Armenian Chess Players Won First Place At Wolrd Chess Olympiad Award

ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS WON FIRST PLACE AT WOLRD CHESS OLYMPIAD AWARDED MOVSES KHORENATSI MEDAL

Noyan Tapan
Jun 07 2006

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, NOYAN TAPAN. By President of Armenia Robert
Kocharian’s decree, international grand masters Levon Aronian,
Karen Asrian, Smbat Lputian, Vladimir Hakobian, Artashes Minasian,
Tigran Nalbandian, Arshak Petrosian and Gabriel Sargsian were awarded
Movses Khorenatsi medal. According to the message submitted to Noyan
Tapan by the RA President’s Press Office, the above-mentioned grand
masters were awarded for the significant contribution in the affair
of development of chess in the Republic of Armenia as well as for
winning the 1st place in the World Chess Olympiad.

Giving this high state award to the Armenian men’s team members won
the golden medal and olympic cup of the 37th World Chess Olympiad,
Robert Kocharian mentioned that whole Armenia watched the Armenian
chess players’ game and, according to the President, “it is a victory
that really inspired all the Armenians during these days.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS