The European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship 2017 is underway in Katowice, Poland from December 15-17, attended by 1091 players, including 92 grandmasters. As the National Olympic Committee reported, Armenian GM Zaven Andriasyan has scored 16 points out of the maximum 22, taking the 14th position. According to the source, Sergey Jigalko of Belarus claimed the title of the European champion, scoring 18 points.

Meanwhile, the Rapid Chess Championship 2017 will kick off today December to be played according to the Swiss system, in 11 rounds, with the time control 15 minutes game + 10 seconds per move starting from the first move.

The total prize fund of the Rapid Championship is 21.000 EUR. Andriasian who is set to participate in the tournament is ranked 25th.