SMBAT LPUTYAN TURKEY DIDN’T APPLY TO FIDE

Aysor.am
20.08.2009, 19:02

Yesterday Armenian "Haylur" program, using the Turkish sources has
spread information that the chess federation has applied to the FIDE
with an official letter demanding to delete the observations about the
Genocide from the publication of Armenia which is on their official
webpage. FIDE as if has refused showing his attitude towards the issue.

Our reporter turned to Smbat Lptunyan, the vice president of the
Armenian chess federation, for finding out whether the information
is correct or not. Smbat Lptunyan too was informed about the spread
news, but he announced that if there would be such a thing he would
certainly know. "At this moment I do not have any official information
about Turkey sending a letter to FIDE. Naturally, the world chess
organization would not refuse something that didn’t exist.

"These news do not correspond with the reality", – stressed he.

Jefry Brog, who is trade vice president of FIDE and who is in Jermuk
these days also doesn’t know about it.