu", or "Our Yerushalaim" as I like to say).
This girl is amazing. So young, and already "kicking *ss"!
Jihad Watch,
I enjoy your postings, but in this case, if no national anthems were played for any of the winning countries, as mentioned by the President of the Turkish Chess Federation then there really is no story here(unless the Turkish Chess Federation President is lying...which I doubt he is as he put this in writing). Your posting made it sound like the anthems were played for all the other countries that had winners but not for Israel.
I am a big fan of Jihad Watch, but you lower yourselves to those other groups who require telling half-truths to promote their ideological Islamic agenda. I had hoped that Jihadwatch would be above that and ensure that there was no question as to the truth of your posting. I am now somewhat embarrassed as I told my friends about this story and only later went and read the details of the event which do not match up the the perception you communicate in your posting on Jihadwatch.
As a counterpoint, Turkey hosted this tournament. Israeli participation was allowed with no incident. Would such participation have been allowed in Syria, Egypt, or Jordan? I understand the mission of Jihadwatch, but I would urge more objective reporting before we post in order to ensure an accurate story is reported to your readership. There may be many out there that are actually hoping Turkish/Israeli relations are dead...but such is not the case...far from it.
Let's keep the high ground and keep postings on JihadWatch honest and truthful...because from now on, I will be less than confident that I am reading the 'whole' truth when I read Jihadwatch postings. Thanks very much.
Lloyd
Jihad Watch,
I enjoy your postings, but in this case, if no national anthems were played for any of the winning countries, as mentioned by the President of the Turkish Chess Federation then there really is no story here(unless the Turkish Chess Federation President is lying...which I doubt he is as he put this in writing). Your posting made it sound like the anthems were played for all the other countries that had winners but not for Israel.
I am a big fan of Jihad Watch, but you lower yourselves to those other groups who require telling half-truths to promote their ideological Islamic agenda. I had hoped that Jihadwatch would be above that and ensure that there was no question as to the truth of your posting. I am now somewhat embarrassed as I told my friends about this story and only later went and read the details of the event which do not match up the the perception you communicate in your posting on Jihadwatch.
As a counterpoint, Turkey hosted this tournament. Israeli participation was allowed with no incident. Would such participation have been allowed in Syria, Egypt, or Jordan? I understand the mission of Jihadwatch, but I would urge more objective reporting before we post in order to ensure an accurate story is reported to your readership. There may be many out there that are actually hoping Turkish/Israeli relations are dead...but such is not the case...far from it.
Let's keep the high ground and keep postings on JihadWatch honest and truthful...because from now on, I will be less than confident that I am reading the 'whole' truth when I read Jihadwatch postings. Thanks very much.
Lloyd
I thought chess was haraam. Muslims must protect their superiority in all things and at all costs. But to lose to a Jew must really hurt. I'm amazed they let it happen. Couldn't they have glued Marcel's queen to the board or something?
Lloyd
I don't see it that way. You'll notice that Bushinsky's letter says that customarily the winner's anthem is played, and already notes that the Turks were pleading time constraints. For the Turkish official to plead time constraints in response is not quite a satisfactory answer.
Cordially
Robert Spencer
I long for the day the Sheikh will be maat.
Congratulations to Marcel for winning the competition but more importantly for standing up to those turkeys (Oh sorry, I meant Turks.)
Also thanks to PalKicker for writing out the English version of the Hatikvah. I've tried to sing it in Hebrew a few times at rallys but it is hard when I don't understand the words.
Robert, Bushinsky's complaint was not that Israel's national anthem was not played. He complained about the fact that NO country's national anthem was played:
"In there actions, the organizers demonstrated disrespect to the junior winners, their federation and their countries."
Your post strongly implies that the Turks refused to play the Israeli anthem alone. This is a false implication.
From someone who is constantly talking about "taqqiya", this is somewhat hypocritical.
The question for those who don't see the story here is not that no anthems were played but rather had Israel not won any level would then all of the anthems been played. They knew it would look really bad if they played them all except for Israel, but they probably didn't even have a tape of the Israeli anthem, so they decided that none would be played.
ThinkThrice, that is a legitimate question. Unfortunately, it was not the question raised by this article.
ThinkThrice, that is a legitimate question. Unfortunately, it was not the question raised by this article.
Mr. Spencer,
Sorry...but I'm not the only one who feels like he was mislead on this posting. I'm in your camp, but when I see a posting that is tilted I will always point it out...it weakens the position for those of us who are also carrying your banner. Whether or not the time constraint was an excuse or not, Turkey decided to play none of the anthems...your posting does not make that clear and thus many of us walked away with the wrong implication from this posting. In this case, the benefit of the doubt has to go to Turkey in that they were at least fair in playing no anthems. If there was a deeper, sinister motive to play none in order to avoid playing the Israeli National Anthem we will simply never know. I think it dangerous to jump to these kinds of conclusions, especially since the rest of the Muslim world is already giving you plenty of ammunition.
Sincerely,
Lloyd
I don't think they protested Israel here. Actually nobody cares about this competition in Turkey or anywhere. Why would they do such a stupid thing and then deny it. If they wanted to impress some people, they wouldn't deny it.
They probably made a mistake and they didn't have the tapes of national anthems. This is not a big deal.
I remember a competition where the Turkish natioanl anthem was the ONLY one not played while our competitor was standing on the step with #1 on it. We didn't make a big deal out of it. The champ, together with the rest of the crew and a bunch of Turkish audience sang the anthem (which starts 'Don't be afraid'); defiant and victorious...
Plus, the link lines over Bulgaria was interrupted during the Olympics just as the Turkish national anthem was to be played for the weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu (who made it to the cover of Time), so that Turkish TV wouldn't be able to broadcast that moment.
I find such stuff as a childish move against sportsmanship. I conguratulate the chess champion and any champion who deserves it.
Let's be fair (to ALL).
the events of this day, no doubt, is a mere symptom of the political state of Israeli's relationship to Muslims. There is a history which needs to be acknowledged here. However, I think that the ridicule, and hate, and unfounded pride shown within these previous comments is nor productive or progressive in working out or duscussing this or other issues.
It is unfair and unfortunate that this young womans national anthem was not played after her victory, however, God teaches love and forgiveness. And if you want it from him, it is only sensible to bestow it upon our fellow humankind.
Let's try a different way to reconcile our issues, I think hatred thus far has gotten us nowhere.