4TH FIDE GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT WINNERS CELEBRATED IN NALCHIK

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.04.2009 14:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The winners of the 4th FIDE Grand Prix
tournament were celebrated in the Music Theatre of the capital of
Kabardino-Balkaria.

The chief arbiter Vyacheslav Namruev announced the official results of
the tournaments. He pointed out that the 14 chess players of the 20
strongest grandmasters of the world gathered in Nalchik. The events
of this round of the FIDE Grand Prix were watched in many countries
of the world, says the information posted on Grand Prix website.

The winner of the 4th round of the FIDE Grand Prix is Levon Aronian
from Armenia.

The plastic card with the prize sum was presented to the winner by
the FIDE vice president Geoffrey Borg, the head of the KBR government
Andrew Yarin and the minister of sport and tourism of KBR Aslan
Afaunov.

Levon Aronian in his turn thanked the organizers of the contest and
said: "I have spent wonderful days here. When I was going to Nalchik
my parents told me that people are very friendly and hospitable
here. Nalchik is a perfect place for holding chess tournaments". The
winner was put on a national Caucasian White felt cloak.

All the participants were presented memorable awards: Gata Kamsky for
his "Will to victory", Rustam Kasimdzhanov was called "Chess Ciceron",
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov became an " All-round developed sportsman",
"The prize of the viewers sympathies" went to Vassily Ivanchuk.