YEREVAN, December 28 (Noyan Tapan). The regular
championship of the Chess Central House of Armenia (CCHA)
completed. 38 chess-players from different regions and towns
participated in it.
Five participants Tigran Kotanjian, Levon Babujian, Arman
Hairapetian, Gevorg Harutiunian and Hrant Melkumian, earning
seven poits each, shared 1st-5th places in the championship held
by the Swiss system with nine rounds. So, Tigran Kotanjian
acquired the title of the CCHA champion. The championship of
the Chess Central House of Armenia was also qualifying:
participants who placed 1st-10th received the right to
participate in the tournament of the premier league of the 2005
championship.