“Yntaniq” Center: Spring Chess Qualification Tournament

A spring qualification tournament was held at the Tigran Petrosyan Children and Youth Chess Sports School in Gyumri for beginner, fourth-category, and third-category chess players. Fourteen students from the chess groups of the “Yntaniq” Children and Youth Creative Center under the Ministry of Education and Science also participated in the tournament.

The aim of the competition was to develop the participants’ chess and athletic abilities and provide them with an opportunity to improve their sporting qualifications.

Two tournaments were held: the “Morning Tournament” for beginner and third-category chess players, and the “Afternoon Tournament” for fourth-category players.

In the beginners’ group, the students of the center Yuri Kromov and Gugush Simonyan earned the fourth sports category. In the fourth-category group, the first four places among 39 participants were taken by students of the “Yntaniq” Center: Davit Mndlyan — 1st place, Gevorg Ghazaryan — 2nd place, Henrik Sargsyan — 3rd place, and Hrach Vardanyan — 4th place. They were awarded certificates and received the corresponding sports record books.

E. Manukyan