YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. As of January 27, grand master Lilit Mkrtchian and her father are still in hospital. As Gagik Hovhannisian, Armenian Chess Federation Secretary General, informed Noyan Tapan correspondent, though they are out of danger, they should be under medical control for some more days. To recap, on January 20, when returning home, to the village of Parpi, Ashtarak region, from the Yerevan Club Championship, L.Mkrtchian and her parents accompanying her had a car accident. The chess-player had a concussion of the brain and broke her arm. L.Mkrtchian won't be able to take part in the Aeroflot-Open large tournament to start in early February in Moscow but she will participate in the Women's World Chess Championship to be held in spring in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.

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