The European Individual Chess Championship for 2018 will take place in Batumi, Georgia on March 16-29. The championship will be played in 11 rounds according to Swiss system in accordance with ECU and FIDE Tournament Rules and Rules of Chess, with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the move one.

As the National Olympic Committee reported, Armenia will be represented at the tournament by 33 chess players, including members of the national team Gabriel Sargsyan, Hrant Melkumyan, Hayk Martirosyan, GMs Sergey Movsesyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, Arman Pashinyan, Manuel Petrosyan and others.

The leader of the Armenian women's team Elina Danielyan and Anna Sargsyan are set to participate in the tournament as well.

To note, the championship is a qualification event for the next World Cup.