On December 25, Armenian President, President of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan participated in the closing ceremony of a chess tournament dedicated to 50 anniversary of chess youth school after Henrik Karapetyan.

Ninety chess players, including 20 grandmasters participated in the tournament. Lilit Mkrtchyan won women’s tournament, while Elina Danielyan was the runner up.

Tigran Petrosyan took the first place in man’s tournament, Hrant Melikyan was the second, while Gabriel Sarsgayn won bronze.