Armenian chess players started with victories in Maia Chiburdanidze Cup

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian chess players WGM Lilit Mkrtchyan, WGM Lilit Galoyan and IM Siranush Andreasyan conquered the field in the first round of the international chess tournament of Maia Chiburdanidze to.



All three representatives of Armenia defeated Georgian chess players and after first meetings share 1 to 29 places of the tournament table.



In the second round Lilit Mkrtchyan and Lilit Galoyan will pit their skill against Georgian chess players Sofico Tereladze and Titatin Beridze respectively, Siranush Andreasyan will paly with Romanian Adina-Maria Khamduchi.



This tournament will be by Swiss System and have 9 rounds. Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes by the end of the game with additional 30 seconds for every move.



Tournament prize fund is USD16 800. The winner will receive USD 5000 and Maia Chiburdanidze Cup, for the second place - USD 4000, for the third place - USD 3000.