WORLD CHESS TOURNAMENT TEENAGERS STARTED IN YEREVAN

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 3 2007

Today the ceremony of opening of the World Chess Tournament Teenagers
was held in Yerevan at the Center of Chess.

Over 150 chess players from 50 countries, including Russia, Ukraine,
India, the United States, Chile, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela,
Australia, France, China are participating in the tournament. The
Armenian team includes 12 boys and 10 girls. The tournament will last
till October 19 and will be held in 13 rounds. The president of the
Chess Federation of Armenia, Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan leads the
organizational committee, Armen Nikoghosyan is the main referee.