Successful Start Of Europe Chess Championship

SUCCESSFUL START OF EUROPE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Panorama.am
21:26 22/04/2008

The first round of Europe Chess Championship finished and Armenian
GM-s Ashot Anastasyan, Artashes Minasyan and Tigran Kotanjyan fixed
successful results on their amounts. Anastasyan won Greek GM Antonios
Handzimanolis, Minasyan-Holland Alexander Van Biki and Kotandjyan
added a score on his amount as his competitor has missed the game.

Armenian GM-s Vladimir Hakobyan, Karen Asryan and 14-year-old Samvel
Ter-Sahakyan finished their games with successful results also. The
only lost was registered by Dmitri Haurtyunyan who met with German
Gerog Meyeri.

Armenian women chess players Elina Danielyan and Lilit Lazarian
finished with successful results the female round of Europe Chess.

The championship is taking place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

It started on 22 April and will last till 3 May.