KIRSAN ILYUMZHINOV: ARMENIA’S SUCCESSES IN CHESS RESULT OF CONSISTENT WORK
by Hovhannes Kazaryan
ARMINFO
Monday, March 3, 16:50
It is not accidentally that such small country as Armenia has become
the World’s Chess Champion for three times, said Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
Head of FIDE, at the opening of the European 15th Individual Chess
Championship to be held on March 2-15 in Yerevan. The Championship
is dedicated to the memory of the World 9th Champion Tigran Petrosyan.
He said that another big achievement is that Levon Aronian was ranked
number two on the FIDE rating list. “It is important that chess is
considered as a national game in Armenia. It is not accidental that
Armenia is the first country in the world to include chess in the
school program. All this together contributes to Armenia’s successes
in the chess championships,” he said.
263 chess players of 27 countries, including 130 grandmasters, will
participate in the European 15th Individual Chess Championship in
Yerevan. The winner will receive 160,000 euro.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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