JERMUK, JULY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Two International Chess Tournaments were held between June 26 to July 5 in Jermuk. 41 chess players took part in Karen Asrian's commemorative tournament. Levon Babujian and Samvel Ter-Sahakian (both from Armenia) gained 7 out of 9 possible points each and shared the 1-2nd places. The second International Tournament was Junior. It was divided into 3 age groups, where 137 chess players performed. David Papikian (Armenia) won the tournament of chess players aged 16 and below. Karen Hovhannisian and Arsen Aghajanian (both from Armenia) shared the 1-2nd places in the tournament of chess players aged 12 and below. Nikolay Golikov (Russia) and Mikayel Mkrtchian (Armenia) shared the 1-2nd places in the competition of 10-year-old chess players.

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