BAKO SAHAKYAN, SMBAT LPUTYAN DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF CHESS IN NKR
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.05.2009 22:36 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On 5 May, President of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic Bako Sahakyan received first deputy chairman of the Armenia
Chess Federation, International Grandmaster Smbat Lputyan to discuss
issues related to the current situation and development of chess in
Artsakh were discussed at the meeting, reported the chief information
department of the NKR President's Office.
According to Smbat Lputyan, Nagorno Karabakh stands a good chance to
achieve high results in this kind of sports.
The men also touched upon the final phase of chess Olympiad among
schoolchildren of Armenia taking place on these days in Shoushi.
President Sahakyan welcomed the initiative to organize such competition
in Shoushi and noted that it will be great incentive for enhancing
interest in chess sport among Artsakh schoolchildren.
Mayor of Stepanakert Vazgen Mikayelyan and chairman of the State
Committee on Sports under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers Razmik Hovsepyan
partook at the meeting.
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.05.2009 22:36 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On 5 May, President of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic Bako Sahakyan received first deputy chairman of the Armenia
Chess Federation, International Grandmaster Smbat Lputyan to discuss
issues related to the current situation and development of chess in
Artsakh were discussed at the meeting, reported the chief information
department of the NKR President's Office.
According to Smbat Lputyan, Nagorno Karabakh stands a good chance to
achieve high results in this kind of sports.
The men also touched upon the final phase of chess Olympiad among
schoolchildren of Armenia taking place on these days in Shoushi.
President Sahakyan welcomed the initiative to organize such competition
in Shoushi and noted that it will be great incentive for enhancing
interest in chess sport among Artsakh schoolchildren.
Mayor of Stepanakert Vazgen Mikayelyan and chairman of the State
Committee on Sports under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers Razmik Hovsepyan
partook at the meeting.