TWO CHESS-PLAYERS OF ARMENIA ARE IN GROUP OF LEADERS OF EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP

WARSAW, JUNE 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Chess-players’ men personal championship
of Europe started. 230 chess-players of 40 countries will participate
in competitions being held in Warsaw. The championship is held with
Swiss contest rules, in 13 rounds and will finish on July 3. Both
Europe champion title and a great number of prizes as well as 36
permits to the world cup title are raffled in Warsaw competitions. 9
chess-players of Armenia also participate in the Europe championship.

Ashot Anastasian and Artashes Minasian, who won at 2 starting meetings
and shared the 1st place with each 2 points with a number of
chess-players with the same result, play more successfully. The
results of the other representatives of Armenia are the following:
Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargsian, Karen Asrian each 1.5 points, Smbat
Lputian, Tigran L.Petrosian, Levon Babujian each 1 point, Tigran
Nalbandian each 0.5 point.