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FIDE intentions to organize friendly tournament between Azerbaijani and Armenian chess players not to be realized

04 July 2008 09:33 (UTC +04:00)

Ilumjinov said their main goal was the stabilization of the situation in the conflict zone and to normalize relations between the countries at war. FIDE officials are planning to organize three more friendly matches along with Azerbaijan-Armenia match. â€œ100 teenager chess players from the North and South Korea will meet and every 100 chess boards will be placed on the borders of these countries in 44th parallel. We are also planning to organize Israel-Palestine and Moldova-Transdniestria matches. These games will be held under the motto â€œChess unites the partsâ€. I think the friendly matches will assist the normalization of relations between these countriesâ€. Ilumjinov said concrete date of the friendly matches was not specified yet.
In his interview with APA-Sport, Vice-President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Faig Hasanov nervously reacted to the FIDE presidentâ€™s proposal. He emphasized that it was impossible to organize any friendly match between Azerbaijan and Armenia. â€œThis game was on agenda a year ago too, but any game with Armenians is out of the question. Donâ€™t inflate the FIDE Presidentâ€™s wordsâ€.