Armenian National Chess Teams To Compete In 17th Command Championshi

[Madatian Greg]

ARMENIAN NATIONAL CHESS TEAMS TO COMPETE IN 17TH COMMAND CHAMPIONSHIP OCTOBER 22

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.10.2009 17:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Male and female teams of Armenia in Chess will
participate in 17th European Championship October 22. The opening
ceremony of the championship will take place October 21 in the Serbian
town of Novi Sad.

The male team of Armenia will be represented by GMs Levon Aronian,
Vladimir Hakobyan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Tigran Petrosyan and Arman
Pashikyan.

Elina Danielyan, Lilit Lazarian, Lilit Galoyan, Nelly Aginyan and
international master Siranush Andreasyan will play for women's national
team of Armenia.

Teams from 37 countries will take part in the tournament for men,
28 teams - in the women's tournament.

The tournament will be held in line with the Swiss system of 9 rounds.

Time monitoring: 1 hour 30 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes before
the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move.

The total prize fund of the tournament is equal to 60 000 euro.

European champion will receive 10,000 euros, the silver medalist -
7500 euro, the bronze medalist - 5500 euro. In the women's tournament
7000 Euro awarded for the victory, 5000 euro - for second place,
3000 euro - for the third place.

There will be also prizes for the best individual results. In the men's
championship: for the 1st place - 1000 euro, for 2nd place - 700 euro,
for 3rd place - 500 euro. In the women's tournament: for the 1st place
- 1000 euro for the 2nd place - 700 euros and 3rd place - 500 euro.