12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov said that the Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukrainian conflicts had their own peculiarities, but both had only a peaceful solution achievable only through negotiations. Although Azerbaijan and Armenia are reluctant to make concessions, they should still reach a decision, the chess player believes.
He reminded that the Soviet Peace Fund had managed to organize a meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals that had been followed by a meeting of politicians and a ceasefire agreement. Karpov added that European countries wanted military activities in the east of Ukraine to end and opponents to start negotiations.
Karpov noted that chess was popular in the South Caucasus. In his words, it was less popular in Georgia. Karpov noted that women’s chess was gaining popularity and Kislovodsk was a center for chess development.
12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov said that the Nagorno-Karabakh and the Ukrainian conflict had their own peculiarities but both had only a peaceful solution achievable only through negotiations. Although Azerbaijan and Armenia are reluctant to make concessions, they should still reach a decision, the chess player believes.He reminded that the Soviet Peace Fund had managed to organize a meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals that had been followed by a meeting of politicians and a cease-fire agreement. Karpov added that European countries wanted military activities in the east of Ukraine to end and opponents to start negotiations.Karpov noted that chess were popular in the South Caucasus. In his words, they were less popular in Georgia. Karpov noted that women’s chess were gaining popularity, Kislovodsk was the center for chess developmen
