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  • BAKU: Chess Tournament in NK to have no int'l status

    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    March 12 2004

    CHESS TOURNAMENT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH TO HAVE NO INTERNATIONAL STATUS
    [March 12, 2004, 18:28:38]

    Chess tournament taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh will have no
    international status, president of chess federation of Azerbaijan
    Aynur Sofiyeva told a press conference at the Ministry of Youth,
    Sports and Tourism. In response to her protest-letter FIDE president
    Kirsan Ilumjinov assured that FIDE would make all necessary actions
    towards the tournament.

    Following Kirsan Ilumjinov's official address to the Armenian Chess
    Federation on cancellation of the tournament in Khankendi, Armenian
    Chess Academy and separatist leadership of so-called `Nagorno-Karabakh
    Republic' took the initiative to arrange the tournament. Aynur
    Sofiyeva said that the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan sent letters to
    the Federations of those countries whose players participate in the
    tournament. Chess Federation of Georgia let its Azerbaijani
    counterparts know that Georgian chess player will not be included into
    the national team.

    To make things clear, a sitting of the FIDE Council attended by
    Kirsan Ilumjinov will be held in Baku in late March.

    Although Armenian chess federation isolates itself from the
    tournament, it is known that it had sent a congratulation letter to
    the tournament participants, Aynur Sofiyeva added in conclusion.
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