President attends tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian in Moscow

The President of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Armenian Chess Federation, Serzh Sargsyan, who has made an official visit to the Russian Federation, today attended the International Tashir Chess Tournament in memory of the 9th World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosian. Serzh Sargsyan who is also the Chairman of the Tournament Organizing Committee welcomed a number of strong International Grandmasters participating in the tournament and their numerous fans at Novotel Moscow Center, wished the tournament success and made the first move in International Grandmaster Levon Aronian’s chess game.

The memorial tournament has been organized by Tashir Group of Companies and the Russian Chess Federation.

Accompanied by the organizers, Serzh Sargsyan toured the event place, visited the press conference and reception halls and watched video materials dedicated to Tigran Petrosian. In the presence of the RA President, the Armenian and Russian Chess Federations signed a memorandum of cooperation according to which Armenia’s strongest pupils’ team will participate in the authoritative chess tournament, Belaya Ladya.