A total of 72 chess players from 9 countries will take part in the 11th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial to be hosted by Armenia’s SPA resort of Jermuk.

The chess championship scheduled to be held from 20 to 30 June, is expected to bring together some 21 grandmasters, 1 woman grandmaster, 8 international masters and 7 FIDE masters, the Chess Federation of Armenia told Panorama.am.

Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran is leading the ratings of the memorial at the moment.

The total prize fund of the tournament is 27,000$.