On September 19-29, Batumi hosted a European Youth Chess Championship, where Armenia was represented by 48 participants.

Shant Sargsyan (under 8 category), Karen Grigoryan (under 16 category) and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (under 18 category) won the championship silver.

Grigoryan, Ter-Sahakyan and gold winners in Under 16 and 18 categories gained equal number of points, with Armenian chess players losing based on ranking results only.

In women’s championship, Armenian chess player Maria Gevorgyan (under 16 category) won the 7th place with 6 points to her score.