Statement of Arsen Kanokov
Chairman of Organizing committee of the World women’s championship 2008
The Organizing Committee of the Women’s World Chess Championship 2008 is deeply disappointed and bewildered by the attempts of some circles by no means spots ones to break up the competition of the strongest women chess players of the world scheduled to be held in Nalchik.
Sharing entirely and fully attitude of FIDE and European Chess Union toward an open letter of Georgian women chess players, we believe that representatives of a famous chess school shouldn’t be pawns in somebody’s unworthy game.
The preparation for the Championship has entered its final stages and the Organizing Committee claims that high requirements of FIDE to all aspects of preparation and holding the most significant chess event of the year will be met and nothing will prevent chess players of the participating countries from showing their game potential.
See you in peaceful and hospitable capital of Kabardino-Balkaria!
We are one family!
Arsen Kanokov,
Chairman of Organizing committee of the World women’s championship 2008
Nalchik, 14 august 2008
Source: Chessdom
This is a very sad situation.
Sad is that someone is trying to move the tournament 2 weeks before it should bergin, without a good reason.
Nalchik is not in war-zone and it never was. Life in Nalchik today is absolutely the same as 3 weeks or 1 year ago.
There is absolutely no reason to move the tournament alsewhere. Besides, no other city wanted to organise the Women World championship anyway.
The reason is that Russia attacked Georgia and Nalchik is in Russia.
It is clear that Georgian players can not play there.
Rgds
Pony
They CAN play there, it’s just thaz they DON’T WANT TO.
Their last letter tells everything – they refuse to play in Russia, period.
Not even on Kamchatka. This IS a political decision, not a matter of safety.
I ask you again: Where should the World championship be held?
Nobody want’s to organise it.
Russia invades Georgia! What is next? North Carolina? South Carolina? Tennessee? St. Kitts?When will the madness end!!!???
Russia is trying to KILL ME!
Are you the Mr. Saakashvili? You sound like him… If not, then at least he brainwashed you.
Thank goodness Russia is finally coming back to the glory years of the Soviet Union and taking its propoerty back from those that have stolen it. Now that Putin is a capitalist I hope the West will love the new Soviet Union. This invasion of Georgia should not be a concern anyway as it was always a part of Russia to begin with. I am sure Europe will het used to it. Hopefully, if the world does not object china can reclain Taiwan too.
Russia will be a smoldering pit that it was always meant to be. The west will tire of Russia’s pursuit of glory.
The word Soviet will mean defeat now and forever.
Come embrace the west in a storm of star fire and sorrow, oh Soviet Russia.
“Anonymous said…
Thank goodness Russia is finally coming back to the glory years of the Soviet Union…”
no comment!
does enybody still have questions why georgian players do not want to go “glorious soviet russia”?