WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER 20 HELD IN YEREVAN
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[02:11 pm] 04 May, 2006
Chess World Championship of girls and boys under 20 will be held in
the chess house after Tigran Petrosyan on October 2 – 17, 2006. The
Championship will comprise of 13 rounds and will be held according
Swiss contest rules and criteria.
The prize winners of 20-year-old previous championship, continental
champions, first 6 winners of the FIDE fixture table and the world
champions under 18 and 16 will participate in this championship.
But if any country doesn’t meet the championship criteria, a girl
and a boy chess players may present the country in question. The
head of the championship committee will be RA Defense Minister and
the Armenian Chess Federation Chairman Serge Sargsyan.
Let us mention that it will be the greatest championship held in
Armenia in the recent years and carries great authority.
As a rule, the winners of Chess World Championships under 20 later
had great success in other tournaments.
Only Vladimir Hakobyan and the 2005 world cup-holder Levon Aronyan
have become champions among Armenian young chess players so far.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
