YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The opening ceremony of the World Championship of chess players under 20 was held in the Chess House after Tigran Petrosian on October 3. Levon Yolian, the Deputy Chairman of the Republican Chess Federation, welcomed the participants. The drawing of lots took place after the opening ceremony. The tournament will be held according to the Swiss contest rules, each of the participants will play 13 games. 150 chess players from 44 countries have arrived in Yerevan. 12 boys and 10 girls will represent Armenia in the championship. Irrespective of the fact that the Armenian authorities have guaranteed the security of the Azeri chess players, they have not placed participation orders. It should be mentioned that Yerevan is the only city that receives the participants of the World Championship for the fourth time.

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