Armenian CB rep wins Interbank chess tournament

YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Ashot Avetisyan, an officer of the Central
Bank of Armenia (CBA), proved winner in the Bank Officers category of
an interbank chess tournament.

The CBA pres service report that the second and third places were won
by Arsen Naghdalyan (Conversebank), and Gevorg Tedevosyan (Araratbank)
respectively.

As regards the Bank Officers’ Children category, Karen Namalyan
(Conversebank) won the first place. Levon Karamyan and Hayk Martikyan
(Ardshininvestbank) won the second and the third places respectively.

The 6th interbank chess tournament was held at the Yerevan Chess
Palace, on May 28, on the occasion of the Day of the First Republic and
International Children’s Day.

Among the participants were thirty-five officers of the CBA and nine
officers of Armenian commercial banks (Araratbank, Inecobank,
ArmSwissbank, Conversebank, Ameriabank, Ardshininvestbank, VTB Bank
Armenia, Unibank, and HSBC Bank Armenia). Twenty-eight children of the
bank officers took part in the tournament as well.

Two prizes were instituted by the organizers, Trade Unions of the
Armenian commercial banks and of the CBA. The first prize (50,000 AMD),
the second prize (30,000 AMD) and the third prize (20,000 AMD). `0–