Chess championship of the penitentiaries under the RA Ministry of Justice was held on 14 through 16 May.
According to the Ministry of Justice, the first three winner convicts met in “Erebuni” penitentiary on 18 May, where the final stage of the quick chess championship was organized with the assistance of the RA Penitentiary Department and Chess Academy of Armenia.
Vahagn Khachatryan, International Referee, served as the judge of the competition. In the result of tuff team competition “Kosh” penitentiary was recognized the first, “Sevan” and “Vardashen” penitentiaries were the second and the third respectively.
Smbat Lputyan, Head of the Chess Academy of Armenia, grand masters Tigran Petrosyan and Vladimir Hakobyan, winners of the Chess Olympiad, attended the tournament as well.
At the end of the tournament the convicts presented handmade souvenirs to the chess players.