Chess tournament director: I wasn't there during dress discussion


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 02 May 2017

GOMBAK: The director of the National Scholastic Chess Championships 2017 said he was not at the scene when the discussion about the "improper" dressing of a 12-year-old player took place. 

Sophian A. Yusof (pic), who is also the Malaysian Chess Federation assistant secretary, said  he was only informed of the situation by the arbiters during their nightly reports.

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