TIGRAN PETROSYAN WINS TICKET TO WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.03.2009 12:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian grandmaster Yevgeny Tomashevsky won the 10th
European Individual Championship which was held in Budva, Montenegro
from March 6 to 19.
Tigran Petrosyan, defeating Romanian Constantin Lupulescu, was the
only Armenian grandmaster to win the ticket to the World Championship.
The total prize fund of the Individual European Championship is
120,000 Euros. First prize is â~B¬ 15,000, second is â~B¬ 12,000,
third â~B¬ 10,000 up to 25th prize, which is â~B¬ 1,000. According
to Montenegro law all prizes are taxable (maximum 10%).
The first 22 players were in addition qualified for the World Cup.