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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
GM gets punched for dancing with Fil-Aussie chesser
She was a regular fixture in the sports pages of local and national newspapers before she moved to Australia, where she now resides.
Aside from her skills on the 64-square board, Filipino-Australian Arianne Bo Caoili was a press favorite because of her comely looks and flashy attire.
In this year’s 37th World Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy, where she played on board three for the Australian Women’s team, Caoili, who holds the rank of Woman International Master, was again in the spotlight, albeit away from the checkered board.
This after two grandmasters fought to get her attention during a party held for the participants of the competition.
Upset
During the Bermuda party, Caoili danced with Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian, the world’s No.3-ranked player, which upset England’s board-four player GM David Gormally, who is reportedly a suitor of Caoili.
Apparently feeling bad that he was left out, Gormally threw a punch on the face of Aronian, which started a commotion. Although the punch did not inflict much damage, the Armenians were furious over the incident.
To prevent the conflict from escalating, the English delegation sent Gormally back to England.
Commenting on the incident, former world championship challenger and England’s second-board player GM Nigel Short said in his column for the Guardian: “Danny is clearly wrestling with demons of his own. When the entire hall rose for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for the victims of the Indonesian earthquake, England’s fourth board remained slouched in his chair.
“Suffice it to say that he lost miserably. While everyone can be excused the occasional poor result, bad form combined with bad attitude is less easily forgiven.”
Caoili created a sensation when at 13 she became the youngest top-board player for the Philippines during the 34th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey in 2000.
Aronian led his Armenian team to the title in the 150-team tournament. (JAF)
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