Azerbaijan’s chess player had epileptic seizure during European Championship
November 07, 2011 | 22:27
The rapid completion of the match between France and Azerbaijan (2:2) during the European Team Champion in Greece was due to Azerbaijan’s grandmaster Vugar Gashimov’s epileptic seizure.
Vugar Gashimov had an epileptic seizure during the match, after which France’s team offered to tie the games on all boards. The chess player is feeling better now, he is resting, his team mates are with him. According to the coach of the Azerbaijan team the worst is behind.
Source: http://news.am
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Very nice gesture by the French.
Neither side would be able to play on in that case.
One might say “Chapeau”!