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  • Intl Memorable Tournament of Tigran Petrosian to Become Traditional

    INTERNATIONAL MEMORABLE TOURNAMENT OF TIGRAN PETROSIAN TO BECOME
    TRADITIONAL

    YEREVAN, November 30 (Noyan Tapan). The international open tournament
    dedicated to the 75th anniversary of world nine-time champion Tigran
    Petrosian has completed in Yerevan. 128 chess-players of eight
    countries participated in the memorable tournament.

    Pavel Smirnov (Russia) placed first, he earned 7.5 points in the
    tournament held by the Swiss system with nine rounds, Vacily Ivanchuk
    (Ukraine), one of the strongest chess-players of the world, placed
    second. He earned 8 points. Ten chess-players earned 6.5 points
    each. Karen Asrian (Armenia) placed third due to the highest
    additional coefficients. The chess-players, who placed first-third,
    received 5,000 dollars, 4,000 and 3,000 dollars, respectively. And the
    prize fund made a total of 35,000 dollars, so 36 participants of the
    tournament were awarded with prizes. Armenian representatives Elina
    Danielian, Nelli Aghinian and Lilit Mkrtchian received all the prizes
    foreseen for women. Konstantine Shanayan (Georgia), Beniamin Galstian
    and Zaven Andreasian (both from Armenia) became winners among the
    juniors. Andreasian was also awarded with a special prize set for the
    best game (for a victory in the game with Gega Majsu radze). Three
    young chess-players of Armenia Beniamin Galstian, Tigran R. Petrosian
    and Vardan Hakobian carried out the norm of international master, by
    the way, Galstian and Petrosian - for the third time in succession.

    After the completion of the tournament participants and guests
    participated in the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone of
    the monument to Tigran Petrosian. The monument will be erected in
    Davitashen district of Yerevan in the street bearing the name of the
    prominent chess-player. Chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and
    RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsian, Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakarian,
    as well as Boris Kutin, the Chairman of the European Chess Union,
    (Slovenia) and Tigran Petrosian's son Vardan Petrosian participated in
    the arrangement.

    Serge Sargsian, the Chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation, said
    during the ceremony of closing of the memorable tournament that the
    tournament dedicated to Tigran Petrosian will become traditional.
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