JERMUK 2009 UNDER WAY: PRESIDENT SAYS: “I AM SURE, EXPECTATIONS WILL COME TRUE”
President said welcome to the participants and the guests and said that Armenia has been hosted a chess tournament which would be honorable for any country.
“Those who love chess, know its value and understand it, chess tournaments become festivals for them. World chess players and fans are going to direct their attention on Jermuk in the following several days. Everybody expects a good and valuable game, interesting tournament and I think, our expectations will come true,” President said.
It was also mentioned that the tournament is dedicated to Tigran Petrosyan’s 80th jubilee. Tigran Petrosyan was a chess player who proved that Armenian chess can have and should have serious victories. It was forty four years after that Armenian chess team became Olympic champion and Armenia – land of those champions.