European chess championship prize fund set at €200 thous.May 16, 2013 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The prize fund of the next European championship will total euro 200 thous, president of European Chess Union Silvio Danailov said. 2014 championship will be held in Yerevan. “I mean to push all the federations to have a prize fund of euro150 thousand for men and 75 thousand for women in the future and to skip the Sofia rules, as well as all our rules which were adopted at the General Assembly in Porto Carras. I think this was, of course, a bad decision. I am very happy that the decision of our Board was to recommend the General Assembly that ECU will not change its own regulations and it’s also not possible to push the prize fund, because of, you know, the big crisis of Europe. Let’s say we have a prize fund of euro 200,000 for men in the next year in Yerevan, Armenia, so we did our best. But we can’t be pushed, because if we put euro 50 thousand prize fund as minimum, nobody will bid for our competitions. So this was for one part of the meeting. The board has decided, absolutely unanimously, to recommend the General Assembly that we should respect our own rules, our own regulations, our own decisions, provide our own championships, and if FIDE decides not to count with our championships, it can organize its own tournaments, whatever they want, this is their decision,” chess-news.ru quoted Danailov as saying. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. SBP instant transfers now available from 190 Russian banks to Armenia To receive money from Russian banks, easywallet users need to go to their easywallet accounts. |