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ARMENIAN REPRESENTATIVES WIN IN INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT IN JERMUK
JERMUK, JULY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The second International Youth Chess
Tournament, in which 68 chess players from Armenia, France, Russia, and
Belarus took part, finished on July 3 in Jermuk. The Armenian
representatives won in all age groups: Hrant Melkumian was the first
among those under 18, who received 8.5 out of 9 possible points, Samvel
Ter-Sahakian in the group of 14 year-old participants received 9
points, and Karen Hovhannisian in the group of those, who are 10 years
old, won with 8 points.
The tournament was organized and held by the republican chess academy
headed by grand master Smbat Lputian.
The high-profile International Chess "Lake Sevan" Tournament of the
12th catagory starts in the city of Martuni on July 5 and will finish
on July 14.
JERMUK, JULY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The second International Youth Chess
Tournament, in which 68 chess players from Armenia, France, Russia, and
Belarus took part, finished on July 3 in Jermuk. The Armenian
representatives won in all age groups: Hrant Melkumian was the first
among those under 18, who received 8.5 out of 9 possible points, Samvel
Ter-Sahakian in the group of 14 year-old participants received 9
points, and Karen Hovhannisian in the group of those, who are 10 years
old, won with 8 points.
The tournament was organized and held by the republican chess academy
headed by grand master Smbat Lputian.
The high-profile International Chess "Lake Sevan" Tournament of the
12th catagory starts in the city of Martuni on July 5 and will finish
on July 14.