ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN AEROFLOT OPEN 2009 TOURNAMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.02.2009 13:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 26 Armenian chess players, including 2008 Olympic
champions Gabriel Sargsyan, Artashes Minasyan and Tigran Petrosyan
and republic’s champion Arman Pashikyan will participate in Aeroflot
Open 2009 tournament due in Moscow from February 16 to 27.

The prize fund beat the festival record and comprised 180 000 euro.

Four open tournaments (Ð~P1, Ð~P2, Ð’ and С) formed according to
the participants’ rating will be held in 9 tours (Swedish system).

The prize fund for Ð~P1 (rating over 2549) will make 70000 euro;
for Ð~P2 (rating 2339 – 2549) -36000 euro; for B (rating 2199 – 2400)
-19500 euro; for C (rating lower than 2199) – 12000 euro.

Winner of A1 will participate in Dortmund super tournament to be held
from July 2 to 12, 2009.
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