JERMUK, JULY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The second International Youth Chess Tournament, in which 68 chess players from Armenia, France, Russia, and Belarus took part, finished on July 3 in Jermuk. The Armenian representatives won in all age groups: Hrant Melkumian was the first among those under 18, who received 8.5 out of 9 possible points, Samvel Ter-Sahakian in the group of 14 year-old participants received 9 points, and Karen Hovhannisian in the group of those, who are 10 years old, won with 8 points. The tournament was organized and held by the republican chess academy headed by grand master Smbat Lputian. The high-profile International Chess "Lake Sevan" Tournament of the 12th catagory starts in the city of Martuni on July 5 and will finish on July 14.

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