LEVON ARONYAN AND BRITISH CHESS PLAYER DANNY GORMALLY JUST HAD A
NERVOUS TALK NOTHING MORE: SERGE SARGSYAN

Yerevan, June 8. ArmInfo. “Levon Aronyan and British chess player
Danny Gormally just had a nervous talk nothing more,” said Serge
Sargsyan, Defense Minister, Armenian Football Federation President,
commenting at the request of ArmInfo on an incident between the
Armenian and British chess players at one of night clubs in Turin.

To note, The Times reports the British chess player attacked Levon
Aronyan when the latter was dancing with “Danny’s girlfriend,” the
19-year-old Arianne Caoili . the third in the rating of the Australian
team. The newspaper writes she is as popular in the chess world as
Russian Anna Kurnikova in the world of tennis. The newspaper reports
that Danny’s colleagues say he communicates with her by Internet and
met with her several times in London. The incident did not over by the
attack despite the apologies by the captain of the British team.
Later, Danny Gormally was surrounded by Armenian chess players who
were unaware of the apologies, The Times reports. In fact Danny
Gormally “got a couple of kicks.” To avoid a conflict, the leadership
of the British team advised Danny Gormally to leave the tournament.
This time, the captain of the British team apologized to Serge
Sargsyan. Commenting on the incident to ArmInfo Wednesday, Serge
Sargsyan said: “nothing special happened. Journalists have exaggerated
everything as usually.”