Armenian chess players started with victories in Maia Chiburdanidze
Cup
06.06.2009 18:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian chess players WGM Lilit Lazarian, WGM
Lilit Galoyan and IM Siranush Andreasyan conquered the field in the
first round of the international chess tournament of Maia
Chiburdanidze to.
All three representatives of Armenia defeated Georgian chess players
and after first meetings share 1 to 29 places of the tournament table.
In the second round Lilit Lazarian and Lilit Galoyan will pit their
skill against Georgian chess players Sofico Tereladze and Titatin
Beridze respectively, Siranush Andreasyan will paly with Romanian
Adina-Maria Khamduchi.
This tournament will be by Swiss System and have 9 rounds. Time
control: 1 hour 30 minutes by the end of the game with additional 30
seconds for every move.
Tournament prize fund is USD16 800. The winner will receive USD 5000
and Maia Chiburdanidze Cup, for the second place – USD 4000, for the
third place – USD 3000.