Chess: Armenian GM becomes European blitz chess champion

news.am, Armenia
Dec 17 2011

Armenian GM becomes European blitz chess champion

December 17, 2011 | 13:40

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan became the winner of
European Blitz Chess Championship 2011, which was held in Warsaw.

A total of 379 chess players, including 57 grandmasters, participated
in the event.

And now, Armenia’s grandmasters Hrant Melkumyan, Sergei Movsisyan,
Zaven Andriasyan, Hrayr Simonyan, and Arthur Gabrielyan are taking
part in the European Rapid Chess Championship 2011, which likewise is
being held in Warsaw.