KUSADASI, APRIL 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The 7th Europe chess championships of men and women have started. 139 men and 97 women chess-players take part in the competitions being held in the Turkish city of Kusadasi. They compete both for the title of Europe champion and the right to take part in the world championship. This right will be given to the chess-players that will take 1-16th places in the men's championship and 1-12th places in the women's championship. 25 tours have been already held in the championships. Representatives of Armenia Artashes Minasian, Ashot Anastasian, Tigran Kotanjian performed successfully in the men's competitions. They gained maximum, 2 points each and are at the top of the tournament table. Tigran L.Petrosian has 1.5 points. Elina Danielian plays most successfully among 4 women chess-players representing Armenia at the women's tournament. She gained 1.5 out of 2 possible points. In total, 11 tours will be held both in the men's and women's championship.

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