| macbeck ( @ 2007-11-13 09:29:00 |
Addendum from Radjabov
Forced by the pressure by the international chess comunity (see e.g. 1), Radjabov had to publish an addendum to his interview.
I am very dissapointed. I had some hopes that the interview was faked by the azeri reporter. Instead, the addendum of Radjabov, created in line with good traditions of soviet "nomenklatura", not only does not deny the original statements, but in some sense approves them.
Here is some excerpt from the interview and the Addendum
Rough translation chessbase):
- Have you a chance to win in competition with Armenian team which ended in a draw?
- Of course, we had chance. But the situation changed gradually. Vladimir Akopyan offered me to make peace after Shahriyar and Rauf ended in a draw. I did not agree. Vugar was defeated as a result. I had to defeat Akopyan for equaling points and I achieved it.
- What were you feeling before competition?
- We were very anxious. It does not mean where we compete, the enemy is the enemy. We all have feeling of hate. But we should suppress these feelings while competing so that they were not able to impede us.
Addendum:
Dear Sir,
I would like to appeal to all reporters writing about chess, the editors-in-chief of chess magazines and web sites, to all reporters and chess fans.
As a sportsman playing on the international level and giving plenty of interviews, I, unfortunately, cannot follow all statements ascribed, sometimes in a supernormal form, to me by reporters.
All the more, reporters do not submit to me the text of my interview before it is published, which is what happened in the latest case. Therefore, please, treat this issue with due understanding.
Notice how evasive statement this is. In no place Radjabov declares that the words in that particular interview were not said by him, or that the conclusions were wrong.
True, we do not have simple relations with Armenia, we are virtually in a state of war, and 20% of our lands are under occupation. Naturally, all this leaves its effect when contests are held between our countries, and the stir created by media and fans from both sides are understandable.
This sentences basically support the statements about hate from the interview.
However, I would like to state that the Azerbaijani people, including me as its representative, are tolerant and will never stoop to pathological nationalism. We all sincerely believe that common sense will prevail at the end and the conflict between our countries will be resolved peacefully and within international law.
Further, notice that the original interview still has not been removed from the web-page of the azeri media.
Yours truly
GM Teimour Radjabov
Forced by the pressure by the international chess comunity (see e.g. 1), Radjabov had to publish an addendum to his interview.
I am very dissapointed. I had some hopes that the interview was faked by the azeri reporter. Instead, the addendum of Radjabov, created in line with good traditions of soviet "nomenklatura", not only does not deny the original statements, but in some sense approves them.
Here is some excerpt from the interview and the Addendum
Rough translation chessbase):
- Have you a chance to win in competition with Armenian team which ended in a draw?
- Of course, we had chance. But the situation changed gradually. Vladimir Akopyan offered me to make peace after Shahriyar and Rauf ended in a draw. I did not agree. Vugar was defeated as a result. I had to defeat Akopyan for equaling points and I achieved it.
- What were you feeling before competition?
- We were very anxious. It does not mean where we compete, the enemy is the enemy. We all have feeling of hate. But we should suppress these feelings while competing so that they were not able to impede us.
Addendum:
Dear Sir,
I would like to appeal to all reporters writing about chess, the editors-in-chief of chess magazines and web sites, to all reporters and chess fans.
As a sportsman playing on the international level and giving plenty of interviews, I, unfortunately, cannot follow all statements ascribed, sometimes in a supernormal form, to me by reporters.
All the more, reporters do not submit to me the text of my interview before it is published, which is what happened in the latest case. Therefore, please, treat this issue with due understanding.
Notice how evasive statement this is. In no place Radjabov declares that the words in that particular interview were not said by him, or that the conclusions were wrong.
True, we do not have simple relations with Armenia, we are virtually in a state of war, and 20% of our lands are under occupation. Naturally, all this leaves its effect when contests are held between our countries, and the stir created by media and fans from both sides are understandable.
This sentences basically support the statements about hate from the interview.
However, I would like to state that the Azerbaijani people, including me as its representative, are tolerant and will never stoop to pathological nationalism. We all sincerely believe that common sense will prevail at the end and the conflict between our countries will be resolved peacefully and within international law.
Further, notice that the original interview still has not been removed from the web-page of the azeri media.
Yours truly
GM Teimour Radjabov