- Title: EAST SLAVONIA: WORLD CHESS CHAMPION ANATOLY KARPOV VISITS CAPITAL.
- Date: 15th August 1995
- Summary: VUKOVAR, EASTERN SLAVONIA (AUGUST 15, 1995) (REUTERS TELEVISION-ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/SV VIEWS OF TOWN WITH BUILDINGS NOT REBUILT SINCE 1991 FIGHTING (4 SHOTS) 0.16 2. GV/SV WORLD CHESS CHAMPION ANATOLY KARPOV PLAYING CHESS WITH LOCAL PEOPLE IN GYMNASIUM (6 SHOTS) 0.35 3. MCU KARPOV TALKING ABOUT RETURN OF VUKOVAR TO NORMAL LIFE (RUSSIAN) 0.48 4. SLV/SV PEOPLE FILLING SANDBAGS/STACKING SANDBAGS (4 SHOTS) 1.09 5. GV DESTROYED BUILDINGS/CRANE DOWN FROM YUGOSLAV FLAG TO STREET (2 SHOTS) 1.21 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
- Embargoed: 30th August 1995 13:00
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- Location: VUKOVAR, EAST SLAVONIA
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- Country: Croatia
- Reuters ID: LVACYSBPJP2FCWCC696FGDFK706K
- Story Text: World chess champion, Anatoly Karpov, on Tuesday (August 15) visited the East Slavonian capital Vukovar, hoping his passion for chess would bring hope to the local population and remind them of more peaceful times.
"I think people are more interested in returning to a normal, peaceful life and enjoy playing chess", he said, before taking on a few of the locals.
"I would like to believe that all the terrible times are behind us", said Kaprov.
That belief was shared by few others in the town.
In the centre of Vukovar, people were preparing for the very real threat of attack by Croatian forces. Sandbags were piled up against buildings and windows boarded up.
Back in 1991, Vukovar was the scene of some of the most fierce battles of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, as Serbian forces took control of the town in a futile attempt to thwart a Croatian independence drive.
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