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YEREVAN TO HOST EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014
ARMENPRESS
14 June, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS: At the suggestion of the Armenian
Chess Federation, the European Chess Championship 2014 will be held
in Yerevan, Armenia's Chess Federation told Armenpress.
The tournament will be dedicated to the 85th birth anniversary of
Armenian legendary chess player, world chess champion of 1963-1969
Tigran Petrosyan. An analogous international chess competition will
be conducted in Armenia for the first time.
The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament
organized by the European Chess Union. It was established in
2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from
determining the European Champion, another object of this tournament
is to determine a number of players who qualify for the FIDE world
championship.
ARMENPRESS
14 June, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS: At the suggestion of the Armenian
Chess Federation, the European Chess Championship 2014 will be held
in Yerevan, Armenia's Chess Federation told Armenpress.
The tournament will be dedicated to the 85th birth anniversary of
Armenian legendary chess player, world chess champion of 1963-1969
Tigran Petrosyan. An analogous international chess competition will
be conducted in Armenia for the first time.
The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament
organized by the European Chess Union. It was established in
2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from
determining the European Champion, another object of this tournament
is to determine a number of players who qualify for the FIDE world
championship.