Chess tournament ends in Karabakh

Artsakh State TV, Stepanakert
18 Mar 04

March

[Presenter over video of ceremony] On 17 March the closing ceremony of
the international chess tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosyan took
place in Stepanakert. NKR Prime Minister Anushavan Daniyelyan
presented prizes and souvenirs to the participants and thanked them
and the organizers of the tournament. The NKR prime minister
announced that the tournament would become a regular event. Upon the
order of the NKR president, the 10th world chess champion, Boris
Spasskiy was awarded the Gratitude medal for his substantial
contribution to the development of chess in Nagornyy Karabakh. Boris
Spasskiy said the following:

[Spasskiy] The chess tournament was politicized. I am not a specialist
in politics. I cannot say who is right and who is wrong. My function
is chess. I hope that next time when I come here there will be no
politics involved and the situation will be calmer.