Armenian chess players win only “tickets” at European Championships

Emil Lazarian 2018
  • 19:52 | March 28,2018 | Sports
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The European Individual Chess Championship came to its end in Batumi.

In the last round today, our three chess players Robert Hovhannisyan, Arman Pashikyan and Hrant Melkumyan ended their games and scored 7.5 points each. They eventually took 9th-32th places. The champion of Europe Ivan Saricz was declared European champion, who scored 8.5 points out of 11 and went ahead of all competitors. The 2nd place was occupied by Radoslav Vojtasek from Poland and Sanan Syugirov from Russia.

As we know, 23 were also played in the championship. Robert Hovhannisyan and Arman Pashikian won the “tickets” to the World Chess Cup, and Hrant Melkumyan was in the 25th place, so he was not in the list.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS