TIGRAN PETROSIAN’S BUST UNVEILED IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A bronze bust of
talented Armenian chess-player, world chess champion Tigran Petrosian
was unveiled on June 7 in Tigran Petrosian street at Davitashen
community of Yerevan. The bust’s author is sculptor Norayr
Karganian. The sculpture was made with the sponsorship of RA Defence
Ministry and Yerevan Mayor’s Office.

As the sculptor mentioned, the monument is still incomplete. By the
Defence Minister’s consent, figures of “thinking youths” will be added
at the bottom of the monument, who will be “watched” by the “chess
king” from above. The sculptor also emphasized that “an outstanding
person should get experience in the course of time and should not have
any blemish in his biography. Tigran Petrosian was just like this and
one needed courage for making a monument to him.”

RA Defence Minister, Chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation Serge
Sargsian, Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian, Head of the community of
Davitashen Surik Ghukasian, the members of the Armenian chess national
team who have become winners and others took part in the unveiling
ceremony.

As Yerevan Mayor mentioned, the success Armenia has had in the recent
decade in the sphere of chess is connected with the work done by
Tigran Petrosian. According to him, today’s Turin success is also the
continuation of Tigran Petrosian’s success.

As Serge Sargsian characterized, Levon Aronian also has all
possibilities for becoming the world chess champion in the near
future.

To recap, Norayr Karganian is also the author of the monument to
Marshal Baghramian erected in Yerevan.