Government Rewards Armenian Chess Player For World Cup Win
December 23, 2005
www.armeniadiaspora.com
ArmeniaLiberty.org, December 22, By Ruzanna Stepanian: The government granted 5 million drams ($11,000) to one of Armenia's youngest and most talented grandmasters on Thursday for his impressive victory in the latest World Chess Cup held in Russia.
The decision to reward Levon Aronian was made at a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by President Robert Kocharian. A government statement did not specify whether it was initiated by Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian, the chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and a keen chess player.
Aronian beat Ukraine's Ruslan Ponomaryov in a four-match series to win the high-level tournament held in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk by the game's worldwide governing body, FIDE. The weekend victory marked a new high in the 23-year-old player's increasingly successful career.
It also underlined Aronian's status as one of the most important members of Armenia's national chess team. As recently as last fall he helped it win a respectable third place in the world team championship that took place in Israel.
The government reward may be princely by Armenian standards, but it pales in comparison with a $100,000 prize awarded to him by organizers of the FIDE tournament.
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www.armeniadiaspora.com
ArmeniaLiberty.org, December 22, By Ruzanna Stepanian: The government granted 5 million drams ($11,000) to one of Armenia's youngest and most talented grandmasters on Thursday for his impressive victory in the latest World Chess Cup held in Russia.
The decision to reward Levon Aronian was made at a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by President Robert Kocharian. A government statement did not specify whether it was initiated by Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian, the chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and a keen chess player.
Aronian beat Ukraine's Ruslan Ponomaryov in a four-match series to win the high-level tournament held in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk by the game's worldwide governing body, FIDE. The weekend victory marked a new high in the 23-year-old player's increasingly successful career.
It also underlined Aronian's status as one of the most important members of Armenia's national chess team. As recently as last fall he helped it win a respectable third place in the world team championship that took place in Israel.
The government reward may be princely by Armenian standards, but it pales in comparison with a $100,000 prize awarded to him by organizers of the FIDE tournament.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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