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GARRY KASPAROV HAS REFUSED TO SET FOOT IN BAKU IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/13/108866/
September 13, 2012 11:15
In response to a question of www.aravot.am whether the offer to
make him and Garry Kasparov, the 13th world champion, members of
the commission established at the FIDE congress in Istanbul to deal
with issues regarding the participation of Armenia and Armenian
chess players in the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku had been
accepted, Vanik Zakaryan, the honorary president of the Armenian
Chess Federation, said, "They offered me the office of the deputy
chairman of the commission, which I couldn't accept without checking
with our country leadership. When I came to Yerevan, I talked about
it with Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia and
the president of the Armenian Chess Federation. He was not against
it and the very next day the FIDE officials called me for an answer
and I agreed. As for Kasparov who was in Istanbul for a short while,
but wasn't present at the congress, as far as I know, the 13th world
champion has rejected the offer stating that he will not set foot in
Baku at least in the next few years."
Ashot HAKOBYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/13/108866/
September 13, 2012 11:15
In response to a question of www.aravot.am whether the offer to
make him and Garry Kasparov, the 13th world champion, members of
the commission established at the FIDE congress in Istanbul to deal
with issues regarding the participation of Armenia and Armenian
chess players in the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku had been
accepted, Vanik Zakaryan, the honorary president of the Armenian
Chess Federation, said, "They offered me the office of the deputy
chairman of the commission, which I couldn't accept without checking
with our country leadership. When I came to Yerevan, I talked about
it with Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia and
the president of the Armenian Chess Federation. He was not against
it and the very next day the FIDE officials called me for an answer
and I agreed. As for Kasparov who was in Istanbul for a short while,
but wasn't present at the congress, as far as I know, the 13th world
champion has rejected the offer stating that he will not set foot in
Baku at least in the next few years."
Ashot HAKOBYAN