RUBEN HAYRAPETIAN WON YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT IN ESTONIA

PanARMENIAN.Net - A youth chess tournament was held in Parnu, Estonia July 29-31. 61 young chess players from 11 youth chess clubs of the country took part in the competition. Pupil of Shakh and Garde club, 10-year-old Ruben Hayrapetian (youngest age group) again distinguished himself as the best player. He has won 6 of the 7 games and played one in a draw thus winning the first place with 6.5 points, Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia reports. Ruben's 7-th victory this year is a record for Estonia. Before this one he has won all the republican tournaments. Ruben has practiced chess since he was 5 years old. Since the age of 6 he has taken part not only in all the youth age groups but also among adults. Presently he is 10 and is a candidate for master of sports. In 2005 he won the 4-th place in the Estonian tournament in the age group under 10 and also shared the 2-nd and 5-th horizontals in the age group under 12. He gained the right to represent Estonia at the European youth championship to be held mid September in Serbia and Montenegro. As Yerkramas reporter came to know from the republican public union of Baltic Armenian House, Ruben has a dream. He has never been to Armenia and wishes to participate in the Armenian tournaments. His club fellows, double champion of Estonia among girls Yana Hayrapetian and bronze medallist of the Estonian championship under the age of 18 Vitaliy Khalapian have the same dream.