The 13th South Caucasus Championship of intellectual games kicked off on July 29, in Batumi.

50 teams from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are engaged in the Championship.

As Georgy Mosidze, President of Georgian What?Where?When? club organizing committee, told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, a recording number of teams are involved this year.

“The players’ intellectual level rises year by year, but we are happier for new teams to join,” Mosidze said.

In turn, Chairman of the Armenian Association of Experts Tigran Kocharyan underscored that unprecedented number of Armenian teams participate in the Championship this year, namely 14 teams against 8 last year.

Kocharyan stressed that this became possible thanks to support of Armenia’s public and private sectors. Particularly, 4 teams are participating in the contest at support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia.

“We shall do our best to show excellent results, because quantity is ought to grow into quality,” said Kocharyan.

It should be noted that first time a team of journalists from Armenian leading news agencies participate in the Championship, including PanARMENIAN.Net, sponsored by Viva-Cell MTS communication operator.

As of the results of the first stage, Balash Kasumov’s team (Azerbaijan) is leading with 28 points, while Hayastan and DAF Armenian teams with 25 points share 3rd and 4th places.