Balkan Tensions Erupt During Chess Tourney
<i> Reuters</i>
CAORLE, Italy —
The civilized skirmishing of chess gave way to the real thing this week when grandmasters from the rival Yugoslav republics Serbia and Croatia came to blows during an Italian tournament, police said Friday.
The fracas between Croatian master Nenad Sulava and Velibor Zirkovic of Serbia broke out at the bar of their hotel during a tournament in this seaside resort near Venice. Other Yugoslavs were drawn into the bottle-throwing brawl, and police were called to halt it. No charges were lodged.
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