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    TIGRAN PETROSYAN WINS TICKET TO WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    19.03.2009 12:33 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian grandmaster Yevgeny Tomashevsky won the 10th
    European Individual Championship which was held in Budva, Montenegro
    from March 6 to 19.

    Tigran Petrosyan, defeating Romanian Constantin Lupulescu, was the
    only Armenian grandmaster to win the ticket to the World Championship.

    The total prize fund of the Individual European Championship is
    120,000 Euros. First prize is â~B¬ 15,000, second is â~B¬ 12,000,
    third â~B¬ 10,000 up to 25th prize, which is â~B¬ 1,000. According
    to Montenegro law all prizes are taxable (maximum 10%).

    The first 22 players were in addition qualified for the World Cup.
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