SUCCESSFUL START OF EUROPE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
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 Mkrtchyan 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.