PRESIDENT SERZH SARKISIAN PARTICIPATES IN CLOSING CEREMONY OF "CHESS GIANTS YEREVAN-2008" INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
ARMENPRESS
June 16, 2008
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, ARMENPRESS: On June 15 President Serzh Sarkisian
participated in the closing ceremony of "Chess Giants Yerevan-2008
international tournament, which was renamed Karen Asryan Tournament.
The presidential press service told Armenpress that the president
congratulated the winners and participants of the international
tournament.
By evaluating highly grandmaster Karen Asryan’s exclusive achievements
and his substantial contribution to development and popularization
of chess, the president said that the Karen Asryan tournament will
become traditional.
In Serzh Sarkisian’s words Karen Asryan was not only a gifted chess
player but also an individual with high mission.
"We have to do everything possible to keep alive Karen Asryan’s memory,
we have to be also able to play as strong and keep our country’s
reputation high," he said.
According to the president of Armenia, the Armenian Chess Federation
should do everything in its power to make chess more popular in the
country and accessible to all children because playing chess makes a
person wiser, helps him or her evaluate the situation correctly and
find the shortest path to victory.
By congratulating the participants again the president of the country
expressed joy that Levon Aronian of Armenia was able to show a very
good play and become the winner of the tournament.