On January 10, Tigran Petrosian chess house hosted a draw for the 66th Armenian Women’s Chess Championship.

10 chess players will participate in the Championship which is due January 11-20, with prize funds of AMD 300, 200 and 150 thousand to go to 1st to 3rd places’ winners.

Men’s championship will be postponed till January 18 because of the illness of Russian Cup 2010 winner, grandmaster Zaven Andriasian.