INTERNATIONAL MEMORABLE TOURNAMENT OF TIGRAN PETROSIAN TO BECOME
TRADITIONAL
YEREVAN, November 30 (Noyan Tapan). The international open tournament
dedicated to the 75th anniversary of world nine-time champion Tigran
Petrosian has completed in Yerevan. 128 chess-players of eight
countries participated in the memorable tournament.
Pavel Smirnov (Russia) placed first, he earned 7.5 points in the
tournament held by the Swiss system with nine rounds, Vacily Ivanchuk
(Ukraine), one of the strongest chess-players of the world, placed
second. He earned 8 points. Ten chess-players earned 6.5 points
each. Karen Asrian (Armenia) placed third due to the highest
additional coefficients. The chess-players, who placed first-third,
received 5,000 dollars, 4,000 and 3,000 dollars, respectively. And the
prize fund made a total of 35,000 dollars, so 36 participants of the
tournament were awarded with prizes. Armenian representatives Elina
Danielian, Nelli Aghinian and Lilit Mkrtchian received all the prizes
foreseen for women. Konstantine Shanayan (Georgia), Beniamin Galstian
and Zaven Andreasian (both from Armenia) became winners among the
juniors. Andreasian was also awarded with a special prize set for the
best game (for a victory in the game with Gega Majsu radze). Three
young chess-players of Armenia Beniamin Galstian, Tigran R. Petrosian
and Vardan Hakobian carried out the norm of international master, by
the way, Galstian and Petrosian – for the third time in succession.
After the completion of the tournament participants and guests
participated in the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone of
the monument to Tigran Petrosian. The monument will be erected in
Davitashen district of Yerevan in the street bearing the name of the
prominent chess-player. Chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and
RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsian, Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakarian,
as well as Boris Kutin, the Chairman of the European Chess Union,
(Slovenia) and Tigran Petrosian’s son Vardan Petrosian participated in
the arrangement.
Serge Sargsian, the Chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation, said
during the ceremony of closing of the memorable tournament that the
tournament dedicated to Tigran Petrosian will become traditional.