YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. 4 pupils (trainer Ararat Santrian) of the chess sport school of the Yerevan Olympic shift participated in the "Nikia-2005" festival held in Athens. 337 chess players of 11 countries, what, according to the organizers was a record, participated in traditional, 13 in number, competitions. All participants played in one tournament, and the places were carculated for 4 groups: 12, 16, 20 years old and grown ups. Children from Yerevan played perfectly. Tigran S.Petrosian and Ruben Gatrchian got 6 points each at 9 rounds of the tournament held in Swiss play order and took correspondingly the 1st and 2nd places in the group of those of 12 years old. Tigran was rewarded with golden and Tuben with silver medals. Besides, Tigran was given the cup of winner of the age group. Taron Davtian (5 points) and Gevorg Abovian (4 points) also played successfully. They also took high places at their age groups. Trainer Ararat Santrian didn't stay behand his pupils: he showed a rather high result, 6.5 points. To recap, a great number of skillful chess players played in the Athens tournament: 5 grand masters, 12 international masters, few FIDE masters were among the participants. As Ararat Santrian informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, the organizers of the "Nikia-2005" made members of the delegation of Armenia participants of the reception organized after the end of the competitions and invited them to the festival to be held nex year.

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