ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS PARTICIPATE IN EUROPE SINGLE CHAMPIONSHIP
From April 20 to May 3 chess championship among male and female will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Armenian Gross Masters will also take part in the championship. According to the official web site of the competition 9 Armenian male and 6 female will participate in the championship. The chess aplyers are Vladimir Hakobyan, Karen Asryan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Tigran Poghosyan, Artashes Minasyan, Tigran Kotandjyan, Ashot Anastasyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, and Dmitri Harutyunyan. And from the female chess players Elina Danielyan, Lilit Mkrtchyan, Nelli Aghinyan, Lilit Galoyan, Siranush Andriasyan, and Anna Hayrapetyan will leave for Plovdiv. Totally 332 male chess players and 165 female will take part in the championship.
Note that the competition is consisted of 11 rounds and of extra 3 time breaks.