YEREVAN. – At Thursday’s Cabinet session, the government of Armenia decided to redistribute the 14,813,200 drams envisioned for the program of other activities in the field of education and science, and to allocate it to the organizing of the World Schools Chess Championship which the country will host.

The event will be held from September 18 to 25, in Tsaghkadzor.

Boys’ and girls’ school teams from both Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) will also take part in this competition.

Fifteen countries are expected to participate in this World Schools Chess Championship.