Showing posts with label Sport Club. Show all posts
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Monday, June 1, 2015

1st Indo-Armenian Friendship Chess Tournament Medal Felicitation Ceremony

On May 26th, Medal Felicitation Ceremony to the winners of 1st Indo-Armenian Friendship Chess Tournament (29.03.2015) was organized at Yerevan State Medical University after M.Heratsi. The awarding ceremony was attended by H.E Ambassador of India to Armenia Dr Suresh Babu, the rector of YSMU Mr. Mikayel Narimanyan, Vice-Rector for External Affairs and International Partnerships Mr. Yervand Sahakyan and the president of Chess Academy of Armenia Mr. Smbat Lputyan.



Since the 1 st Indo-Armenian Friendship Chess Tournament was organized with the support of Medical University’s students council, the awarding ceremony was held in the framework of the students council annual awarding ceremony of YSMU.

The rector of YSMU Mr. Mikayel Narimanyan welcomed all guests, expressed his gratitude to H.E. Ambassador of India to Armenia Dr. Suresh Babu for his permanent support and also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Lputyan for attending the event as a special guest and thanked him for his important role in introducing chess as school subject in Armenian schools.

In his speech Dr. Suresh Babu welcomed the idea of Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO to organize the first ever Chess Tournament between Indian and Armenian students hoping that this beautiful idea would become annual event. He underlined that if other countries too get included as participants in the event in future, it would become even more interesting. Dr. Babu expressed his gratitude to the Administration of YSMU for the support to the Tournament.

The President of the Student’s council as well welcomed all the guests and gave the stage to the General Secretary of Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO Ms. Lusine Toroyan to begin with the ceremony.



Two teams competed during the tournament playing 4 games (each team consisted of 10 people). And the team which would have more points at the end of tournament had to win. After the 4 games Armenian team was declared the winner. The tournament was judged by the trainee and referee of Chess Academy Mr Roma Akopov.

The award felicitation of the winning team was done by H.E. Dr. Suresh Babu and of silver Medals was done by Mr. Lputyan and IAF members. The students have also been awarded by the gifts which were Chess boards and professional chess clocks.




 At the end of the ceremony the certificates were released to Dr. Suresh Babu and Dr. Yervand Sahakyan for participation in the tournament and for playing their first chess match. Also Mr. Martin Martirosyan the head of Armenian team was awarded by certificate.

IAF extends heartiest congratulations once more to the winners of the event and assures that this initiative gets transformed into an annual event.

Viva Indo-Armenian Strong Friendship!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

1st Indo-Armenian Friendship Chess Tournament

1 st Indo-Armenian Friendship Chess Tournament was organized by Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO on March 29 at Yerevan State Medical University after M.Heratsi, supported by the Embassy of India to Armenia, Medical University and University’s students council between Indian and Armenian students.
As decided by IAF this tournament will become an annual event of IAF Sports Club.

The tournament was attended by H.E Ambassador of India to Armenia Mr Suresh Babu, the rector of YSMU Mr. Mikayel Narimanyan, Vice-Rector for External Affairs and International Partnerships Mr. Yervand Sahakyan.


In their speech they they outlined the importance of Chess for the stronger relationship between India and Armenia, considering that Chess is very popular in these two great nations. They welcomed the participants and wished them good luck in the tournament.

 Two teams competed during the tournament playing 4 games (each team consisted of 10 people). And the team which would have more points at the end of tournament had to win. After the 4 games Armenian team was declared the winner. The tournament was judged by the trainee and referee of Chess Academy Mr Roma Akopov.



The inauguration of the students with the silver and gold medals and certificates will be held later at YSMU.






It is to be noted that the game of Chess was invented in ancient India and is quite popular in India and Armenia It has become even more popular in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmasters of both countries. In Armenia Chess has been introduced as school subject in order to develop the skills and mental strength of the future generation of Armenia considering Chess as “Mind Game” or “Game of Strateg”.

IAF congratulate the winners of the event. This will prove to be a bridge which creates strong Indo-Armenian Friendship.