PRIME MINISTER CONGRATULATES CHESS PLAYERS WITH VICTORY
Panorama.am
15:16 07/11/2007
The prime minister yesterday sent a congratulation note to the
chess players of the Armenian women and men national teams on the
victory. "Here, in the motherland, we already know about the final
result of European chess tournament. We know about bright victory and
hard victories. We know that our expectations have been justified,"
Serzh Sargsyan noted.
In his words, the tournament ran with difficulties.
"We witnessed even pessimistic forecasts. However, your will to be
committed and win by all means testifies that Armenian spirit is hard
to win and our belief is hard to bend. Dear sportsmen and coaches,
I congratulate you with the wonderful result and strong will power
demonstrated at the European chess team tournament. I am proud with
you and I believe in all your victories," the address says.
Armenian men’s group won a silver medal with a score of 21 and
the women’s group won a bronze medal with a score of 21 at the
tournament. In both cases, Russian teams are in the leading position.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress