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Vladimir Hakobyan wins first victory at European Individual Chess
Championship 07.03.2009 13:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The first round of the 10th individual Chess Europe
Championship starting March 6, in Budva (Montenegro) has come to its
end. The start for the four Armenian players was successful. The
Olympic players, Vladimir Hakobyan, Artashes Minasyan and also the
grand masters, Tigran Kotanjyan and Zaven Andreasyan started the game
with attacks. Armenia’s champion Arman Pashikyan and grand master
Tigran Petrosyan ended their rounds in a draw. Arthur Chibukhchyan,
the International master, suffered a defeat letting a grand master
from Holland, Ivan Sokolov, take over him.
In the second round of European Championship Vladimir Hakobyan will
compete with a grand master from Croatia, Ivan Sharich. Another
Olympic champion, Tigran Petrosyan, will compete with a Turkish chess
player Mustafa Yilmaz, who in the first round split with peace with
the champion of Armenia, Arman Pashikyan.
It should be mentioned that 310 chess players will participate this
year in the Championship of Europe, of which the Armenian chess player
Vladimir Hakobyan has the highest rating.
The tournament consists of 11 rounds and will pass under the Swiss
system. The game dates of the tournament are scheduled for March
6-17. March 13 is the day off. The closing ceremony of European
championship is scheduled to take place March 18.