On July 9, the deputy of the NA My Step Faction Artak Manukyan presented the prize of the individual and team chess championship for the members of the parliaments of the European countries to the Parliament Protocol Museum.
This year, for the first time, the European Chess Union organized the individual and team chess championship for the members of the parliaments of the European countries. The deputies of My Step Faction Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Artak Manukyan and Artur Davtyan from the National Assembly of Armenia took part in the championship.
Due to the pandemic, the tournament was held online. The Armenian deputies won the championship title in the team competition, scoring 13.5 points. 14 countries took part in the chess championship.
It is noteworthy that among the rivals of the Armenian parliamentarians were former world-famous grandmasters and now the MPs Loek van Wely and Victor Bologan, the latter took the first place in the individual competition.
The RA NA deputy Artak Manukyan has expressed hope that the tournament will be continuous and the parliamentarians of the next convocations will also participate, and the drawing of prizes will become a tradition.